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Bryony Gooch28 March 2026 21:00
Reza Pahlavi warns against negotiating peace with current Iranian leaders
Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi on Saturday warned that negotiating for peace with the current leaders of Iran would only push the threat to Americans down the road, and said he would once again call for Iranians to protest in the streets.
Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s ousted shah, was warmly received during his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas, an annual gathering of Republican activists and lawmakers.
He drew a standing ovation as he took the stage, and his pledges to help liberate the Iranian people sparked enthusiastic rounds of applause from conservatives and Iranian Americans in the audience.
Citing president Donald Trump’s comments earlier this month that he was pressing ahead with attacks on Iran because he did not want to confront security threats from the country “every two years,” Pahlavi warned that negotiating with Iran’s current leadership would mean doing exactly that.
“The only thing that the remnants of this regime can be relied on to do is to buy time, to cheat and to steal. They will never be honest or true partners for peace,” Pahlavi said.
“It will buy time, it will pretend to negotiate, and then it will return to its old jihadist ways of threatening America, its security and its interests.” Pahlavi, 65, has promoted himself as the most viable option to lead a transitional government and expressed readiness to return to Iran at the earliest opportunity, ending a 47-year absence from the country.
(AFP/Getty)
Bryony Gooch28 March 2026 20:30
Russia photographing US military facilities in Iranian interests, says Zelensky
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has alleged that US military facilities in the Middle East and the Gulf region are being photographed by Russian satellites in the interests of Iran.
He said that Russia’s satellite had imaged facilities on:
Diego Garcia, the Chagos IslandsKuwait International Airport and parts of the infrastructure of the Greater Burgan oil fieldThe Prince Sultan Air Base and Shaybah oil and gas field in Saudi Arabiaİncirlik Air Base in Turkey Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar
All of this took place this week, he alleged.
Bryony Gooch28 March 2026 20:00
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Bryony Gooch28 March 2026 19:40
Iran government to allow 20 Pakistani vessels through the Strait of Hormuz
Pakistan’s deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar has said 20 more vessels flying under a Pakistani flag will be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz.
It comes after the IRGC closed the Persian waterway on Friday.
Mr Dar said on social media: “I am pleased to share a great news that the Government of Iran has agreed to allow 20 more ships under the Pakistani flag to pass through the Strait of Hormuz; two ships will cross the Strait daily.
“This is a welcome and constructive gesture by Iran and deserves appreciation. It is a harbinger of peace and will help usher stability in the region.
“This positive announcement marks a meaningful step toward peace and will strengthen our collective efforts in that direction.
“Dialogue, diplomacy, and such confidence-building measures are the only way forward.”
Bryony Gooch28 March 2026 19:20
Israel targeted in Yemen’s Houthis first missile strike as US troop deployment raises fears of wider war
Bryony Gooch28 March 2026 19:00
Two Iraqi police officers killed in airstrike targeting Shi’ite PMF site in Mosul
At least two Iraqi police personnel were killed and two wounded in an airstrike that targeted a Popular Mobilisation Forces headquarters in Mosul, which was located adjacent to a police facility, security sources told Reuters on Saturday.
The PMF, known in Arabic as Hashd al-Shaabi, is an umbrella group of mostly Shi’ite paramilitary factions that was formally integrated into Iraq’s state security forces and includes several groups aligned with Iran.
Bryony Gooch28 March 2026 18:47
Protesters clash in London at memorial service for Iran’s former supreme leader
Hundreds of people have turned out to protest against a memorial service in north London for Iran’s former supreme leader.
Protesters clashed with those demonstrating in support of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-backed Israeli air strike in February.
There was a heavy police presence at the Islamic Centre of England in Maida Vale on Saturday afternoon.
The Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police could be seen working to calm outbursts, asking disruptive protesters to move on and marshal traffic.
Two police officers were seen monitoring the protest with a video camera from the balcony of a residential property opposite the centre.
Bryony Gooch28 March 2026 18:28
Kuwait International Airport suffers ‘significant damage’ to radar system in attacks
Kuwait International Airport was targeted by multiple drone attacks on Saturday that caused significant damage to its radar system but resulted in no casualties, state news agency KUNA reported, citing the country’s Civil Aviation Authority.
The authority’s spokesperson later said the attacks were carried out by Iran, its proxies and the armed factions it supports.
Maira Butt28 March 2026 18:10
Nine paramedics killed in Lebanon, says World Health Organisation
Nine paramedics have been killed and seven others wounded in five separate attacks on health care in southern Lebanon, according to the World Health Organisation.
The incidents struck medical teams in five separate villages, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who confirmed the news in a social media post.
He added that the repeated strikes have severely disrupted health services in southern Lebanon. Four hospitals and 51 primary healthcare centres are now closed, with several other facilities operating at reduced capacity, he said.
Maira Butt28 March 2026 17:50