Tehran backs efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon on the condition it would be backed by Hezbollah and simultaneous with a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said in Beirut.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Iran and its regional proxies will not back down from Israel hours after an Israeli attack on Beirut that is thought to have targeted the heir apparent to Tehran-backed Hezbollah’s slain secretary general.
A sixth round of the Moscow Format talks concerning Afghanistan is scheduled to take place on Friday, October 4. Participants will include Russia, China, Iran, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
The de-facto Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected recent statements made by Iran’s ambassador and special representative for Afghanistan regarding alleged ethnic and linguistic ‘discrimination’ in the country.
Political affairs experts believe that the absence of a representative from the Islamic Emirate, despite the inclusion of Afghanistan in the discussions, signifies a “failure” of global efforts concerning the country.
Via an official letter sent to Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Islamic Emirate has requested attendance the meeting of BRICS members, it said.
MONITORING (SW) – In-person voting for this year’s presidential election in US began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil.
KABUL (SW) – Dmitry Aleksandrovich Zhirnov, Russia’s ambassador in Kabul, has stated that establishing relations with the de-facto Islamic Emirate government is important for his country.
MONITORING (SW) – Voters queued outside polling stations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate has dismissed recent international concerns about the human rights situation in Afghanistan, following discussions at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the de-facto government has welcomed Kyrgyzstan removing the Islamic Emirate from its list of “proscribed groups”.
MONITORING (SW) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Mongolia, his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a
