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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said the country’s interim leadership council has approved a decision to halt attacks on neighbouring countries unless Iran itself comes under attack from their territory.

The President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, says several countries have begun efforts to mediate between Iran, the United States and Israel.

Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, says more than 1,300 civilians, including women and children, have been killed and thousands of others wounded as a result of US-Israeli strikes on the country.

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Syed Abbas Araqchi, has condemned the sinking of an Iranian warship by the United States, calling it as “a crime” and warning that Washington will “deeply regret” its actions.

Iran has warned that it will target Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor if the United States and Israel attempt to change the Iranian government.

More than 200 people have been killed after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall struck the Rubaya coltan mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, media reports said on Thursday.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it maintains full control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, after Donald Trump indicated that the US Navy could be deployed to escort tankers through the vital waterway amid escalating regional tensions.

The United States Department of State has announced that, due to security concerns, non-essential US government personnel and their family members at the country’s consulates in Lahore and Karachi have been instructed to leave Pakistan.

Iran has banned the export of all food and agricultural products until further notice, citing the need to prioritise domestic supply amid ongoing economic pressures.

Six American service members have been killed in the ongoing conflict with Iran so far, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday.

The United States Embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, was hit by two Iranian drones on Tuesday, a media report said.

Israeli jets carried out airstrikes on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after Hezbollah launched rocket and drone attacks on a military base in Israel, media reports said on Monday.