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Saba Yemen
27-06-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
Iran demands WHO condemn Zionist-American military aggression
Geneva - Saba: Ali Bahreini, Iran's Permanent Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, has formally called on the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to condemn the recent military attacks launched by the Zionist entity and the United States against Iran. In an official letter, Bahreini denounced the "illegal and unjustified Zionist-American military attacks on Iranian territory," urging the WHO to condemn these actions and take decisive measures to hold the perpetrators accountable. Bahreini emphasized that the Zionist attacks had damaged seven hospitals and medical centers across Iran, resulting in the deaths of 627 people—including medical staff and rescue workers—and injuring 4,935 others. In another part of the letter, Iran's UN envoy highlighted the catastrophic consequences of the deliberate attacks by the Zionist entity and the U.S. on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities. He warned that these actions endanger the lives of people in Iran and the region, stressing that they violate the WHO's constitution and approved resolutions. Earlier, Iran's Minister of Health, Treatment, and Medical Education, Mohammad Reza Zafarqandi, had separately addressed the Zionist regime's illegal attacks on Iranian medical centers in a letter, calling on the WHO to condemn these measures. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Time of India
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Mr. Trump, We Won't…': Iran's BIG Nuclear Defiance Warning After Bombing Israel
Iran continues its defiant note over its nuclear program despite the United States military's airstrikes on its nuke facilities. Iranian ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, declared that Tehran will not renounce its right to "peaceful nuclear energy". Bahreini also condemned the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites as a "criminal attack". Read More
Middle East Eye
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Iran tells UN Israel ‘destroyed diplomacy' ahead of nuclear talks
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Ali Bahreini, has told the UN Security Council that the Israeli and US strikes on Iran were not isolated events but the outcome of what he called 'politically motivated actions' by Washington and its European allies. Speaking during a session on escalating tensions, Bahreini said Israel had 'destroyed diplomacy' by launching an attack just two days before scheduled nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington. He challenged Western expectations that Iran should return to talks, asking how it could return to something 'it never left'. Bahreini also accused Western powers of distorting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying it had been 'manipulated into a political weapon … exploited as a pretext for aggression and unlawful action'.
Euronews
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Euronews
Can Iran attack the US now and how (and where) can it do it?
Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ali Bahreini told Euronews on June 19 that Tehran will attack the US if Washington 'crosses the red lines". Most military experts agree that the most probable scenario is for Iran to attack the US military bases in the region. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards already said on Sunday that the origin of the US aircraft 'has been identified and it is under surveillance', emphasizing that American bases in the region are 'not a source of strength, but a point of heightened vulnerability'. Iran's proxy in Yemen, the Houthis, also said on Saturday that they would target US ships in the Red Sea if Washington participates in any potential attack against Israel in co-operation with Israel. "We will target US ships and battleships in the Red Sea if Washington participates in the attack on Iran," the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement published by the group's media outlet. The US has tens of thousands of troops stationed in the Middle East, including at permanent bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Arab Gulf countries just across the Persian Gulf from Iran — and much closer than Israel. Those bases have sophisticated air defences, but would have much less warning time before waves of missiles or swarms of armed drones. It also depends a lot on the number of drones and missiles used in a possible attack. Even Israel, which is several hundred kilometers further away, has been unable to stop all of the incoming fire. Typically around 30,000 troops are based in the Middle East, and about 40,000 troops are in the region now, according to a US officials and AP. That number surged as high as 43,000 last October in response to heightened tensions between Israel and Iran as well as continuous attacks on commercial and military ships in the Red Sea by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. After June 13 when Israel first hit Iran to stop its nuclear enrichment programme, US forces in the region started taking precautionary measures, including having military dependents voluntarily leave bases, in anticipation of potential strikes and to protect personnel in case of a large-scale response from Tehran. US targets at risk amid escalating tensions US troops across the Middle East are on high alert as Iran and its proxies threaten retaliation and because US interests in the region were targeted in the past. One difference compared to past attacks and threats though is that Iran's proxies Hezbollah and Hamas' capabilities are much weaker since Israel decimated them after October 2023. Also, Iran has missiles, including ballistic, but not much of an aviation force owing to Western sanctions. Al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq, the largest U.S. deployment in the country, has been a frequent target. In 2020, after the US killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, Iran launched 16 missiles at American bases in Iraq; 11 hit al-Asad, wounding dozens. Attacks have continued, with drones and rockets striking the base as recently as August. In January 2024, a drone strike on Tower 22, a small US outpost in Jordan near the Syrian border, killed three American troops. The drone strike was the first deadly one against US forces since the Israel-Hamas war started in October 2023. US officials have blamed the attack on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of Iran-backed militias, including Kataib Hezbollah. In Bahrain, the US Navy's 5th Fleet operates with around 8,000 personnel. Qatar hosts Al-Udeid Air Base, the forward headquarters of U.S. Central Command, which can accommodate up to 10,000 troops. Camp Buehring, Ali al-Salem, and al-Dhafra are also key air bases located in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. US diplomatic missions in Iraq and Israel have also begun evacuating staff. Officials warn embassies could be targeted alongside military bases. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on X that 'protecting US forces is our top priority,' announcing the deployment of additional forces to bolster regional defenses.
Business Recorder
19-06-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Iran will respond firmly if US becomes directly involved: UN ambassador
GENEVA: Iran has conveyed to Washington that it will respond firmly to the United States if it becomes directly involved in Israel's military campaign, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said on Wednesday. Ali Bahreini told reporters that he saw the US as 'complicit in what Israel is doing'. Iran would set a red line, and respond if the United States crosses it, he said, without specifying what actions would provoke a response. Israel launched an air war on Friday after saying it had concluded Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons. US President Donald Trump called on Tuesday for Iran's 'unconditional surrender'. Bahreini called Trump's remarks 'completely unwarranted and very hostile. We cannot ignore them. We are vigilant about what Trump is saying. We will put it in our calculations and assessments.'
