🔴 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Austrian counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger held a telephone conversation on Thursday to discuss the latest bilateral, regional, and international developments.

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🔴 U.S. Imposes 100% Tariff on Drone Imports

🔹 The White House announced that Trump has raised tariffs on imported drones to reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign suppliers. The measures include a 100% tariff on sensitive drones, a 25% tariff on smaller drones, and tariffs of 10% to 15% on imports from certain trading partners like the UK.

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🔴 Oil Tanker Hit by Drone in the Strait of Hormuz

🔹 UKMTO: An oil tanker was struck by a drone while exiting the Strait of Hormuz in waters near the eastern port town of Al Khasab.

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🔴 Moment U.S.-Israeli Strike Hits Hospital in Southern Iran: Nurses Save Newborns

🔷 The footage shows courtyard of Persian Gulf Martyrs Hospital in Bushehr, southern Iran, is targeted during the U.S.-Israeli war, forcing brave nurses to evacuate admitted newborns through the windows.

🔷 In a remarkable twist of fate, a baby was born at that exact same hour.

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🔴 MQ-9 Drone Shot Down in Southern Iran

🔹 IRGC’s advanced defense systems shot down an MQ-9 drone over the skies of Hormozgan province.

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🔴 Iran, Austria Foreign Ministers Hold Phone Call

🔹 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger held a phone call on Thursday, discussing bilateral relations and regional and international developments.

🔹 Araghchi said the current situation resulted from the illegal aggression by the U.S. and Israel against Iran, and said Washington’s violations of a June 18 understanding, maritime sanctions and attacks on Iranian military and civilian targets had escalated tensions and insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz.

🔹 He also condemned Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and Lebanon, criticizing the European Union’s “passive” stance and European support for Israel, and called for a review of the bloc’s approach to West Asia.

🔹 Araghchi further condemned the EU’s interventionist stance toward Iran and its support for anti-Iran terrorist elements.

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🔴 Paris Urges Israel to Arrest and Prosecute Settlers Behind Siege of Palestinian Homes in West Bank Village

🔹France condemns the escalating settler violence in the occupied West Bank, calling for legal accountability and an immediate end to the blockade of residential properties in the village of Qusra.

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🔴 People staged a protest at Greece’s Piraeus port on Friday, opposing the docking of the Crown Iris cruise liner, which was carrying Israeli tourists.

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🔴 Iran: Resistance Defeated Force-Based Calculations

🔹 Iran's Deputy FM Kazem Gharibabadi said ion amessage that Islamic Resistance Day (14 August) recalls standing against aggression and defeating force-based calculations.

🔹"Regional developments over two decades show popular resistance remains decisive in regional equations," he stated.


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🔴 Hezbollah SG: Resistance Will Not Accept Submission, Retreat From Defending Lebanon

🔹 Sheikh Naim Qassem condemned Israel's conditioning of the Lebanese army's deployment on the approval of affiliated fact-finding committees, describing the move as a flagrant humiliation of Lebanese sovereignty.

🔹 He further criticized the Lebanese government's passive response to the "arrogant positions" of Israeli officials, noting that banking on enemy approval has effectively auctioned off the country's honor and credibility.

🔹 Qassem urged the Lebanese state to draw lessons from recent developments in Gaza and Syria, calling for an immediate reversal from a "humiliating trajectory."


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🔴 Hezbollah Chief: Israel's Large-Scale Aggression on Lebanon Was a Pre-Planned War

🔹 Sheikh Naim Qassem said that Israel's extensive assault on Lebanon was a pre-designed campaign that would have occurred regardless of the Resistance's response.

🔹 Qassem stated that the Resistance launched missile operations in reaction to the martyrdom of the martyred Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and in response to 15 months of continuous Israeli violations.

🔹 He condemned the Lebanese government's acceptance of the so-called "framework agreement", drafted under U.S. pressure, as sheer capitulation to Israeli dictates and a retreat from national sovereignty.

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🔴FM Deputy: Strait of Hormuz Can Only Be Closed or Reopened by Iran

🔹Kazem Gharibabadi rejected Trump’s remarks about declaring the Strait U.S. territory, saying Iran “will not be intimidated” and that the Strait “has been, is, and will remain Iranian.”

🔹 Iran will continue its blockade until the U.S. accepts its “strategic defeat.”

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🔴 Bloody Shooting in Michigan Leaves 6 Dead

🔹 At least six people, including the suspected gunman, were killed and one person was injured following a shooting in Missaukee County in northern Michigan.

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🔴 A maritime incident reported near Strait of Hormuz.

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🔴 Saudi Artillery and Rocket Strikes Hit Several Areas in Yemen

🔹 Yemeni sources reported that the Saudi army carried out artillery and rocket attacks on the Al-Dhahir area in Saada province and the Bani Sayyah area in the border district of Razih.

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