Iran says no surrender to US, diplomacy ‘wiser’ than war

Iran’s
President Masoud Pezeshkian says that “all paths” to a diplomatic
solution “remain open from our side”, but warns that “forcing
Iran to surrender through coercion is nothing but an illusion”.
Global
condemnation is growing after Israel’s far-right national security
minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a video of
himself taunting abducted Gaza aid flotilla
activists as they were being mistreated by Israeli prison guards.
Iran’s
new Persian Gulf Strait Authority has announced the establishment of a “supervision
area” in the Strait of Hormuz that requires a permit for transit,
stating that “passage without permission will be considered illegal”.
Israeli
attacks on southern Lebanon have killed more
than 20 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry and media, as a
“ceasefire” extension agreed upon between Lebanese and Israeli officials
continues in name only.
Israel’s
genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 72,773 people, with a further
172,723 people injured, since October 2023, according to the Palestinian
territory’s Health Ministry.

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