Pars Today – The spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejecting recent claims by the French president regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran, described these allegations as baseless, contradictory, and deflective.
He called on France to reconsider its unconstructive approaches toward peace and stability in the West Asia region.
The displacement of 100,000 people due to clashes in eastern Congo, a shooting in southern Germany resulting in 2 deaths, criticism by the British Parliament of the London government’s silence regarding the crimes of the Zionist regime, and a formal complaint by the families of Zionist captives against Netanyahu are among the highlights of news from Iran and the world covered in this report by Pars Today.
Europe | Criticism by the British Parliament of the London government’s silence on the crimes of the Zionist regime
Members of the British Parliament, during a session addressing the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza, strongly criticized the government of Keir Starmer (the British Prime Minister), warning that silence in the face of the brutal crimes of the Zionist regime amounts to complicity in genocide and the regime’s illegal actions against the Palestinian people.
Iran | Iran calls on France to reconsider its unconstructive approaches toward the region
The spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejecting recent claims by the French president regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran, described these allegations as baseless, contradictory, and deflective.
He called on France to reconsider its unconstructive approaches toward peace and stability in West Asia. Esmaeil Baghaei stated: “The immediate and real threat to regional peace and stability is the occupying regime of Israel, which, with the comprehensive support of the U.S. and some European countries, including France, continues its occupation and genocide in occupied Palestine while expanding its military aggression and expansionism to various countries in the region.”
Europe | Ireland requests to join South Africa’s complaint
The International Court of Justice announced in a statement that Ireland, by activating Article 63 of the Court’s statute, has requested to intervene in the case related to the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip.
South Africa filed a complaint against the Zionist regime in December 2023 at the International Court of Justice, alleging that the regime has violated the Genocide Convention in its actions against Palestinians in Gaza.
North America | Canadian Foreign Minister: We will not back down in the face of Trump’s threats
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly responded to statements by Donald Trump, the U.S. president-elect, regarding her country, stating: “We will not back down in the face of his threats.” Following the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump reiterated his call for Canada to join the United States.
South Asia | 19 members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan killed
Pakistani security forces conducted three separate operations on Tuesday in the outskirts of Peshawar, Mohmand, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, capturing members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan and killing 19 members of the group.
Occupied Palestine | Formal complaint by families of Zionist captives against Netanyahu
112 family members of Israeli captives accused Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of the Zionist regime, of obstructing efforts to reach a captive exchange agreement with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The families of the Israeli captives protested in Tel Aviv after filing the complaint, demanding the signing of a captive exchange agreement with Hamas.
West Asia | Yemen’s Ansarullah warns aggressors against espionage activities
The political office of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement warned member countries of the aggressor coalition against any espionage activities or harm to Yemeni sovereignty.
Ansarullah, congratulating the discovery of espionage networks linked to aggressor countries by Yemeni security forces, stated in a statement: “The exposure of hostile activities by British and Saudi intelligence services was a preventive measure carried out alongside Yemen’s military victories.”
Iran | Pursuing the construction of units 2 and 3 of the Bushehr nuclear power plant
Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, stated that according to the Seventh Development Plan, a threefold increase in nuclear power production capacity has been proposed. He added: “The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, with the round-the-clock efforts of 5,000 personnel, is pursuing the construction of Units 2 and 3 of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.”
Africa | Displacement of 100,000 people due to clashes in eastern Congo
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced that recent clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have displaced over 100,000 people.
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