Iran minister visits Saudi Arabia to focus on ‘stopping Israeli genocide’
The spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry says Tehran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, will arrive in Saudi Arabia later today with a focus on stopping the expanding war.
The goal is to further diplomatic efforts “to stop the Israeli regime’s genocide and aggression and to alleviate the pain and suffering of our brothers and sisters in Gaza and Lebanon”, Esmail Baghaei wrote in a post on X.
“Carnage and aggression must be stopped.”
Dozens of Iranian lawmakers demand a dash for nuclear bomb
Dozens of Iranian lawmakers wrote to the country’s Supreme National Security Council calling for urgent action towards developing nuclear weapons as Israeli threats rise in the region.
The 39 members of parliament argued Iran needs to “reevaluate its defence doctrine”, Hassan Ali Akhlaghi, one of the signatories, told the semi-official ISNA news website.
“Today, none of the international organisations or even European countries or the US are capable of controlling the Zionist regime, and the regime is committing any crimes it can, so we wrote this letter,” he said.
Supreme Leader Aytollah Ali Khamenei issued a religious ruling two decades ago saying nuclear weapons are forbidden under Islamic principles. But calls to shift that policy have gained more favour among hardliners in Tehran during growing hostilities across the region.
Iranian nuclear weapons might become a self-fulfilling prophecy :(
