Iran has strongly rejected as “unacceptable” a statement by the Arab League on the Persian Gulf trio islands of the Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb.

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit says Israel is seeking to destabilize Lebanon and Syria through military provocations, stressing that global inaction had further emboldened the occupying regime.

Hamas says the dire situation in Gaz demands urgent action by the IC and Arab League.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT, March 08 , 2025.

The Iranian foreign minister has departed for Saudi Arabia to attend the OIC ministerial meeting to discuss the Gaza issue.

The United States and Israel have rejected a long-awaited Arab plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that would allow the territory’s roughly two million residents to stay in their homeland.

Hamas has called upon an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo next week to uphold rejection of plans aimed at the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.