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  PREMIUM TIMES reported the strike at a girls’ elementary school in Minab, in the Hormozgan province of Southern Iran. The death toll from the US and Israeli strike on an Iranian girls’ elementary school has now risen to 185. CNN reports that the toll had moved from 95 to 118 to 185 as emergency workers continued to clear the …

A top Iranian security official on Sunday said the country will form an interim council later in the day to assume the leadership responsibilities until the selection of a new leader. Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani made the remarks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV hours after the country confirmed the death of its Supreme …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and heads of UN agencies have condemned Saturday’s joint Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran and the Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israel and the Gulf Regions. The attack on Iran reportedly targeted military sites as well as the leadership of the Iranian regime. Explosions were heard in Israel and Gulf countries after Iran launched a wave …

The Iranian leadership has declared 40 days of national mourning, according to Iran’s state television following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was killed as a “martyr,” the IRNA and Fars news agencies reported. Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump had declared Khamenei dead after the United States and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on Saturday. “Khamenei, …

Pahlavi expressed immense gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his role in the operation and for his words of encouragement to Iran’s citizens. Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi published an op-ed in the Washington Post in the early hours of Sunday morning, responding to the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and outlining his plan for a …

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, described the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on the country as promised “aid” and an act of “humanitarian intervention” by President Donald Trump. Following the reported strikes, Pahlavi urged Iranians to abandon the regime and called on security forces to defect. “Moments of destiny lie ahead of us,” Pahlavi wrote in a statement on …

An Airline used to illustrate a story A growing number of international airlines have cancelled, suspended, or rerouted flights to and over the Middle East. This development is coming after coordinated military strikes by the United States and Israel on targets in Iran triggered widespread airspace closures and heightened safety concerns, aviation authorities and carriers said on Saturday. The closures, …

  Some others have stopped short of declaring a clear stance, except for a few governments such as Spain, Brazil, China and Russia. Comments from several world leaders on the US and Israel’s attack on Iran, causing the death of more than 50 pupils, have been supportive or cautious, rather than strongly critical of the unprovoked act of violence. Both …

  In a press statement issued on Saturday, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja said it was closely monitoring the rapidly evolving situation in the Middle East, warning that the security environment across the region remains volatile and unpredictable. The Nigerian government has issued a security advisory to its citizens residing in the Islamic Republic of Iran and neighbouring …

Arab nations are sounding off against Iran after the regime launched strikes against U.S. interests in neighboring countries in the region in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli joint strikes against Iran’s leaders. The Iranian response targeted all U.S. bases in the Gulf, except for U.S. bases in Oman, Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin reported, since the Omani foreign minister had tried to mediate …