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Iran's progress

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution says the sanctions imposed on the country were primarily aimed at putting the Islamic Republic into trouble and making it to follow colonial and arrogant lines. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, however, said that the Iranian nation, with their zeal and long Islamic tradition, made such attempts futile and did not submit to such coercion. The Leader hailed the Iran-self improvement to defeat the enemy’s sanction ploys, saying a living nation creates an opportunity for itself to counter the enemy's hostility. Ayatollah Khamenei noted that the pressure helped Iranians make great progress such as in arms sector. He reiterated that the sanctions will not destroy the Iranian nation’s resolve because it is not looking for help from outside. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks while addressing workers who had gathered from all over the country in Tehran on the occasion of Labor Week.

Iran president visits Sri Lanka

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has arrived in Sri Lanka, marking a significant diplomatic moment between the two nations. Raeisi was welcomed by Sri Lankan officials upon arrival at the Mattala Airport in Hamban-tota. From there, he was escorted to a nearby town to inaugurate the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project. The project that includes two dams and a 120-megawatt power plant has been built by Iranian contractors. The Iranian president is due in the capital Colombo where he will be officially welcomed by his Sri Lankan counterpart, Ranil Wick-reme-singhe. A highlight of Raeisi’s visit is the signing of several memorandums of understanding, aimed at bolstering bilateral relations. His day-long trip is in response to a special invitation extended by Wick-reme-singhe and is the first by an Iranian president in 16 years.

US-Israel genocide in Gaza

It is day 201 of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the regime continues its massacre of civilians by pounding the blockaded territory with more airstrikes and artillery fire. In the latest attacks, three members of a family were killed and four wounded after an Israeli strike hit their home in the southern city of Rafah. Elsewhere, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, which has been targeted relentlessly over the past few weeks, five people from one family killed inside a home. Meanwhile, several Palestinians were also injured in shelling of the towns of Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, and Jabalia. Meanwhile, Palestinian civil defense forces have pulled out 51 more bodies from a mass grave recently discovered in the vicinity of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. Since the onset of Israeli war in early October, nearly 34,200 Gazans have been killed, most of them women and children. 

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