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Europe
Russia
June 21, 2025 Russian President Putin told Sky News Arabia that "Iran has the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, and we are ready to provide the necessary support". "I would like to remind you that Iran has adopted a fatwa [religious ruling] prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons, and this is extremely significant." Mr Putin also called for flexibility from Iran and Israel as a means to resolving the conflict. (Source: The National News - United Arab Emirates)
Asia
Iran
(June 21, 2025) 23:36 Multiple U.S. MQ-9 drones spotted over Baghdad. Reports indicate that several American MQ-9 Reaper drones have been observed flying over Baghdad in recent hours. (Source: JFeed - based in Iersusalem, Israel)
(June 21, 2025) 23:17 Yes, we’re aware of the reports about possible ground-based strikes near the Fordow nuclear facility. (Source: JFeed - based in Iersusalem, Israel)
(June 21, 2025) 23:12 Mystery strike in Bandar Abbas. After reports of a major explosion damaging an Iranian naval vessel in the port of Bandar Abbas, Israeli sources are distancing themselves from the incident, stating unequivocally: “This wasn’t us.” So who was behind the strike? (Source: JFeed - based in Iersusalem, Israel)
21 June 2025 4:17 pm AP reported that on early today, smoke could be seen rising from an area near a mountain in Isfahan, where a local official said Israel had twice attacked the nuclear research facility. The strikes on Isfahan was the second attack on the site. (Source: Outlook - India)
21/06/2025 - 12:30 Facing heavy missile strikes from Tel Aviv, Iranians are fleeing the country, notably from Tehran. Lines have begun to form at Iran's border with Turkey. (Source: France 24)
11:45 a.m. CEST, June 21, 2025 In a statement today, Israeli military has said it 'eliminated' Izadi, rcommander responsible for operations outside Iran of the elite Iranian Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). (Source: CNN - U.S.)
June 21, 2025, 9:54 a.m. ET Israel’s military said it had killed Shahriyari, a commander in Iran’s Quds Force, which oversees and supports proxy militias around the Middle East, the head of the force’s weapons transfer unit. (Source: The New York Times - U.S.)
Persian Gulf
June 21, 2025, 10:57 a.m. ET Ambassadors from countries that are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, met with Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog. They expressed growing concern over the safety of nuclear facilities near their borders. (Source: The New York Times - U.S.)
Turkey
June 21, 2025 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s foreign ministers are holding a 2-day meeting in Turkey, in which Israeli aggression against Iran is at the top of the agenda. Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi is participating. Turkish President Erdogan has said that Netanyahu wants to push the entire region towards destruction, so the unity of Muslims is the need of the hour, and it is time to put aside their differences and unite. (Source: Daily Ausaf - Pakistan)
North America
United States
Jun 21, 2025 Pakistan government has announced that it will formally nominate US president Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. “I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do,' in response, President Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, listing his involvement in conflicts across India-Pakistan, Russia-Ukraine, Serbia-Kosovo, the Middle East, Congo and Rwanda. (Source: Eastern Eye - United Kingdom)
(21 June 2025) Gabbard now says Iran could produce nuclear weapon 'within weeks'. (Source: BBC - United Kingdom)
Global
June 21, 2025 Academics worldwide demand: Stop the war on Iran - For peace, justice, and democracy. (Source: Radio Zamaneh, a Persian language media organisation in exile based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
952 academic signatories + 360 non-academic supporters
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