Calls grow for restricting Germany activity in Hormuz Strait
A report published in the semi-official Fars news agency on Tuesday said Iran should impose economic penalties on Germany in response to Berlin’s growing anti-Iran rhetoric.
The report said Iran should increase its tariffs on imports of manufacturing and medical equipment from Germany, which generate significant revenues for the German government and businesses.
It said, however, that Iran can adopt more aggressive economic measures by imposing restrictions on the movement of ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz that are registered or insured in Germany or those that carry cargoes to German ports.
“Adopting such measures would increase the costs of Germany’s hostile behaviors and reactions against the Iranian nation and would create an economic and political deterrence against other actors seeking to go down the same route,” read part of the report.
Iranian authorities have previously warned that the country would close the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf if it is threatened militarily by hostile powers.
However, restricting the movement of cargo ships has never been tried, nor has it been mentioned in warnings by senior Iranian officials.
In remarks made on June 17, just four days after Israel launched its war of aggression on Iran, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz praised what he described as the “dirty work Israel is doing for all of us”.
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Yemen strikes two strategic Israeli sites
Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, announced a drone operation targeting two strategic sites of the Israeli regime in the port city of Eilat (Umm al-Rashrash) and the Negev region.
According to his statement, Yemen’s armed forces launched three drones in a dual and simultaneous military operation. Two of the drones struck a major military site in the Negev, while the third drone targeted the Eilat port.
The Yemeni forces confirmed that the operation “successfully achieved its intended objectives by the grace of God.”
The statement also reiterated that Yemen, within its capabilities and resources, will continue to oppose the aggression and siege on Gaza and reject attacks on Arab and Islamic countries.
Saree concluded by affirming that the Yemeni Armed Forces will continue their operations until the Israeli aggression ends and the siege on Gaza is lifted.
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اسلام هم بر جهاد و هم بر تعامل تأکید دارد
حجت‌الاسلام والمسلمین قاسم شبان‌نیا در گفتگو با خبرنگار مهر، با اشاره به جهان شمولی اسلام اظهار کرد: اسلام، آخرین و جامع‌ترین دین آسمانی، برای هدایت تمام انسان‌ها نازل شده است؛ دینی که همه ابعاد زندگی بشر را در بر می‌گیرد و هدف آن، قرار دادن همه انسان‌ها در مسیر کمال و عبودیت است.
عضو هیئت علمی مؤسسه امام خمینی (ره) بیان کرد: قرآن کریم تصریح دارد که «وما خَلَقتُ الجِنَّ وَالإنسَ إلّا لِیَعبُدون»؛ یعنی انسان و جن تنها برای بندگی خدا آفریده شده‌اند که در این مسیر، خداوند با ارسال احکام، بستری را برای تحقق عبودیت فراهم کرده و اسلام با تکیه بر این احکام، ساختار هدایت انسان‌ها را تبیین می‌کند.
حجت الاسلام والمسلمین شبان‌نیا با بیان اینکه اجرای بسیاری از احکام اسلامی در بستر مسالمت‌آمیز ممکن است، ابراز کرد: در قرآن، از گروه‌هایی با عنوان «طاغوت» یاد شده که نه تنها خود تابع احکام الهی نیستند، بلکه مانع رسیدن پیام حق به دیگران نیز می‌شوند ضمن اینکه این‌گونه افراد، مردم را از مسیر کمال بازمی‌دارند و تلاش می‌کنند تا مانع شنیده شدن پیام توحید شوند.
وی ادامه داد: جهاد، به‌ویژه جهاد ابتدایی، در اسلام برای مقابله با طاغوت است که این نوع جهاد نه برای تحمیل دین به دیگران بلکه برای رفع موانع دعوت به سوی حق و ایجاد فضای آزاد برای انتخاب مسیر عبودیت تشریع شده است و اسلام دینی نیست که بخواهد با زور، مردم را مسلمان کند؛ اما چون پیام آن جهانی است، همه انسان‌ها حق دارند به این هدایت دسترسی داشته باشند.
عضو هیئت علمی مؤسسه امام خمینی (ره) عنوان کرد: در کتاب «آثار جهاد در روابط بین‌الملل»، همین موضوع بررسی شده است، برخلاف کشورهایی که برای کشورگشایی یا منافع مادی وارد جنگ می‌شوند، در اسلام جهاد تنها زمانی مشروع است که «فی سبیل‌الله» باشد و هیچ‌کس حق ندارد جنگ را از مسیر الهی خارج کند.
وی تأکید کرد: جهاد ابتدایی در اسلام، که از آن به «جهاد دعوت» نیز یاد شده، ابزاری برای زدودن موانع فکری و سیاسی از مسیر هدایت است، نه تحمیل دین چراکه این جهاد مقدمه‌ای برای آن است که افراد بتوانند پیام اسلام را بشنوند و در فضایی بدون فشار، آن را بپذیرند یا نپذیرند.
حجت الاسلام والمسلمین شبان‌نیا افزود: در فصل اول کتاب مذکور، فلسفه جهاد در اسلام و تفاوت جهاد ابتدایی با جنگ‌های توسعه‌طلبانه تحلیل شده است و در فصول بعد، به این موضوع پرداخته شده که حتی اگر فقیهی جهاد ابتدایی را در عصر غیبت نیز معتبر بداند، باز هم اسلام اجازه تعامل با سایر کشورها را در چارچوب مشخصی می‌دهد.
وی با اشاره به نگاه حقوق بین‌الملل اسلامی گفت: اسلام هم بر جهاد تأکید دارد و هم برای تعامل، مذاکره و شناسایی دیگر کشورها چارچوب‌هایی تعریف کرده است، حتی موضوعات حقوق بشری در روابط بین‌الملل نیز در اسلام جایگاه دارد و اسلام نه‌تنها با آن مقابله نمی‌کند، بلکه آن را در مسیر الهی سامان می‌دهد.
عضو هیئت علمی مؤسسه امام خمینی (ره) تأکید کرد: باور به جهاد، به‌ویژه جهاد ابتدایی، به معنای عدم امکان همزیستی با سایر ملت‌ها نیست، بلکه همین جهاد، اگر در چارچوب صحیح خود باشد، به تحقق امنیت و نظم بین‌المللی کمک می‌کند.
حجت الاسلام والمسلمین شبان‌نیا خاطرنشان کرد: اسلام، با تکیه بر احکام الهی و اهداف بلند انسانی، خواهان زندگی مسالمت‌آمیز میان ملت‌هاست و جهاد نیز نه تهدیدی برای این همزیستی، بلکه تضمینی برای برچیده شدن ظلم و طاغوت و فراهم‌سازی بستر برای عبودیت حقیقی است.
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 60 in past day
More than 60 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in the past day, Al Jazeera reported, citing medics.
At least 61 people were killed in attacks by the IDF in the Palestinian enclave, the TV channel said.
An air strike on the Shati refugee camp in the northern enclave killed 23 and left dozens of others injured. Another two people were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a strike on a site of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), established by Israel in collaboration with the United States to distribute humanitarian aid.
According to international organizations, 875 people have been killed when trying to access humanitarian aid sites in the enclave since the Foundation started to operate there in late May.
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EU reluctance to suspend coop. with Israel unlawful betrayal
Agnes Callamard, the secretary general at Amnesty International, said that the European Union’s failure to suspend its cooperation agreement with the Israeli regime is a “cruel and unlawful betrayal” of the Palestinian nation, according to Amnesty International’s official website.
“The EU’s refusal to suspend its agreement with Israel is a cruel and unlawful betrayal of the European project and vision, predicated on upholding international law and fighting authoritarian practices, of the European Union’s own rules and of the human rights of Palestinians,” Callamard said.
She further pointed out the union’s collusion in Israeli crimes against Palestinians, saying, “The E.U.’s own review has clearly found that Israel is violating its human rights obligations under the terms of the Association Agreement. Yet, instead of taking measures to stop it and prevent their own complicity, member states chose to maintain a preferential trade deal over respecting their international obligations and saving Palestinian lives.”
On Tuesday, the foreign ministers of the European Union met in Brussels to discuss suspending collaboration with the regime and imposing sanctions; however, the proposed measures, including suspending the trade agreement, arms embargo, or restrictions on visa issuance, were dismissed.
The secretary general also said, “European leaders had the opportunity to take a principled stand against Israel’s crimes, but instead gave it a green light to continue its genocide in Gaza, its unlawful occupation of the whole Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), and its system of apartheid against Palestinians.”
The European Union’s cooperation agreement with the Israeli regime has been in force since 2000. This agreement forms the main framework for political, economic, and cultural cooperation between the two sides.
It is worth mentioning that despite the union’s recent decision to continue cooperation with the Israeli regime, several European states, including Ireland, Spain, Belgium, and Slovenia, have called for the suspension or immediate review of this agreement over the past months.
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Iran lambasts Zionist regime’s ongoing crimes in Gaza
Baghaei denounced the intensified atrocities by the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people and the killing of over 100 innocent Palestinians in the past 24 hours, including the cowardly assassination of Mohammad Faraj al-Ghoul, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and Alaa Azzam, a renowned Palestinian Qur’an reciter, along with his family.
The spokesperson described the continued blockade of food and medicine in Gaza, the imposition of hunger and thirst on its residents, and the simultaneous bombing of tents and gathering points for displaced persons as a brutal war crime that serves the goal of completing a colonial genocide plan against Palestinians.
Baghaei condemned the deceptive and theatrical actions of the United States and the Zionist regime in establishing so-called humanitarian aid distribution centers and turning these sites into traps for massacring innocent, hungry, and thirsty women and children.
He stressed the moral and legal responsibility of all governments and international organizations, especially those tasked with protecting human rights and humanitarian law, to take immediate action to stop these crimes.
Baghaei pointed out that the imposed inaction and indifference by the supporters and justifiers of the Zionist regime’s crimes in Gaza have led to the normalization of the most severe violations of international law and the weakening of shared legal and ethical foundations among nations.
He also held the direct supporters of the Zionist regime, especially the US, Germany, and the UK, responsible for the killings and acts of genocide in Gaza and the West Bank.
He warned that the continued impunity of the occupying regime in the face of its flagrant violations and heinous crimes in the occupied territories is a key factor in the ongoing violence and warfare.
Baghaei called for serious action by regional and Islamic countries to halt the genocide in occupied Palestine.
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Iran, China agree on developing cooperation on key issues
On Wednesday morning, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks to review the latest regional and international developments and to discuss key aspects of bilateral relations.
Araghchi thanked the Chinese government for its warm hospitality and the successful organization of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting. He also expressed appreciation for China’s clear stance, as the rotating chair of the SCO, in strongly condemning the Israeli and American aggressions against Iran’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as their blatant violations of the UN Charter and international law.
Highlighting the historic ties between the two ancient civilizations of Iran and China, Araghchi reaffirmed the firm commitment of the Iranian government to enhancing comprehensive strategic cooperation with China based on mutual respect and trust.
He also thanked China for its principled and constructive positions in international forums, particularly at the UN Security Council, in condemning the Israeli and US attacks on Iran, especially the dangerous assault on Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities. Araghchi updated his counterpart on the latest situation following these aggressions and emphasized the responsibility of the UN Security Council and all governments to uphold peace and stability in the region and the world.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi praised Iran’s goodwill and its responsible and wise approach to preventing further escalation in the region. He reiterated China’s firm support for Iran’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and national security, stressing China’s principled opposition to unilateralism, coercion, and the use of force, while supporting diplomacy and dialogue to resolve disputes.
He further emphasized the importance of continued bilateral and multilateral efforts to avoid further escalation and confirmed China’s readiness to assist in this regard at international forums, particularly at the UN Security Council.
During the meeting, the two sides also reviewed the status of joint agreements and projects in various economic and trade sectors, and discussed ways to expand cooperatio.
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