Ben Gvir: Gaza’s fuel tanks must be bombed / Araghchi: U.S. has faced Iran’s countermeasures whenever it has resorted to threats
Pars Today – An extremist Zionist official has called for tightening the siege on Gaza and bombing the region’s fuel tanks. Itamar Ben Gvir, a former Zionist minister who resigned in January due to his opposition to any ceasefire agreement between the Zionist regime and Hamas, stated that Tel Aviv should bomb the large fuel tanks that entered Gaza as part of the recent ceasefire agreement.
He described the agreement as a “regrettable deal.”
According to Pars Today, Ben Gvir added: “I welcome cutting off electricity to Gaza, and I believe this area should be plunged into absolute darkness immediately, as long as even a single Zionist captive remains in Gaza.”
Iran: We will not negotiate under pressure or intimidation
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, wrote on Sunday on his account on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that Iran’s nuclear energy program has always been—and will always remain—entirely peaceful. There is fundamentally therefore no such thing as its “potential militarization”.
He stated: Iran will NOT negotiate under pressure and intimidation. Negotiation is different from bullying and issuing diktats.
Araqchi emphasized: The US enjoyed respect from Iran whenever it was respectful in its discourse, and it was confronted whenever it adopted a threatening posture.
Cancellation of visas for Palestine supporters in the U.S.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the cancellation of visas for supporters of Palestine. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents recently arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in organizing pro-Palestinian protests last year (2024) at Columbia University in New York.
Other news:
– On Sunday, Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told Jonas Gahr Støre, the Prime Minister of Norway, in a conversation: “Iran’s principled policy is based on de-escalation and fostering unity in the region, but we will undoubtedly confront any threat to our country’s security and interests with strength and resolve.”
– Following the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from the leadership of the Liberal Party, Mark Carney was chosen as the new leader of the party.
– Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated early Monday that Russia is planning separate talks with the U.S. regarding Iran’s nuclear program.
– The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations stated: Negotiations aimed at dismantling Iran’s peaceful nuclear program will never take place.
– The head of the Iraqi Parliament’s Economic Committee, in a meeting with the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Baghdad, stressed that U.S. efforts to prevent Iraq from importing gas from Iran would have catastrophic consequences for the Iraqi people.
– China’s Ministry of National Defense announced on Sunday that the navies of China, Iran, and Russia will hold the joint exercise “Security Belt-2025” in the coming days near Iran’s Chabahar port.
– Scott Little, head of the Lancaster County fire department in Pennsylvania, reported on Sunday that a plane crashed in the city, injuring five people.
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