"America's brutal sanctions on Iran are aimed at collapsing our economy. Their aim is to limit our influence in the region and to halt our missile and nuclear capabilities," says Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
For the first time in modern history, Saudi Arabia has dramatically reduced the number of pilgrims allowed to visit Mecca to ensure that COVID social distancing measures can be maintained.
The US military said the drill caused two bases with American troops in the region to go on heightened alert and said Tehran’s missile launches were irresponsible.
Iran’s Student News Agency says six fuel tanks exploded, causing a major fire in the area.
Monday's border skirmish between Hezbollah and Israel "gives a clear idea about the state of sovereignty for the Lebanese state. Is that acceptable?” asks Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces Party.
Funds earmarked for the creation of jobs and other welfare projects seeking to help the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Tehran, which opposes the presence of US and Western navies in the Gulf, frequently holds naval war games in the strategic Strait, the conduit for some 30% of all crude and other oil liquids traded by sea.
"Seeing economies crumble the way that they are and seeing their prospects vanish before their eyes is going to take a huge toll on their mental health and well-being," says UN analyst.
Tehran initially blames Israel for the incident, in which several passengers aboard Mahan Air Flight 1152 were lightly injured. US Central Command: A US F-15 fighter jet "conducted a standard visual inspection of a Mahan Air passenger airliner at a safe distance."
The official, a member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee, strictly rules out "a strike on the complex by an external object," adding that "if it was from the outside, we should have seen shrapnel, but absolutely no such debris were found at the site."
