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A 21-year-old Austrian man has pleaded guilty to planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna that was foiled the day before the event in August 2024.

As his trial opened in the Austrian capital on Tuesday, Beran A admitted the charges relating to the conspiracy to mount the attack. Three dates in Swift’s record-breaking tour were cancelled when authorities warned of the plot.

The defendant is also accused, alongside Slovak national Arda K, of planning attacks in the Middle East that they did not go through with, and of providing moral support to a third man ‌who has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a knife attack in Mecca.

Beran A, Arda K and the third man, all school friends, had planned to carry out one attack each ⁠in Dubai, Istanbul and Mecca in March 2024.

While each travelled to the designated cities, ⁠only the third man launched an attack. He was ⁠arrested on suspicion of stabbing a security official at Mecca’s Grand Mosque and remains in custody in Saudi Arabia.

Arda K pleaded guilty to travelling to Istanbul with the intention of carrying out an attack. Beran A admitted to travelling to Dubai for the same reason. They pleaded not guilty, however, to providing moral support to the third ‌man.

Beran A told the court he had sought out potential victims while in Dubai, including tourists and soldiers, but then could not bring himself to stab anybody as he had a “panic attack” each time.

“I thought, ‘I have ‌to ‌carry out the attack; at the same time, I’m afraid of dying’,” he told the court.

Prosecutors also accuse Beran A of using video instructions issued by ISIL (ISIS) on how to make a shrapnel bomb, producing the explosive triacetone peroxide and illegally trying to buy weapons, including a machine ⁠gun and hand grenade, for the planned attack on the concert.

He has been charged with various, mainly “terrorism-related” offences, and faces 10 to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/28/austrian-pleads-guilty-to-isil-planned-attack-on-taylor-swift-concert?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse&fbclid=IwY2xjawRd9O1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7YBYHkV2Uc-jbG-aMtKtYnBZwfKaApFpySYkI7TxlllKPsQgGJHSy0HuXMkA_aem_ZhVgMNTwzOoXYFxxHemd0w

A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has said that settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank reminds him of the Holocaust.

Tamir Pardo, who served as director of Mossad from 2011 to 2016, made the remarks in an interview with Channel 13 while touring Palestinian villages affected by ongoing settler attacks, alongside former Israeli army officials.

"My mother was a Holocaust survivor, and what I saw reminded me of the events that happened against Jews in the last century," he said.

"What I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish."

Pardo warned that settler crimes – met with little response by authorities, which sometimes abet them – could lead to the “next October 7”.

"It will be in a different format, much more painful, because the region is much more complicated. The state has chosen to sow the seeds for the next October 7," he said.

While he believes Israeli law enforcement is aware of the situation, Pardo suggested that it has “chosen to ignore it”.

“What I saw today is the existential threat to the State of Israel,” he said, noting that efforts to curb such attacks could come at a high cost, including the risk of civil war.

He pointed in particular to the influence of settler groups, which enjoy support at the highest levels of government, including from far-right ministers such as Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir.

“If we want, we can correct this, but the price will be very high,” Pardo said. “It is very much in our interest not to reach that point.”

'Corruption of Israeli society'
Pardo recalled warnings by Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz in 1968, who criticised the occupation of Palestinian territories and the imposition of military rule over millions of Palestinians.

In his article The Territories, Leibowitz warned that control over Palestinians would ultimately lead to the “corruption” of Israeli society.

"Rule over the occupied territories would have social repercussions," Leibowitz warned at the time.

"The corruption characteristic of every colonial regime would also prevail in the state of Israel," he added, calling for withdrawal from occupied territories.

While Pardo once believed Leibowitz was mistaken, he now says “there was a lot of truth” in his warning.

Israeli settler violence and expansion, while long-standing, have intensified sharply since October 2023, including the systematic forced displacement of Palestinians from their communities and an increased use of live fire against unarmed residents.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said Israeli settlers have killed at least 16 Palestinians so far this year.

A United Nations report released in March recorded that more than 36,000 Palestinians were displaced in the West Bank between November 2024 and October 2025 amid a surge in military and settler attacks.

During the same period, 1,732 incidents of settler violence causing casualties or property damage were documented – a 25 percent increase on the previous year.

More than 1000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel in October 2023.

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ex-mossad-chief-compares-settler-violence-holocaust

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An image showing an Israeli soldier using a jackhammer to smash a statue of Jesus on a cross in southern Lebanon went viral on social media on Sunday.

Israel has occupied several areas in southern Lebanon since launching its war on the country on March 2. A ceasefire came into effect on Friday.

Members of the Christian community say the statue is in the village of Debel, a Maronite Christian town about six kilometres northwest of Ain Ebel and roughly five kilometres from the Israeli border community of Shtula.

The image sparked immediate outrage online, including among some former allies of US President Donald Trump.

Former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene posted mockingly on X under the image: “'Our greatest ally' that takes billions of our tax dollars and weapons every year.”

Greene, once a Trump ally, has since turned on the US president over the Epstein files and his decision to follow Israel into a war on Iran, which she has condemned.

Similarly, Matt Gaetz, a former Republican congressman, described the image as “horrific”.

The backlash from figures within the MAGA movement is likely to further damage Israel’s image among one of its strongest support bases in the US - evangelical Christians.

Regional analyst Muhammad Shehada captioned the image “'Judeo-Christian values' in Israel”, referencing a phrase Israel often uses to bolster support in the West.

The municipality of Debel told AFP the statue is located in the village but could not confirm whether it had been damaged.

Under Israeli rule, Christians in Israel and the occupied West Bank have faced a growing wave of attacks, from daily harassment to the destruction of religious sites.

Clergy have reported being spat on and physically assaulted, while churches, cemeteries and other Christian symbols have been vandalised.

These attacks, often linked to ultra-Orthodox Jews, religious nationalists and settlers, have frequently gone unchecked, with Israeli police accused of failing to intervene.

Responding to the latest incident, an Israeli military spokesman did not deny the image’s authenticity, saying on X that "If this photo is indeed real and recent,” then it is not in line with the army’s “values”.

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-soldier-filmed-smashing-jesus-statue-lebanon

'Enough is enough': Trump says Israel 'prohibited' from striking Lebanon

US president says Washington had prohibited further Israeli bombing in Lebanon as 10-day truce takes hold; IDF troops remain in south as sporadic strikes reported; Netanyahu says dismantling Hezbollah would require longer campaign

Lior Ben Ari, Elisha Ben Kimon | published: 16:03

Related Topics: Benjamin Netanyahu | Hezbollah | Israel | Lebanon | Donald Trump

Israeli forces remained in southern Lebanon on Friday, with residents and local media reporting sporadic strikes even as President Donald Trump declared that the United States had barred Israel from carrying out further bombing there and pressed for a broader diplomatic opening.

According to Hezbollah-aligned Al Mayadeen, intermittent artillery fire was reported toward the southern Lebanese village of Kounine.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that a U.S. understanding with Iran was not tied to developments in Lebanon, but added that Washington would deal separately with Lebanon and Hezbollah.

"This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon," Trump wrote, adding that the United States would work with Lebanon and address "the Hezbollah situation in an appropriate manner." He then declared: "Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the USA. Enough is enough!!! Thank you!"

In a later post, Trump again separated Lebanon from the U.S.-Iran track and wrote: "Again! This deal is not tied, in any way, to Lebanon, but we will, MAKE LEBANON GREAT AGAIN!"

Shortly before Trump's latest comments, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded statement that Israel had agreed to a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon at Trump's request.

"At the request of my friend President Trump, with whom we changed the Middle East and achieved tremendous gains, we agreed to a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon," Netanyahu said. He said Israel was giving a chance to advance what he described as a combined political and military solution with the Lebanese government.

Netanyahu stressed that dismantling Hezbollah would not be achieved immediately. "It requires sustained effort, patience and endurance, and it requires prudent navigation in the diplomatic arena," he said.

Trump announced Thursday that a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would begin at 5 p.m. Eastern time that day, or midnight in Israel and Lebanon, after what he called "excellent conversations" with Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. The truce may be extended by mutual agreement and is meant to open the way to broader talks on a lasting peace and security arrangement. Trump also said he planned to invite Netanyahu and Aoun to Washington.

Despite the ceasefire announcement, the IDF has remained deployed in southern Lebanon. Israeli troops have positioned themselves along an anti-tank defense line stretching roughly 4 to 10 kilometers from the border and remain concentrated, especially around Bint Jbeil, where a small number of Hezbollah terrorists were said to still be present.

Israeli forces were described as holding defensive lines from the first row of demolished border villages to the Litani River, where the military maintains fire control and surveillance. Military officials, according to the report, say the troops are not pulling back but fortifying their positions.

Netanyahu, in his Friday video statement, said critics had asked what Israel had achieved in the north and answered that the country had made what he called "enormous gains."

He said Israel had faced two threats from Lebanon: a near threat of infiltration by thousands of terrorists and anti-tank fire on Israeli communities, and a more distant threat consisting of what he said were 150,000 missiles and rockets amassed over years by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to devastate Israeli cities. "We removed both of these threats," Netanyahu said.

He also said Israel had, for the first time, created a deep security zone along the entire northern frontier — from the Lebanese border to Mount Hermon, through the Golan Heights and to the Yarmouk area. "They wanted to encircle us with a ring of fire," he said. "We created a ring of security." Netanyahu said the zone had removed the immediate threat of invasion and anti-tank fire, and that Israeli troops were staying there to continue defending against those dangers.

On Hezbollah's longer-range arsenal, Netanyahu said Israel had destroyed 90% of the missile and rocket stockpiles built under Nasrallah, killed Nasrallah himself and eliminated thousands of terrorists. "Hezbollah today is a shadow of what it was in Nasrallah's heyday," he said, while adding that Israel had not yet finished its campaign and was still planning further action against remaining rocket and drone threats.

He said Israel also remained committed to Hezbollah's disarmament, but again cautioned that this would not happen overnight. If a formal agreement is reached, responsibility for that effort would shift to the Lebanese government, which has previously said it had demilitarized the south even though Israel says it has continued to find weapons caches there.

Netanyahu also pointed to what he called a diplomatic breakthrough, saying that for the first time in 43 years, representatives of Israel were speaking directly with representatives of Lebanon. "The road to peace is still long, but we have begun it," he said. "One hand holds the weapon, and the other is extended for peace. One way or another, we will restore security to the residents of the north."

The ceasefire terms outlined by the United States say Lebanon's government is responsible for preventing attacks by armed groups such as Hezbollah, while Israel retains the right to self-defense but is to refrain from offensive operations in Lebanon during the truce.


Source: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hy0qfakpze

Two shipments from Britain of military components bound for Israel have been seized in Belgium, which has banned aircaft carrying military equipment for Israel from stopping in the country or using its airspace.

Last month, the British news website Declassified, Belgian NGO Vredesactie, Irish news website The Ditch, and the Palestinian Youth Movement alerted authorities in Brussells of a shipment travelling from Britain to Israel through Liege airport.

The consignments left Britain on 23 March and were siezed at Liege airport in Belgium on 24 March.

They were searched by a specialised engineer who found "fire control systems and spare parts for military aircraft", which had not been properly

declared.

Belgian authorities reportedly opened a criminal investigation into the affair but have declined to name the firms involved in the complaint.

But the Walloon regional government in southern Belgium named one of the companies as Moog, an American aerospace firm with factories in Britain.

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US Vice President JD Vance will lead a delegation in talks with Iran in Pakistan beginning on 11 April, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

In a briefing for reporters, Leavitt said the ceasefire between the US and Iran has created an "opening" that could be the start of a long-lasting peace in the region.

But details on the various peace proposals which will be discussed remain murky, as is the current state of shipping traffic through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.

Earlier, Iranian forces warned ships in the area that they would be "destroyed" if they attempted to pass through without permission.

Leavitt, however, said that what Iran is saying publicly is "different privately".

During the relatively short briefing at the White House on Wednesday, Leavitt declared an American "victory". Leavitt said the primary military goals of Operation Epic Fury - including the destruction of Iran's navy, drone and ballistic missile programmes - were achieved.

With the ceasefire in place, Vance, along with special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will head to Pakistan for in-person negotiations with their Iranian counterparts.

The details of those talks and the exact proposals being discussed remain unclear.

Leavitt described media reports of a 10-point Iranian proposal as inaccurate, adding that an initial "fundamentally unserious" Iranian proposal was discarded. Tehran offered a "modified" proposal in response to Trump's vow that a "whole civilization will die" if a deal was not reached, Leavitt said.

"The idea that President Trump would ever accept an Iranian wish list as a deal is completely absurd," she said.

Additionally, Leavitt told reporters that Iran agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iran's warning to ships passing through the area.

Asked about the apparent disconnect between the White House's triumphant statement and the Iranian message to ships, Leavitt said that Trump will hold Iran "accountable" and that he expects the Strait opened "quickly and safely".

The ceasefire announcement on Tuesday came just hours after Trump posted a message on Truth Social vowing that Iran's "civilization will die" unless it agreed to a deal to end the war and unblock the Strait of Hormuz.

The message drew critics from both sides of the US political spectrum and prompted concerns about the humanitarian impact of widened US strikes on Iranian infrastructure.

Leavitt defended the president's comments, saying he retains the "moral high ground" over Iran's "rogue regime".

"His very tough rhetoric and his tough negotiating style is what has led to the result you are all witnessing today," she said.

The US president is scheduled to meet with Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte later on Wednesday.

Leavitt said it would be a "very frank and candid conversation" at a time of increasing tensions between the alliance and its most powerful member state.

Trump has repeatedly criticised Nato, saying it did not come to America's aid during the Iran conflict or help re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

"Nato was tested and they failed," Leavitt said, directly quoting a letter from President Trump.

Leavitt added that Trump has "discussed" the possibility of leaving Nato, although she did not provide any further details.

Trump has previously said several Nato allies told him that they do not want to get involved in the war, a conflict many of them view as unnecessary.

Trump's relationship with Nato soured even before the conflict in Iran had broken out, partly as a result of disagreements over the fate of Greenland, a Danish territory that Trump has set his sights upon despite vocal protests from European allies.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxaniWcXuxs?si=VxFfojKC0tyG4f_O

IDF Destroys Saint Peter Shrine in Lebanon — Where Is the International Accountability?

 Tom Wong  March 30, 2026  0



The deliberate demolition of one of Christianity’s most ancient sites raises urgent questions about accountability, international law, and the West’s silence in the face of irreversible cultural destruction.

When Israeli forces detonated explosives inside the Maqam Shamoun Al-Safa — the ancient shrine believed to hold the burial place of Saint Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ — in the Lebanese village of Chamaa on November 15–17, 2024, they didn’t just destroy stone and mortar. They erased nearly two millennia of shared human history. And much of the Western world barely flinched.

The shrine, which archaeological evidence dates to the 1st century CE, sits on a hilltop overlooking Tyre in southern Lebanon. It had survived the Crusades, centuries of war, and even heavy damage in the 2006 Lebanon conflict — only to be blown up with military-grade explosives during Israel’s 2024 ground incursion. CNN verified footage showing plumes of smoke rising from the complex. The grave appeared looted. A 900-year-old adjacent medieval castle was also destroyed. The silence from world leaders was deafening.

Why This Site Matters Beyond Religion

The Maqam Shamoun Al-Safa is not merely a religious landmark — it is a civilizational artifact. Revered by both Shia Muslims (who know Saint Peter as Sham’un as-Safa, “Simon the Pure”) and Christians, it represents one of the rare places on earth where multiple faith traditions share a common heritage. The Fatimid dynasty restored it in 1097 CE; its minaret bears an inscription from that era. Local Shia scholar Yusuf al-Bahrani documented pilgrimages there after 1750. A scholar, a pilgrim, a stonemason — generation after generation — each contributed to a site that predated most of Europe’s cathedrals.

The destruction of heritage sites is not a byproduct of war. It is a message. It says: your history does not matter. When that message is delivered against sites sacred to Christianity — in a region where Christianity was literally born — it demands a response from people of conscience, regardless of political affiliation.

What the Law Actually Says

Under international humanitarian law, specifically the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, the deliberate destruction of cultural and religious heritage is prohibited. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Article classifies intentional attacks on religious, educational, and historic monuments as war crimes — even in the context of active military operations.

Israel is not a signatory to the 1954 Hague Convention. That loophole matters. But it does not change the moral and legal architecture that the rest of the civilized world has built over 70 years of post-war reckoning. The destruction of the Saint Peter shrine was not collateral damage — it was, according to reporting from the Middle East Monitor, carried out with deliberately placed explosive charges. That is a choice, not an accident.

When a government uses precision explosives to level a 2,000-year-old Christian shrine, the question isn’t whether it happened — it’s why so few people in power are demanding answers.

The Pattern No One Wants to Name

The Chamaa shrine did not fall in isolation. A Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor report from March 2026 documented that Israeli forces have destroyed over 93% of cemeteries in the Gaza Strip. In early 2026, satellite imagery confirmed the bulldozing of the Gaza War Cemetery — a Commonwealth-era burial site containing graves of British, Australian, and other Allied soldiers from World War I. The Israeli military confirmed the damage, attributing it to tunnel-dismantling operations.

What emerges is not a series of isolated incidents but a pattern of cultural and historical erasure that extends across multiple theaters of operation. Whether one supports Israel’s right to self-defense or not — and reasonable people can — the systematic destruction of irreplaceable heritage sites demands independent accountability. Supporting law and order means supporting it universally, not selectively.

What Critics Get Wrong

Some will argue that the Chamaa shrine was located in a combat zone and that Hezbollah’s use of civilian and religious infrastructure as cover makes such damage inevitable. It’s a fair point worth engaging honestly.

Military necessity is a recognized principle in the laws of war. But “military necessity” has legal limits — it cannot justify the deliberate placement of explosives in a historic shrine when there is no documented evidence of that specific structure being used as a weapons cache or command post. The IDF’s own description of the operation frames it as part of a broader scorched-earth approach to deny Hezbollah operational space near the border. That is a policy — and policies have architects, and architects have accountability.

Acknowledging complexity is not the same as excusing what happened. A functioning rule-of-law society — which Western democracies claim to champion — demands that the same standards apply to allies as to adversaries.

The Restoration Effort and What It Tells Us

By November 2025, exactly one year after the destruction, workers were photographed on-site beginning the painstaking restoration of the Maqam Shamoun Al-Safa. Xinhua documented the process in Chamaa. Lebanese communities, rather than waiting for international institutions, took it upon themselves to rebuild.

That image — laborers piecing together ancient stone with their own hands — is more than a human interest story. It is a rebuke. It demonstrates that communities value their heritage enough to fight for it even when their governments cannot, and even when the international bodies tasked with protection have failed them.

The people of Chamaa are rebuilding Saint Peter’s shrine with their bare hands. The least the rest of the world can do is bear witness.

How This Affects Every Believer — and Every Citizen

For Christians specifically, the destruction of a site tied to Saint Peter — the apostle upon whom Christ declared he would build his church — should register as something visceral. Imagine the reaction if a church in Rome or Canterbury were leveled by a foreign military using deliberate explosives. The global response would be immediate and overwhelming.

The geographic distance of Lebanon should not diminish the moral urgency. The same civic instinct that demands governments protect churches, synagogues, and mosques at home — that insists on law, order, and respect for sacred spaces — must extend to ancient sites abroad. Consistency is the bedrock of principle

Sources: https://thetownhall.news/federal-news/idf-destroys-saint-peter-shrine-in-lebanon-where-is-the-international-accountability/

Gaza education officials say Israeli soldiers shot and killed Ritaj Rihan, a 9-year-old girl, in front of her third-grade class on Thursday in Beit Lahia, traumatizing students and teachers who were left in "psychological shock."

Ritaj was reportedly struck by a bullet without warning as she was sitting at her desk in a tent serving as a classroom. Video and photos show her bloodied body being rushed through the streets toward a hospital on foot, since there was no medical transport available in the area. She was one of four Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza on Thursday.

The Iranian cyber group Handala announced it has successfully breached the phone of former IOF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, gaining access to sensitive data.

To demonstrate the breach, the group released a number of personal photos, some of which are 'less than flattering', reportedly taken from Halevi’s device, presenting them as proof of the operation’s success.

#Iran #WarOnIran #News #AlMayadeen

An Armenian church in Tehran has held a memorial service marking 40 days since the US-Israeli killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in a sign of official efforts to project national unity across religious communities. The ceremony came as Iran held wider commemorations at the end of the 40-day mourning period following Khamenei’s death.

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A US-Israel strike has caused extensive damage to a synagogue in Tehran, according to a video published by Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency. Footage shows civil defence workers amid the rubble, with Hebrew-language books scattered on the ground.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_aYkIsasiI?si=fRSWhapa__BOmTyL

Isn't their air defense GONE??

How did they destroy this F15??

Nwaikpe:
Come on, guys!


You guys are falling Iranians' hands.
Is Iran that weak that they celebrate the downing of two aircraft after a one-month war, as a victory?

Iraq, which didn't make as much noise as Iran, could shake off up to 436 soldiers.
But we are talking about Iran, which has made so much noise, but at this point, America could go into their territory, pick up their soldiers, and leave with only losing some rescue crafts.

Come on! That is low.

So your civilized USA can only respond with nuclear weapon in an unprovoked war?? That shows how irresponsible the animals you support are.

franchasng:
That's the most powerful man on earth, the President of the most powerful nation on earth and the only undisputed, tested and proven world superpower nation talking.


I pity Iranian civilians.


That was how Hitler and Hideki Tojo kept barking and daring America as they held Europe on ransom such that USSR now Russia that comprised of 15 nations then couldn't challenge Germany with their Japanese and Italian Axis allies until US used anger and used nuclear bomb on Japan and body calmed Japan down and they immediately surrendered



Iran is playing with hell fire.


US can wipe out Iran from the map of the world and no nation will dare ask questions, not even the paper tiger Russia and unproven one China.



That nuclear weapon Russia thinks it has can be fired to US homeland and it won't detonate or it can be neutralized before it leaves European airspace. Most of you guys don't know the level of military capability America possess that has made China not to dare take over Taiwan like they had been threatening for years now.



Iran is too small for America na, Trump is just trying hard to minimize Iranian civilian casualty because he love Persian Iranians not the Islamic terrorists amongst them oh

President Donald Trump tells Fox News that earlier this year the United States “sent guns to Iranian protesters … through the Kurds,” adding that he believes the weapons were kept by Kurdish groups.


Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-claims-kurds-kept-us-weapons-sent-for-iran-protesters-sees-good-chance-of-deal-by-monday/amp_articleshow/130040692.cms

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Moscow views the strike on St. Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in Tehran as a clear violation of religious rights, stressing that it should be properly assessed by the international community.

Earlier, the Russian Embassy in Iran reported that St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Tehran was damaged following two strikes in its vicinity.

"We are convinced that the blatant violation of the rights of believers should receive a proper assessment by the international community," Zakharova said in a statement posted on the ministry's Telegram channel.

#Iran #Tehran #Russia #WarOnlran #News #AlMayadeen

Another American plane involved in the war in Iran crashed in the Persian Gulf today, according to US officials cited by The New York Times.

According to the Times, the A-10 Warthog went down near the Strait of Hormuz at around the same time that an F-15E was shot down over Iran.

The report says the pilot from the A-10 was safely rescued. The US officials do not provide further details on how the plane crashed.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/second-american-plane-involved-in-iran-war-crashes-us-officials-say-pilot-safely-rescued/

That's terrorism. honourable humans don't do such and war has rules.

NothingDoMe:
Lol and he had to say Epstein and 9/11 to make it trend.

I thought they were at war with America. So why are they scared of any operation on US soil that ties back to them?

Shouldn't they be happy to take credit that they successfully struck their enemy at home? 🤔

The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, warned on X that US officials, whom he referred to as the "remaining members of #Epstein’s network have devised a conspiracy to create an incident similar to 9/11 and blame Iran for it."

He stressed that "Iran fundamentally opposes such terrorist schemes and has no war with the American people."

Larijani's statement comes amid an increase in comments by some #US officials and pundits, like those by Tucker Carlson, about the possibility of US ground troops being deployed against Iran after a major incident on American soil, like 9/11.

#IranWar #Iran

Kurdish residents of northeast Syria warned Iran's Kurds against aligning with the US to fight the Iranian government, citing their own experience in Syria in recent months as evidence their Iranian counterparts would be "abandoned."

How is Israel a Christian country??

Newsmills:
Iran being a Muslim country is always very sincere in telling people the number of casualties but in Israel being a Christian country no bomb exploded,only minor injuries,nothing like death.

Didirin, do you know Iran also named European Union armies as terrorists.

This is global politics and has nothing to do with real terrorism, Iran is arming freedom fighters that want to have their country from. Israel in Lebanon and Palestine also have their seperate country in likes of houthis in Yemen

NothingDoMe:
The IRGC

Yes, they aren't even though they spend night in graveyards of their children

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
Iranians are seeing the Israeli bombers and jets from their rooftops and are confident that the civilians aren't under attack, while Iran is just throwing missiles here and there in densely populated civilian areas hoping for a hit. That's how we know the bad guys. Should Israel and the USA start targeting every structure and person in Iran, the world would start shouting genocide. Islamists and their supporters are weird.

💔🥺 Families in Iran spent the night outside near their little sons and daughters who were slaughtered by the United States.

🌷 Families of the students who were killed by U.S. and Israeli regimes in Minab spent tonight next to the grave of their loved ones.

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Maybe because one enjoyes 3bn USD per year and other on 47year sanctions

mikeapollo:
Which reality? The Israelis know everything going on. They are protected by the bomb shelters provided by their govt.
Better worry and cry for Iranians who are suffering because of their useless govt that was vowing and threatening to destroy Israel and wipe them off the surface of the earth and used all their resources to develop nuclear weapons but they don't even have warplanes to fight war.

Israel is not seeking an endless war with Iran and will coordinate with the United States on when to end the fighting, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday, declining to publicly state a timeline for when the conflict could end.

The US-Israeli war with Iran, now in its 11th day, has engulfed the Middle East, with Iranian strikes hitting neighboring states and Israel fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon as well as striking Iran.

We will continue until the minute that we and our partners think that is appropriate to stop,” Saar told journalists in Jerusalem alongside his German counterpart.

“We are not looking for an endless war,” he said.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said earlier in Berlin that there was growing concern in Europe over the war and there appeared to be no plan to bring it to an end.

“We want to remove, for the long-term, existential threats from Iran to Israel,” Saar said in response to a question on what victory would look like to the government.

He described Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamanei – son of Ali Khamenei who was killed by the Israeli military on the first day of the war – as an extremist.

Israel has said it aims to eliminate Iran’s clerical rule by destroying its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and creating conditions for Iranians to overthrow their rulers.

Saar said there was an opportunity to create conditions for Iranians to “regain their freedom,” while acknowledging that it may not happen during the war and could come afterward.

“We must not miss this opportunity with partial results.”

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, the first senior foreign official to publicly visit Israel since the war began, said he was confident Israel and Washington were open to a diplomatic solution that could lead to an end to the war.

But any such solution would need to include agreements with Iran on its nuclear and missile programs, as well as its support for regional militias – terms that Wadephul said Tehran had made clear that it was not currently prepared to accept.

Source: https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/03/10/israel-says-it-is-not-seeking-an-endless-war-with-iran

The U.S. military has lost two more MQ-9 Reaper drones during "Operation Epic Fury" in Iran, according to two U.S. officials. This brings the total to 11 drones lost so far.

MQ-9 Reaper drones are unmanned aerial vehicles used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions or to deliver precision strikes. The drones are easier to take down because they were designed for counter-terrorism environments with little air defense, not for countries with modern missile systems

Their top speed is about 300 mph, which is slow compared to a fighter jet with a speed of about 1,200 to 1,900 mph. The total cost for 11 Reaper drones is more than $330 million.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-stock-prices-down-oil-prices-up-despite-trump-reassurance/?fbclid=Iwb21leAQdVHhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR57N9p8anbQDIF8r-moc99EFbNl4o6IJyvFlO5z1wLhCXLdwi6IaR5xx9yr5g_aem_1jpypWakh3fp4BYBc4a1Jw

A group of 'Israelis' transforming a bomb shelter into a party during recent missile threats. The video, which has gone viral, features a DJ performing while draped in the pre-1979 Iranian 'Lion and Sun' flag.

Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/fVKEc4OME64?si=OPRyKYJWeURIhhmo

Influencers, consultants, and media companies have filed lawsuits against the Israeli government, claiming that they were not fully compensated for work promoting pro-Israel messaging online during the war in Gaza. The legal claims involve millions of shekels in payments that plaintiffs say were promised but never delivered.

According to the lawsuits, some individuals were reportedly offered payments of up to $7,000 per social media post as part of a campaign aimed at shaping international opinion. One company claims that the state still owes around 1.7 million shekels, while another firm says it is owed roughly 600,000 shekels for operating a media studio and managing related communications activities.

Court filings also allege that contractors covered significant expenses, including travel, production, and digital campaign operations. One lawsuit states that the government ultimately "refused to settle its debts," leaving companies and influencers seeking compensation through legal action.

Source:https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-hasbara-directorate-being-sued-unpaid-activists-claiming-millions

Not everyone is a, coward, a lot of people understand truth with experience that validates it and are ready then die for it.

Again, not everyone is a coward.

donleo92:
The successor go dey ask himself which kind wahala be all this thing

But based on say, make him give him followers moral, him go they ginger

Right now, the successor go they pray for peace, but him no go one be the first to initiate the thing

Israel really hold this guys for blo**cks

Stop being a coward, boy. Disprove the claim. Not everyone will die hiding under the table, many of us knows truth and fact with years of experience that validates our understanding, you will grow old to see the truth we've understood.

SadiqBabaSani:
These Muslim Brotherhood of Nigeria won't stop, Seun stop allowing these low key terrorist put you in trouble

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Planned ‌Israeli action against Iran that would have seen retaliation against American forces prompted the United States ​to launch its weekend strikes against ​Tehran, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ⁠said on Monday.
"We knew that there ​was going to be an Israeli action, ​we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we ​didn’t preemptively go after them before they ​launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties," Rubio ‌told ⁠reporters.


On Saturday, Israel's defense minister Israel Katz described its missile attack against Iran as pre-emptive.
Iran has said the U.S. assault was ​unprovoked, occurring ​as Tehran ⁠and Washington were in negotiations on a nuclear accord.
U.S. President ​Donald Trump has said the U.S. ​faced ⁠an imminent threat from Iran that justified war, although he gave no specifics and some ⁠U.S. ​lawmakers said he has ​shown no evidence to back that assessment.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/rubio-us-attack-israel-iran

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2K6GUR8xnw?si=p-Kzo042475lkw6w