The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has completed on Wednesday the annual customary procedure of raising the lower part of the cover (kiswa) of the Holy Kaaba by about three meters
On the instruction of the Belarusian president, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik took part in an official ceremony in Tehran honoring President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation, who died in the helicopter crash.
Former UN ambassador John Bolton says Iran's response to Monday's Israeli strike on Iran's embassy compound in Syria could be considered a direct attack, which could lead to direct U.S. involvement