Pakistan Minister in Tehran “to facilitate” Iran-US talks
The Pakistani Interior Minister arrived in Tehran on Saturday “to facilitate” stalled peace talks between Iran and the United States, Iranian media reported.
This visit comes just days after the Chief of the powerful Pakistani army, Marshal Asim Munir, visited Tehran.
Iran says in talks with European countries about Ormuz
Iran stated yesterday that European countries were in talks with them to obtain permissions to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
“After the passage of ships from East Asian countries, including China, Japan, and Pakistan, we received information today that Europeans have begun negotiations with the Revolutionary Guards Navy to transit the passage,” the state-run Iranian television announced without specifying the names of these countries.
Israeli soldier killed in southern Lebanon
An Israeli soldier was killed in southern Lebanon, the army announced yesterday, bringing the number of deaths in its ranks to 21 since the beginning of the war with the pro-Iranian Hezbollah in early March.
Gerald Ford aircraft carrier back in the United States after a “record” mission
The American aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, dispatched by President Trump to the Middle East before the start of the war in Iran, returned to the United States on Saturday, setting a record for a sea mission, the Pentagon announced.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier returned to its homeport in Norfolk, on the east coast of the United States, welcomed by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, as reported by the American Ministry of Defense on social media.
The Gerald Ford completed a 326-day mission, the longest for an aeronaval group since the Vietnam War, the Pentagon noted.
Series of Israeli strikes conducted in Lebanon
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Israel carried out a series of strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite the extension of the ceasefire the day before for an additional month and a half. The official Lebanese National News Agency (ANI) reported that about twenty villages were affected.
