Iran's top security official says reports indicate that several American soldiers have been captured during the latest round of the United States' and the Israeli regime's unprovoked aggression towards the Islamic Republic that has prompted decisive Iranian retaliation.
Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, made the remarks in a post on X on Sunday, saying, “It has been reported to me that several American soldiers have been taken prisoner."
"But the Americans claim that they have been killed in action. Despite their futile efforts, the truth is not something they can hide for too long,” he added.
Since late last month, Washington and Tel Aviv have begun taking Iran under fresh deadly atrocities, triggering the Islamic Republic's Armed Forces, most notably the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), to fight back by launching hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones against numerous sensitive and strategic hostile targets.
A day earlier, Larijani had Larijani had warned that Washington’s actions would face retaliation.
“The United States must understand that crossing [Iran's] red lines and violating international law will not go unanswered,” he said during televised remarks.
Emphasizing Iran’s resolve, Larijani added that relying on national determination, the country “will not leave America’s aggression and insolence unanswered, and will not let them off the hook.”
He also criticized the conduct of Donald Trump, saying the US president’s rhetoric reflected a deeper strategic impasse, stressing that Washington had failed to achieve its broader objectives against the Islamic Republic.
“Trump’s strategic failure regarding Iran is certain. Their primary objective was the collapse of the governing system and the destruction of national unity, an objective that has failed.”
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Volker Turk has warned that efforts to advance reparatory justice are facing resistance in “certain quarters,” and urged countries to back Africa’s push.
Reparatory justice for historical crimes, including colonialism, enslavement, and the trade in enslaved Africans, is crucial to dismantling systemic racism, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said.
Speaking at the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent on Tuesday, Turk linked present-day discrimination against people from the continent to the enduring legacy of colonialism and enslavement.
”Racism and dehumanizing rhetoric continue to permeate public institutions, communities, and online platforms,” he said, according to the UN Press Service. Turk noted that “digital technologies, including AI, are reproducing and amplifying existing biases against people of African descent.”
The remarks come weeks after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest...
The US VP had to defend President Trump’s Gaza policy at a rally on a Georgia college campus.
US Vice President J.D. Vance was forced to defend Washington’s policy in Gaza after he was booed and heckled at a key MAGA event on Wednesday.
Co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a conservative student group that has long been seen as a strong support base of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement but is now showing apparent cracks.
Less than 15 minutes into a TPUSA event at the University of Georgia on Wednesday, Vance was interrupted by hecklers over US policy in Gaza, with one audience member shouting, “Jesus Christ does not support genocide!” As he attempted to respond, others shouted, “You’re killing children!” and “You’re bombing children!”
Vance replied by referring to Trump’s achievements as president, including securing a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, something he said the previous administration of Joe Biden failed to do.
“I ...
Sergey Shoigu has cautioned Finland and the Baltic states against allowing Kiev to use their airspace for attacks on Russia.
Russia would have the right to retaliate if Finland and the Baltic states are deliberately allowing Ukrainian drones to pass through their airspace, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said on Thursday.
“Recently, there has been an increase in Ukrainian drone strikes against Russia via Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia,” Shoigu told journalists. “As a result, civilians are suffering and significant damage is being caused to civilian infrastructure.”
Either Western air defenses are proving ineffective, or these four countries “deliberately provide their airspace, thereby becoming open accomplices in aggression against Russia,” he added. In the latter case, Moscow has the right to self-defense in response to an “armed attack” under Article 51 of the UN Charter, the security chief stressed.
In recent weeks, Kiev has intensified drone strikes on ...
