Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned what he described as the European Union’s “interventionist” approach toward Iran and its support for anti-Iranian terrorist elements during a telephone conversation with his Austrian counterpart.
According to Jahan News, Araghchi and Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger discussed bilateral relations as well as recent regional and international developments.
During the call, Araghchi briefed his Austrian counterpart on regional
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Bafel Talabani, president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have stressed the need for closer security coordination between Iran and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to address terrorism and maintain stability along their shared border.
According to the Young Journalists Club, Araghchi and Talabani discussed expanding economic and commercial relations, strengthening security coordination in border areas and countering terrorist threats during a
Four members of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) were killed in an armed clash with Iranian border guards near the western city of Baneh, according to a spokesman for Iran’s Law Enforcement Command.
Mehr News Agency quoted Brigadier General Saeed Montazerolmahdi, spokesman for the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA), as saying that security forces had identified and dismantled a team affiliated with PJAK along the border in Baneh County.
He said the operation
Four members of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) were killed in an armed clash with Iranian border guards near the western city of Baneh, according to a spokesman for Iran’s Law Enforcement Command.
Mehr News Agency quoted Brigadier General Saeed Montazerolmahdi, spokesman for the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA), as saying that security forces had identified and dismantled a team affiliated with PJAK along the border in Baneh County.
He said the operation
A roadside bomb exploded on the Khash–Zahedan highway, damaging part of the road but causing no casualties. Road maintenance teams quickly repaired the damaged section and reopened the key transit route.
The acting deputy for road maintenance at the Sistan and Baluchestan Provincial Department of Road Maintenance and Transportation said that eight road maintenance vehicles were dispatched to the scene immediately after anti-government militants damaged part of the Zahedan–Khash transit
From the early years following Iran’s 1979 revolution, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) sought to expand its political influence and ultimately seize power. The organization became involved in political infiltration, assassinations and armed attacks before later aligning itself with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.
Rather than strengthening the MEK’s position inside Iran, these developments severely diminished what remained of its domestic support base.
Against this backdrop, in
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has accused the European Union of invoking human rights concerns while failing to condemn what Tehran describes as attacks and war crimes committed against Iran.
According to Habilian, citing Defa Press, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei made the remarks in a post on X, responding to comments by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas regarding the bloc’s human rights concerns about Iran.
“Kaja Kallas speaks of the European Union’s ‘human rights concerns’
At the “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Mehdi Mollazadeh Shahroudi, the son of a cleric assassinated in a terrorist attack, spoke about a painful experience that divided his life into “before and after the incident.” Having watched his father die before his eyes, he said he has completely erased his father’s face from his mind and has no living, moving memory of him. Yet his clearest memory is the day of the assassination — a memory that will remain with him for the rest of
At the “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Ms. Misbah, widow of Martyr Hojatoleslam Ahad Aghdasi and mother of Martyrs Mohaddeseh and Mohammadreza Aghdasi, spoke about her painful experience in the June 13 terrorist attack. Living on the ninth floor of a 14-story building, she was rescued from heavy rubble without any apparent injury. She described how a strong foundation of faith and deep religious upbringing sustained her through those terrifying moments — from her prayer at
At the “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Seyyed Hossein Kamyab, son of Martyr Seyyed Reza Kamyab, who was assassinated by the Mujahedin-e Khalq in August 1981, spoke about his lived experience after his father’s death. Having witnessed the assassination as a child, he said the effects of the trauma have not only remained with him to this day but have also been passed on to his wife and children. Referring to nearly 30 years of efforts to seek treatment, he stressed that the
At the specialized “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Dr. Mahboubeh Ghavidel Heidari, director of the Bahara Psychology Center in Zahedan, drew on years of clinical experience in Sistan and Baluchestan to recount examples of the depth of the psychological catastrophe terrorism can inflict on children: a mother who washed every banknote after the bombing of the Tharallah bus; a boy who slept in the bathroom at night; a child who dropped out of school for an entire year; and a
At the specialized “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, held on June 8, 2026, in cooperation with the Habilian Association, Borsa Media Holding and the Faculty of Education and Psychology at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Dr. Seyyed Mohsen Asghari Nekah, head of the university’s Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, distinguished between “individual terrorism” and “terrorism in children’s communal spaces.” Drawing on Iran’s historical experience of resilience
At the “Children in the Crossfire of Aggression” roundtable, Dr. Mansoureh Abolhasani, a faculty member at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and head of the team of psychologists sent to Minab, identified five groups affected by the terrorist attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh School: the families of the martyrs, children rescued from beneath the rubble, child eyewitnesses, the brothers and sisters of the martyrs, and children who had come to see school as an unsafe place.
Dr. Abolhasani began by
The Judiciary Chief, Hojjatoleslam Mohseni-Eje'i, at a meeting of the "American Human Rights Week" headquarters, condemned American crimes against the Iranian nation, stating that beyond military aggression and economic terrorism, the US specializes in media warfare and distortion of reality. He described exposing US crimes as a strategic necessity and called for greater synergy among relevant institutions.
Eje'i emphasized that the judiciary is pursuing US war crimes in international forums
According to Habilian, early on Sunday morning, First Sergeant Mohammad Hassan Beygi and conscript soldier Martin Ahadi were martyred in a terrorist attack on the Sabadlu checkpoint in Baneh. Four others were wounded in the incident. In response, the provincial police commander has ordered a special investigation to identify those behind the crime.
The Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province stated that 60 sets of remains belonging to student martyrs from Minab, recovered during searches of the school premises and surrounding areas, have not yet been buried and require DNA identification.
According to Habilian, citing Fars News Agency, Mojtaba Qahramani, Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province, said at a press conference that the American crime in Minab would be vigorously pursued through international legal institutions. He emphasized that the
Among the surviving documents of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), The Commander's Voice is an audio recording of a speech by Mousa Khiabani, one of the organization's senior leaders. Published in March 1986, the document presents the MKO's retrospective account of how the organization transitioned from political activity to armed confrontation in 1981.
In the speech, Khiabani argues that the organization's adoption of armed struggle was not an immediate response to the events of June
The head of the Center for Attorneys, Official Experts, and Family Counselors of the Judiciary announced that a lawsuit has been filed and officially registered on behalf of the families of the Minab victims against the US government. He stated that the lawsuit was filed after powers of attorney were obtained directly from the victims' families.
According to Habilian, citing IRNA, Hassan Abdolianpour said on Sunday, on the occassion of Judiciary Week and while commemorating the late Dr
An aerial photograph by Morteza Akhoundi depicting the funeral procession of 168 victims from Minab won first prize in the International News Photography category.
According to Habilian, citing Rasa News Agency, Iranian photographer Morteza Akhoundi won first place in the News Photography category at the Golden Shot Photography Awards 2026, competing against hundreds of photographers from around the world. The award was presented for his aerial photograph of the funeral and burial ceremony of
According to Habilian, at the commemoration and memorial ceremony for child victims of terror and war titled "They Were Angels," held on the occasion of the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression in front of the UNICEF building in Tehran, Petar Zapiro, the Deputy Representative of UNICEF in Iran, stated: "On behalf of UNICEF Iran, I extend my deepest condolences and sympathy to the families and communities mourning the loss of their children. No words can fully describe
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned what he described as the European Union’s “interventionist” approach toward Iran and its support for anti-Iranian terrorist elements during a telephone conversation with his Austrian counterpart.
According to Jahan News, Araghchi and Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger discussed bilateral relations as well as recent regional and international developments.
During the call, Araghchi briefed his Austrian counterpart on regional
