Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran is planning a significant increase in its defense budget for the upcoming fiscal year, following recent tensions with Israel that have raised concerns about wider conflict in the Middle East. Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani … Read more
Satellite images analyzed by BBC Verify show damage to multiple military sites in Iran from Israeli air strikes on Saturday. They include sites that experts say were used for missile production and air defense, including one previously linked to Iran’s nuclear program. Satellite imagery following the Israeli strikes reveals damage to buildings at what experts … Read more
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called for a considered approach following the Israeli attack on military sites on Saturday. “How the strength and will of the Iranian people should be made clear to [Israel] is for those responsible to decide,” Khamenei said on Sunday at an event in the capital Tehran, according to … Read more
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Commercial satellite imagery reveals that Israeli airstrikes targeted buildings used by Iran for mixing solid fuel for ballistic missiles during a recent attack, according to assessments by two American researchers. David Albright, a former U.N. weapons inspector and head of the Institute for Science and International Security research group, … Read more
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed a meeting in Tehran, Iran on September 25, 2024. The Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader released a statement in which Khamenei expressed his views on the recent death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Khamenei emphasized that despite the loss of Sinwar, the “Axis of Resistance” would continue … Read more