TEHRAN: Iran on Monday slammed Israel over its killing of Hezbollah&#39;s military chief, a day after the commander was targeted with a strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. &quot;The Iranian foreign ministry strongly condemns the cowardly assassination of the great commander of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance, the martyr Haytham Ali Tabatabai,&quot; the foreign ministry said in a statement. Tabatabai is the most senior Hezbollah commander to be killed by Israel since the start of a ceasefire in November 2024 that sought to end more than a year of hostilities. &lsquo;Flagrant violation&rsquo;&nbsp;The killing &quot;constitutes a flagrant violation of the November 2024 ceasefire and a brutal breach of Lebanon&rsquo;s national sovereignty&quot;, the Iranian foreign ministry said. Hezbollah earlier confirmed the killing of &quot;the great commander&quot; Tabatabai. Largely unknown to the Lebanese public, Tabatabai was among the new commanders chosen to lead the group after the war. Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon since the truce, mostly claiming to be targeting Hezbollah members and infrastructure.

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‘The Iranian foreign ministry strongly condemns the cowardly assassination of the great commander of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance, the martyr Haytham Ali Tabatabai,’ the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement.

Iran slams Israel’s killing of Hezbollah military chief

TEHRAN: Iran&#39;s intelligence ministry has warned of attempts by foreign adversaries, including the United States and Israel, to target supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and destabilize the Islamic Republic.&nbsp;The country&#39;s ISNA news agency reported on Saturday that intelligence minister Esmail Khatib cautioned, &quot;the enemy seeks to target the supreme leader, sometimes with assassination attempts, sometimes with hostile attacks&quot;.&nbsp;While it was not immediately clear if the minister was referring to a specific incident, and Iranian officials often allege foreign plots, statements on threats against Khamenei&#39;s life had been rare prior to a 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June.&nbsp;&quot;Those who act in this direction, knowingly or unknowingly, are the infiltrating agents of the enemy,&quot; Khatib added, referring directly to Israel and the United States.&nbsp;During the conflict earlier this year, Israel targeted senior Iranian military officials, nuclear scientists, and sites as well as residential areas, with the US later joining with strikes on key nuclear facilities.&nbsp;Asked about reports during the war that US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill the supreme leader out of concern it would escalate the Iran-Israel showdown, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was dismissive but said the move would &quot;end the conflict&quot;.&nbsp;At the time, Trump had also said that Iran&#39;s supreme leader was a &quot;very easy target&quot; and that &quot;we are not going to take him out, at least not for now.&quot;&nbsp;He later said in a post on Truth Social he had saved Iran&#39;s supreme leader from &quot;A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH&quot;.&nbsp;The 86-year-old Khamenei has been Iran&#39;s supreme leader since 1989 and has the final say on all state affairs.&nbsp;Earlier this month, Iran&#39;s President Masoud Pezeshkian said he was particularly concerned for Khamenei&#39;s life during the war and feared that the country&#39;s institutions &quot;would start fighting among each other.&quot;&nbsp;In July, Khamenei said Israel&#39;s attacks during the war were intended to weaken the Islamic Republic, sow &quot;unrest and bring people into the streets to overthrow the system&quot;.&nbsp;A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has been in place since June 24, but both Israel and the United States have threatened new strikes if Tehran revives its nuclear programme.

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Iran’s intelligence minister warned that the US and Israel seek to target Supreme Leader Khamenei. Amid past war-related threats and alleged plots, officials voiced concerns over internal stability, while Israel and the US caution against Iran reviving its nuclear program.

Iran warns of attempts to target supreme leader Khamenei

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ISLAMABAD: Iran has suspended its visa-waiver facility for ordinary Indian passport holders beginning Nov. 22, after multiple reports that Indian nationals were being deceived with fake job offers and then kidnapped upon arrival in the country, according to an advisory issued by India&rsquo;s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The MEA said Indian citizens had been &ldquo;lured to Iran on false promises of employment or with assurances of onward transit to third countries.&rdquo; According to the advisory, criminal networks exploited visa-free entry for Indian travelers, with several individuals allegedly abducted for ransom shortly after landing. Iran has long served as a convenient transit point for Indians traveling to Europe or Central Asia, as well as for Shia pilgrims from Indian-occupied Kashmir en route to holy sites in Iraq. The MEA said the suspension aims &ldquo;to prevent further misuse of the facility by criminal elements.&rdquo; From Nov. 22 onward, all ordinary Indian passport holders must secure a visa before entering or transiting Iran. Diplomatic and official passport holders are exempt. India urged its citizens to exercise caution, verify job offers or travel arrangements, and avoid intermediaries claiming to arrange visa-free travel through Iran. There has been no formal statement from Iran&rsquo;s foreign ministry; however, the Iranian embassy in New Delhi reshared the MEA advisory on its official X account. In May, Indian media reported that three men from India&rsquo;s Punjab attempting to reach Australia via illegal routes were kidnapped in Iran.

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Iran suspended its visa-waiver for Indian travelers after reports of Indians being lured with fake jobs and kidnapped, prompting India’s MEA to warn citizens and require visas for all ordinary passport holders

Iran suspends visa waiver for Indian travelers after kidnapping reports

ISLAMABAD: Iran will convene a regional meeting on Afghanistan in mid-December to address escalating tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban government, Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh announced Monday. The Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported that the meeting will include Afghanistan&#39;s neighboring countries along with Russia and China, as bilateral relations between Islamabad and Kabul have reached their lowest point following recent border clashes. &quot;We are working on establishing a contact group on Afghanistan, which will include all of Afghanistan&#39;s neighboring countries, as well as a number of other countries, including Russia and China,&quot; an Iranian diplomat told the Russian News Agency RIA Novosti, according to ISNA. The diplomat outlined the meeting&#39;s scope: &quot;The agenda of the meeting will include very important regional issues, including how to help Afghanistan and maintain stability through regional mechanisms.&quot; Khatibzadeh emphasized that Iran has taken &quot;effective steps&quot; in recent days regarding the Afghanistan-Pakistan dispute. Pakistan has welcomed Iran&#39;s mediation efforts. Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi stated, &quot;Iran is a brotherly, friendly country. Pakistan is always in favor of finding peaceful resolutions of issues through dialogue and diplomacy, and we appreciate the offer of mediation of our brotherly country, Iran.&quot; &quot;We believe that Iran can play an important role. We would not shy away from any mediatory role by Iran. Mediations are always welcome,&quot; Andrabi added, asserting that Pakistan had a &quot;very strong case. &quot;Despite ongoing tensions, mediation efforts by Qatar and T&uuml;rkiye have facilitated bilateral talks in Doha and Istanbul, leading to a ceasefire agreement between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has offered assistance in resolving remaining differences and de-escalating tensions. Last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Araghchi held discussions calling for continued dialogue between the parties. &quot;Both sides called for continued dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve differences by political and diplomatic means, in the interests of ensuring regional stability and security,&quot; the Russian Foreign Office stated.

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Iran will convene a regional meeting on Afghanistan in mid-December to address escalating tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban government

Iran plans regional Afghanistan meeting amid Pakistan-Taliban tensions

TEHRAN: Iran&#39;s Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Saturday that they had seized an oil tanker in the Gulf as it sailed away from a UAE port, a day after security companies determined they were likely responsible. &quot;Yesterday morning at 7:30, after a judicial authority ordered the seizure of the cargo of an oil tanker with the trade name Talara and the flag of the Marshall Islands, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rapid reaction units of the naval forces monitored its movements and intercepted and seized it,&quot; said the IRGC, the ideological arm of the Islamic republic&#39;s military. &quot;The tanker was found to be in violation of the law by carrying unauthorized cargo,&quot; the statement continued, adding it &quot;was carrying 30,000 tonnes of petrochemical cargo and was heading to Singapore.&quot; The Iranian news agency Fars said that action was not taken as a measure against any other nation but was a purely local matter. The seized cargo, the report said, was made up of Iranian-produced petrochemicals being illegally exported and &quot;the main culprit was an Iranian individual or business.&quot; The vessel had departed from Ajman in the United Arab Emirates and was heading south through the Strait of Hormuz when it was approached by three small boats, after which it made a &quot;sudden course deviation,&quot; maritime security company Ambrey said. The US Navy had earlier said it was &quot;actively monitoring the situation.&quot; &quot;Commercial vessels are entitled to largely unimpeded rights of navigation and commerce on the high seas,&quot; said the US 5th Fleet, which patrols the region. The Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global oil and liquefied natural gas, has previously been the scene of similar incidents. Last year, the Revolutionary Guards seized a container ship, saying it had links to Israel, following a deadly attack on Iran&#39;s consulate in Syria blamed on Israel.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Saturday that they had seized an oil tanker in the Gulf as it sailed away from a UAE port, a day after security companies determined they were likely responsible.

Iran Guards confirm they seized oil tanker in Gulf

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities on Tuesday carried out a public execution of a man convicted of killing a physician in the southwest of the country, the judiciary said. &quot;The qisas (retribution) sentence for the murderer of Dr Davoudi... was carried out in public this morning in Yasuj,&quot; capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the judiciary&#39;s official outlet, Mizan Online reported. The verdict followed a mental health evaluation of the defendant and the Supreme Court upholding the sentence, the judiciary said. &quot;The implementation of this sentence is a message to those who seek to disturb the security of society and citizens,&quot; Mizan cited provincial prosecutor Vahid Mousavian as saying. Iran, which carries out executions by hanging, is the world&#39;s second most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups including Amnesty International. Most executions take place in prison, although there are occasional public hangings.

Iran publicly executes a man in Yasuj for killing Dr. Davoudi, following a mental health evaluation and Supreme Court confirmation. Officials said the execution serves as a warning, with Iran ranking second globally in executions.

Iran executes man in public over killing of physician

TEHRAN: Iran on Monday dismissed accusations by the United States that Tehran had attempted to kill the Israeli ambassador in Mexico, describing the claim as &quot;absurd.&quot;&nbsp;&quot;We found this claim very ridiculous and absurd,&quot; said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei during a weekly press briefing, adding that it was part of an attempt &quot;to destroy Iran&#39;s friendly relations with other countries.&quot;&nbsp;Following Washington&#39;s accusation on Friday of the assassination attempt, Israel&#39;s foreign ministry thanked Mexican authorities &quot;for thwarting a terrorist network directed by Iran.&quot;&nbsp;But Mexico&#39;s foreign ministry later said it had &quot;received no information&quot; on the alleged plot, and Iran&#39;s embassy in Mexico called it &quot;a great big lie.&quot;&nbsp;A US official said Iran&#39;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps&#39; elite Quds Force initiated the plot in late 2024 and that it was disrupted earlier this year.&nbsp;The alleged plot involved recruiting operatives through Iran&#39;s embassy in Venezuela, whose leftist president, Nicolas Maduro, maintains a tactical alliance with Tehran.&nbsp;&quot;The entire matter was fabricated,&quot; Baqaei said on Monday.&nbsp;In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a 12-day war during which the US briefly joined with strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.&nbsp;A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has been in place since June 24.

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei says allegation part of an attempt "to destroy Iran's friendly relations with other countries."

Iran says US claim on plot to kill Israeli ambassador in Mexico 'absurd'

WASHINGTON: The United States and Israel on Friday accused Iran of trying to kill Israel&#39;s ambassador to Mexico, with Tehran rejecting the claim as a &quot;big lie&quot; and the Mexican government saying it was unaware of the plot. The purported assassination attempt came as tensions soared to new highs between Israel and Iran, which have each attacked the other&#39;s territory. &lsquo;Received no information&rsquo;&nbsp;Israel said Mexican authorities had intervened to stop the attempt to kill its ambassador, Einat Kranz-Neiger, but Mexico&#39;s foreign ministry later said it had &quot;received no information&quot; on the alleged incident. Without naming the United States or Israel, Mexico&#39;s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, which oversees intelligence, said it was open to &quot;respectful and coordinated cooperation, always within the framework of national sovereignty, with all security agencies that request it.&quot; Kranz-Neiger, when asked by Mexican media about the conflicting statements, said she was &quot;unaware of the reasons&quot; of Mexico&#39;s denial. &lsquo;A great big lie&rsquo;&quot;Those who acted to neutralize this threat were the Mexican security and intelligence authorities,&quot; she told Radio Formula. Iran&#39;s embassy in Mexico meanwhile called the alleged plot &quot;a great big lie.&quot; The objective &quot;is to damage the friendly and historic relations between both countries (Mexico and Iran), which we categorically reject,&quot; the embassy in Mexico posted on X.<div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1986891336268607836&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Fsections%2F&sessionId=573f2936ea17d6b6d8659866035da40d90bb8df9&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 344px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" data-tweet-id="1986891336268607836"></iframe></div></div>Mexico historically seeks non-intervention in international affairs and has taken a more cautious stance on the Gaza war than other leftist-led Latin American countries. Mexico has backed an investigation into allegations of Israeli war crimes but has also maintained diplomatic relations with Israel, which were established decades ago and have been largely cordial. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Alleged Venezuela connection&nbsp;</h2>A US official alleged the Revolutionary Guards&#39; elite Quds Force initiated the plot in late 2024 and that it was disrupted this year. The plot allegedly included recruiting operatives out of Iran&#39;s embassy in Venezuela, whose leftist president, Nicolas Maduro, has a tactical alliance with Tehran. &quot;This is just the latest in a long history of Iran&#39;s global lethal targeting of diplomats, journalists, dissidents and anyone who disagrees with them, something that should deeply worry every country where there is an Iranian presence,&quot; the US official claimed on condition of anonymity. The official did not provide detailed evidence or say how the plot was contained. Attack on Iranian embassy&nbsp;The alleged plot would have taken place after Israel&#39;s April 1, 2024 attack on the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus, then a close ally of Tehran. The attack killed several top Revolutionary Guards officers and prompted vows of revenge by Tehran, which fired missiles and drones against Israel. A year later Israel carried out a much more extensive bombing campaign in Iran, which killed more than 1,000 people.&nbsp; The United States, Israel&#39;s main ally, joined by bombing key sites of Iran&#39;s contested nuclear program. Israel&rsquo;s war on Gaza has left most of the territory in rubble and Israel has also expanded its military offensive across the region, hitting Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, and Yemen. Israeli intelligence has accused the Quds Force of plotting against Israeli and Jewish targets overseas. Iran remains home to a historic Jewish community.

Israel said Mexican authorities had intervened to stop the attempt to kill its ambassador, Einat Kranz-Neiger, but Mexico's foreign ministry later said it had "received no information" on the alleged incident.

US accuses Iran in plot to kill Israeli ambassador in Mexico

TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned in a speech broadcast Friday that the capital, Tehran, may need to be evacuated because of water shortages if it does not rain before the end of the year. &ldquo;If it doesn&rsquo;t rain, we&rsquo;ll have to start rationing water in Tehran between late November and early December,&rdquo; Pezeshkian said in a speech aired on state TV.&ldquo;Even if we do ration it and it still doesn&rsquo;t rain by then, we&rsquo;ll run out of water. We&rsquo;ll have to evacuate Tehran.&rdquo; It was not immediately clear how the capital would be evacuated. Iran as a whole has been affected by dwindling rainfall, but the sprawling megacity of more than 10 million people is particularly vulnerable. On Sunday, the director of the regional water company, Behzad Parsa, warned in state media that there were just two weeks&rsquo; worth of water left in the main reservoir serving Tehran. Meanwhile, the Tasnim News Agency reported that the country&rsquo;s precipitation level this year had reached just 152 millimeters, a 40 percent decline compared with the 57-year average. The agency quoted Mohammad Reza Kavianpour, head of the Water Research Institute, as saying that several provinces &ldquo;experienced a 50 to 80 percent decline in precipitation.&rdquo; He added that storage in the capital&rsquo;s dams in the new water year, which began in late September, was around 250 million cubic meters, roughly half of the 490 million cubic meters recorded in the 2023&ndash;24 water year. &ldquo;We must prepare ourselves for a critical situation,&rdquo; he said, according to Tasnim. Water levels in the reservoirs supplying the capital have fallen to their lowest in decades, according to Mohsen Ardakani, director general of the provincial water company covering Tehran. &ldquo;In the last six months, the population has saved 10 percent of its water consumption,&rdquo; Ardakani said on state TV on Wednesday. &ldquo;If this figure reaches 20 percent, we will be able to ensure a stable water situation for the next one to two months when the rains start again,&rdquo; he added.Winter months in Tehran usually bring rainfall and often snow. A sharp decline in rainfall and reduced dam inflow have deepened the crisis, as Iran faces one of its worst droughts in decades. As a conservation measure, water supplies have reportedly been cut off in several neighborhoods of Tehran in recent months, while outages were frequent throughout the summer. In July and August, two public holidays were declared to save water and energy as power cuts became an almost daily occurrence amid a severe heatwave.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned in a speech broadcast Friday that the capital, Tehran, may need to be evacuated because of water shortages if it does not rain before the end of the year.

Iran president warns Tehran may face evacuation due to drought

KABUL:&nbsp;The United Nations on Tuesday suspended operations at a key border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran because of new interim Afghan government restrictions on Afghan women workers, a UN official said. Indrika Ratwatte, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan, did not detail the restrictions but warned they were creating &quot;immediate operational challenges&quot; and posed &quot;additional risks for returning people, particularly women and girls.&quot; Main crossing point&nbsp;Islam Qala is the main crossing point for Afghans expelled from Iran, more than 60% of whom are women and children, according to the UN official. &quot;The UN and humanitarian partners have today suspended operations at the Islam Qala border between Afghanistan and Iran, following the introduction of additional restrictions preventing female national UN and partner staff from operating at the border,&quot; said Ratwatte. &quot;Without female staff, we cannot collectively serve returning women and children under conditions of dignity and respect,&quot; Ratwatte added. Several UN sources contacted by AFP said the decision followed a Monday meeting with interim Afghan government officials. The Taliban authorities did not immediately respond to AFP&#39;s request for comment. An Afghan worker for a UN agency in Herat, near the border, said on Tuesday that &quot;no services are being provided for migrants in either Islam Qala or in Ansar camp&quot; in the city. An NGO worker told AFP that their humanitarian organization suspended its operations in Islam Qala. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, had already suspended assistance to returning Afghans, citing &quot;instructions from the de facto authorities preventing Afghan female staff from working.&quot; Ban on employing Afghan women&nbsp;In 2022, the Taliban banned NGOs from employing Afghan women, extending the measure to UN agencies in 2023. While women are still allowed to work in certain sectors or remotely, all Afghan UN employees have been required to work from home for the past two months.&nbsp; NGOs, however, can still deploy Afghan women as field staff. According to the UN, more than 1.2 million Afghans have crossed through Islam Qala from Iran so far this year. They are among the 2.2 million Afghans who have returned this year, including 1.7 million from Iran. &lsquo;Test of our collective humanity&rsquo;&nbsp;Roza Otunbayeva, head of the UN mission in Afghanistan, in July described the situation at Islam Qala as a &quot;test of our collective humanity.&quot; The UNAMA chief warned that many returnees, especially women, face trauma, poverty, and restricted access to basic services under Taliban rule. She urged the international community to act swiftly, saying Afghanistan &quot;cannot absorb this shock alone&quot; and that the cost of inaction would be measured in lives lost and renewed instability.

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In 2022, the Taliban banned NGOs from employing Afghan women, extending the measure to UN agencies in 2023; according to the UN, more than 1.2 million Afghans have crossed through Islam Qala from Iran so far this year.

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