“We absolutely need a cease-fire,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday that “escalation after escalation” in the Middle East is pushing the region to the precipice of all-out war, a message that came after Israel invaded Lebanon and Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel. “I condemn the broadening of […]
One observer noted that the Israeli prime minister “has a habit of pretending to reach out to the people of the countries he intends to bomb next.” Fears that Israel is planning yet another escalation of its multi-front Middle East war mounted Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a recorded speech to the people of […]
“Trump’s threat to blow Iran’s largest cities and the country itself ‘to smithereens’ is an outrageous threat that should be widely condemned,” said the National Iranian American Council. Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat on Wednesday to blow Iran “to smithereens” if he returns to power was condemned by a leading Iranian American advocacy group […]
The White House tells VOA it is “alarmed” by unconfirmed Western news reports that an unprecedented Iranian transfer of missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine recently happened or will occur imminently. Iran is responding to those reports by separately telling VOA that it “abstains” from arming parties engaged in the war that its ally […]