Tehran – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian urged Iraq on Sunday to block Israel from using its airspace and territory to launch attacks on the Islamic republic.
“We emphasise that the Iraqi government must exercise greater vigilance and protection of its borders and airspace so that Iraqi territory is not misused against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Pezeshkian in a call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, according to the Iranian presidency website.
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Iraq is witnessing a remarkable surge in stability and security...positioning Iraq as a regional hub for trade and investment.
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This is breaking news reported by the New York Times..."U.S. to Reduce Diplomatic Presence in Iraq amid rising tensions."
This move comes as tensions in the Middle East are rising and talks between the US and Iran over nuclear weapons appears to be going nowhere ...
We are deeply concerned about this latest announcement. Iraq is caught in the middle. Its government wants good relationships with both the United States and Iran but that's becoming harder as the two countries drift further apart...Stay positive, this too will pass.
https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2025/06/tidbit-from-sandy-ingram_01783361014.html
Anbar – Two drones launched from Iran towards Israel were shot down over Iraq by the US-led international coalition to defeat the Islamic State group, two Iraqi military officials told AFP on Sunday.
“The international coalition at Ain al-Asad (military base) shot down two Iranian drones that were en route to Israel,” one official said, referring to an Iraqi airbase housing foreign troops in western Iraq.
The drones were shot down overnight Saturday to Sunday, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter.
The other official said the drones were targeted because they entered the defensive perimeter of the anti-jihadist coalition, where troops are instructed to engage any potential threat.
Israel on Friday launched unprecedented strikes on Iran, hitting military and nuclear sites as well as residential areas. In response, the Islamic republic has fired hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles at Israel.
Several missiles and drones have fallen in Iraqi territory, mostly in the desert, without causing casualties.
An “explosive drone” was shot down by the coalition at Ain al-Asad on Friday, according to an Iraqi official.
The government in Baghdad is a close ally of Tehran, but also a strategic partner of Iran’s arch-foe the United States, which has some 2,500 troops in Iraq as part of the anti-jihadist coalition.
Baghdad and Washington have agreed on a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of the coalition’s forces.
By September, the troops are scheduled to leave bases in federal Iraq — including Ain al-Asad — and by the end of 2026, they are set to withdraw from the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
Influential Iraqi armed group Kataeb Hezbollah on Sunday warned the United States about direct involvement in Israel’s attack on Iran.
“The Islamic republic needs no military support from anyone to repel the criminal Zionist entity — it has the men and capabilities to put (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu in the dust,” it said in a statement.
“We are closely monitoring the movements of the American enemy’s army. If America intervenes in the war, we will act directly and without hesitation against its interests and bases throughout the region.”
REPORT BY MR SALVAGE from COLOMBIA
the Pentecostal leader Betzabe said that there are still no established dates to deliver the blessings and the rumors that she has been arrested are false, that she is waiting for the exit that is out of her hands, when that will happen, there is a frantic public in Colombia that goes to the banks saying that they will receive millions and she tells those people to be prudent because they cannot put their lives in danger, this MR Salvage believes that they are waiting for IRAQ to Oh.
TRANSLATION IN SPANISH
INFORME DE MR SALVAGE desde COLOMBIA
la líder pentecostal betzabe dijo que aún no hay fechas establecidas para entregar las bendiciones y los rumores de que ha sido arrestada son falsos, que está esperando la salida que se le escapa de las manos, cuando eso sucederá, hay un público frenético en Colombia que va a los bancos diciendo que recibirán millones y ella le dice a esa gente que sea prudente porque no puede poner sus vidas en peligro, este MR salvage opina que están esperando a que IRAQ se vaya.
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Channel 14 revealed on Friday evening the fate of the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Esmail Qaani, following the devastating Israeli attack on a number of Iranian cities.
The Hebrew channel reported that the senior commander is still alive, unlike other commanders, such as the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, whose death has been confirmed.
Contrary to many media reports, Esmail Qaani, commander of the IRGC's Quds Force, has not yet been killed, unlike IRGC commander Hossein Salami and IRGC Aerospace Force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, whose deaths have been confirmed.
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