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TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – A senior spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces has said that the United States is no longer a world power, emphasizing that the terrorist US government must be expelled from the West Asian region.

Nicholas Noe says Israel’s strategy in Lebanon appears to be aimed at targeting civilian infrastructure.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes since Israel issued mass evacuation orders and ramped up its airstrikes on the militant group Hezbollah

Firing Peter Mandelson, convening with Marco Rubio – then handling the fallout of conflict in the Middle East… it’s been a busy time for the secretary of state, and our writer has had a ringside seat Before Yvette Cooper joins me in a plush side room at the Foreign Office, an aide comes in and draws the heavy curtains. Outside is Horse Guards Parade. I can see a strip of Downing Street, a patch of the No 10 garden, daffodils in bloom. I say that it’s a shame to block the light on such a beautiful spring afternoon. The aide coughs, embarrassed, and explains that it’s actually for security. So that people can’t see in? Continue reading...

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the United States and Zionist regime are seeking to disintegrate major Islamic countries.

EU and UK denounce settler violence in West Bank The European Union and United Kingdom have issued statements calling for an end to Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this week.  “We are appalled by the killing of five Palestinians in incidents of settler violence over the past week,” the British Consulate General in Jerusalem said in a statement posted on X. It added that “Israeli security forces have described such violence as ‘unacceptable’” and called on them to follow with “swift, thorough investigations and accountability for those responsible”.  The EU issued similar comments on Tuesday, calling on Israeli authorities to take "immediate and effective action" and urging Israel to "abide by its obligations under international law to protect the Palestinian population in the occupied territory". EU and UK denounce Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in West Bank

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – The chairman of the Central Headquarters of Global Quds Day based in Tehran said that Quds Day rallies carry special and clear meaning to the American and the Zionists.

Israeli evacuation orders affect 14 percent of Lebanon, NGO says Over an eighth of Lebanon's territory is under Israel's forced evacuation orders, an aid group said on Friday, while the United Nations peacekeeping mission said Israeli ground troops were making incursions and erecting roadblocks. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said Israel's evacuation orders for southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut now covered about 1,470 square kilometres, or about 14 percent of the country. "Israel’s mass evacuation orders have expanded to broad geographic directives, often demanding immediate movement, creating panic and fear across communities that strikes are imminent - even when they are not," said Maureen Philippon, NRC country director in Lebanon. Israeli strikes on Lebanon since 2 March killed almost 700 people, and displaced more than 800,000 in Lebanon. An injured woman is helped away from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a neighbourhood in the town of Mieh Mieh, 5km east of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on 13 March 2026 (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – An advisor to the commander of IRGC Ground Forces has said that the equations of power have been changed in the region in favor of the Resistance Front.

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – The commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has said powerful Armed Forces will give a remorseful and regrettable response to enemies for their crimes committed against people of the country.

More than 24,000 civilian units damaged in Iran, Red Crescent says More than 24,000 civilian units have been damaged across various sectors in Iran, including 19,775 residential units, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society said, according to IRNA. The report said 4,511 business units were also damaged, which could have significant economic and livelihood consequences for residents. It added that 69 schools were damaged and 195 teachers and students were injured. Sixteen Red Crescent centres were also damaged, along with 21 rescue and relief vehicles and 19 ambulances, the report said. A woman sits outside her destroyed apartment after it was damaged by an strike while she was inside, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, 12 March, 2026. (Reuters/Alaa Al Marja)

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that Iran will witness International Quds Day’s rallies across the country different from the previous years given the US-Israeli aggression against the country.

Iran team condemns Trump over World Cup threats Iran national football team has pushed back against remarks by US President Donald Trump suggesting it would not be “appropriate” for Iran to take part in this year’s 2026 FIFA World Cup. In a statement, the team stressed that the global tournament is governed by FIFA rather than any individual country. “The World Cup is a historic and international event and its governing body is FIFA — not any individual country. Iran’s national team, with strength and a series of decisive victories achieved by the brave sons of Iran, was among the first teams to qualify for this major tournament,” the statement said. “Certainly no one can exclude Iran’s national team from the World Cup. The only country that could be excluded is one that merely carries the title of “host” yet lacks the ability to provide security for the teams participating in this global event”.

Osher Gabbay, who has been convicted of assaulting and threating Palestinians, has accompanied minister to blast sites and prison security wings despite lack of security clearance The post Far-right activist with criminal past is serving as an aide to Ben Gvir — report appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Iceland and Netherlands intervene in ICJ South Africa v Israel genocide case MEE staff on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 16:57 The move adds to an expanding list of governments weighing in on the high-profile Gaza case before the UN’s highest court President of the International Court of Justice Yuji Iwasawa chairs a hearing in The Hague on 22 October 2025 (AFP) Off Iceland and the Netherlands filed declarations to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday, bringing the number of countries seeking to participate in the proceedings to 18. Both states filed declarations under Article 63 of the court’s statute, which allows countries that are parties to a treaty at issue in a case to intervene in order to present their interpretation of that treaty. The case, brought by South Africa in December 2023, accuses Israel of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention through its military campaign in Gaza since October 2023. Israel has so far killed over 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them women and children. South Africa argues that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide, including through killing Palestinians, causing serious bodily or mental harm and imposing conditions of life calculated to bring about the group’s destruction. Israel denies committing genocide. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But a UN commission of inquiry concluded last September that Israel has committed genocide (the gravest crime under international law) in Gaza since 7 October 2023. The UN report’s authors, including legal experts Navi Pillay and Chris Sidoti, told Middle East Eye that the report used evidence and a similar methodology in its analysis to that which will be used by the ICJ. On Thursday, Israel is scheduled to submit its counter-memorial, or arguments in response to South Africa's filings, after several deadline extensions by the court. The court has yet to announce that Israel has filed its evidence, however. Mass interventions  The new interventions by Iceland and the Netherlands come as a growing number of states seek to weigh in on the interpretation of the Genocide Convention in the case. Under Article 63, interventions have already been filed by Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine, Spain, Turkey, Chile, the Maldives, Bolivia, Ireland, Cuba, Belize, Brazil, the Comoros, Belgium and Paraguay. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Palestine and Belize have also sought to intervene under Article 62 of the ICJ statute, which allows states to apply to join proceedings if they believe they have a legal interest that could be affected by the court’s decision. Article 63 interventions do not make intervening states parties to the dispute. Instead, they allow them to submit observations on how the relevant treaty – in this case the Genocide Convention – should be interpreted. Genocide in Gaza: How many Palestinians did Israel kill? Read More » In its declaration, Iceland said the Convention must be interpreted in a way that supports its fundamental aim of preventing and punishing genocide. It argued that genocidal intent can often be inferred from patterns of conduct rather than direct evidence. Iceland also said the court should consider whether actions such as deprivation of food, shelter or medical care could constitute conditions of life intended to destroy a protected group, and emphasised the particular vulnerability of children in assessing serious bodily or mental harm. The Netherlands, in its filing, said the court should take into account patterns of conduct and circumstantial evidence when determining genocidal intent. It also argued that forced displacement and the withholding of humanitarian aid could, depending on the circumstances, contribute to acts prohibited under the Convention. Both countries stressed that their interventions were limited to questions of treaty interpretation and did not address the factual allegations in the case. The proceedings are one of the most closely watched disputes ever heard by the ICJ and have drawn an unusually large number of third-state interventions. The court has already ordered Israel in binding provisional measures to take steps to prevent acts that breach the Convention and to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, while stopping short of ordering a ceasefire. Israel has been accused of repeatedly violating the court's orders.  A final ruling on whether Israel has breached the Genocide Convention could take until 2028, experts have previously told Middle East Eye. Israel's genocide in Gaza News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

UN says 3.2 million people now displaced in Iran as a result of US-Israeli war MEE staff on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 11:15 Humanitarian needs look set to increase as the war continues, jeopardising millions of already vulnerable refugees Arafat Jamal (L), representative of the UNHCR in Afghanistan, speaks with Afghan nationals upon their arrival from Iran amid the Middle East war, 10 March 2026 (Mohsen Karimi/AFP) Off The number of people displaced within Iran since the start of the US and Israel’s war on the country has reached 3.2 million, according to the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR. The number represents between 600,000 and one million households now temporarily displaced owing to the war that began on 28 February. “This figure is likely to continue rising as hostilities persist, marking a worrying escalation in humanitarian needs,” Ayaki Ito, the agency's emergency coordinator for the Middle East said. A large number of those affected are people fleeing the capital Tehran, with 100,000 leaving in the first two days of the war. Many of those affected already have refugee status after fleeing countries such as Afghanistan, with Iran being a long-time host of 1.65 million people forced to flee the war in that country. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The growing humanitarian crisis in Iran reflects a broader pattern of displacement across the region since the war began. Across the affected countries, nearly 25 million people were already refugees, internally displaced, or people who had only recently returned home, making further displacement almost inevitable, the UN agency said. In Lebanon the number of people forced to flee their homes since Israel began its bombardment has reached 800,000, according to aid agencies, with almost 100,000 sheltering in 440 collective sites, according to the Lebanese government. The UNHCR's most recent figures show at least 33,600 Syrians and some 3,000 Lebanese have crossed into Syria. War on Iran News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – An adviser to the late Leader of the Islamic Revolution has said that US forces will certainly be defeated in the conflict with the powerful Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Iran War Is Breaking Global Humanitarian Aid Efforts  Council on Foreign Relations

Up to 3.2 million people displaced inside Iran by war, UN says The UN refugee agency said on Thursday that up to 3.2 million people have been displaced inside Iran since the war began on 28 February. "This figure is likely to continue rising as hostilities persist, marking a worrying escalation in humanitarian needs," UNHCR said in a statement, citing preliminary assessments based on the number of uprooted households.

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has said that Germany has sided on the wrong side of history by ignoring the cruelty and crimes of the US and Israeli aggressors.