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❗️ Iran will respond decisively to Washington's attack – security source to Sputnik
Iran is not afraid of a potential U.S. response, a source in Iran’s security sector told Sputnik.
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South Africa Concerned About US Entry Into Israel-Iran Conflict
"It was South Africa’s sincerest hope that President Donald Trump would use his influence and that of the US government to prevail on the parties to pursue a dialogue path in resolving their issues of dispute," the presidency said in a statement.
#viral | Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited the building of the state broadcaster IRIB, which was damaged in an Israeli attack
"The voice of truth cannot be silenced," the president said.
Three employees of the broadcaster were killed in the attack.
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"Irresponsible Decision": Russia Speaks Out Against US Strikes on Iran
Washington acted in "a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter," the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed in a statement.
"The consequences of this action, including potential radioactive effects, have yet to be determined. However, it is already evident that a dangerous escalation is underway, one that threatens to further destabilise security both in the region and globally," it added.
❗️❗️❗️ South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile Sits Down With Sputnik Africa for an Exclusive Interview
The Deputy President was in Russia on an official visit, during which he held several high-level meetings with Russian officials, including President Putin, and participated in the #SPIEF2025.
📹 Stay tuned and be among the first to watch as we bring you his insights on various issues — coming soon!
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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Vow to Make US Regret Its Attack, Reports Say
The aggression of the United States allows Iran to exercise its legitimate right to self-defense and use all options on the table to respond and make it regret its action, IRIB reported, citing the IRGC statement.
The number, location, and area of US bases in the Middle East are not their strong point, but a disadvantage that increases the US's vulnerability, the IRGC added.
The IRGC said it would continue to strike Israeli infrastructure and facilities of strategic importance.
👆 The social media footage shows the aftermath of Iranian strikes in the Tel Aviv area.
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❗️Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi Confirms Plans to Meet With Putin on June 23
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Russophobia Accepted in UK as Form of Racism, Former British Diplomat Says
Russian people are like any other people and the British society needs to be educated on this, former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray told Sputnik.
"It’s extremely unpleasant because it is racism, and that’s not said often enough," he noted.
🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 US STARTS DANGEROUS WAR AGAINST IRAN, striking the country's nuclear facilities
Check out other BURNING statements by the Iranian Foreign Ministry:
🟠 The US attack on nuclear facilities shows its involvement in planning INITIAL Israeli attack on Iran.
🟠 The US is responsible for very dangerous consequences of its attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
🟠 World community's silence after the US attack puts it under unprecedented threat.
🟠 Iran demands emergency meeting of the IAEA board of governors.
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Cote d'Ivoire Aims to Break Into Africa’s Top Five Oil Producers by 2035, Petroleum Minister Says
During the inauguration of a new oil dock operated by the National Petroleum Operations Company of Cote d'Ivoire, Minister Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly unveiled the country's new oil and gas logistics master plan.
"Compared to current levels, crude oil production will have tripled and natural gas production doubled [by 2030]," the minister pointed out.
Patriotism, Sovereignty, Act of Bravery: Nigeriens React to Recent Nationalizations
The nationalization of Niger’s mining company SOMAIR, along with the electricity production and distribution company NIGELEC, sparked enthusiasm among Nigeriens, a Sputnik Africa correspondent reported.
📹 Hear their pride and belief in a stronger, independent Niger in the video!
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❗️Yemen will attack US military and commercial ships in the Red Sea if Washington enters into conflict with Iran, Houthis say
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'The Difference Lies in Speaking the Truth': Vice Information Minister of Equatorial Guinea Praises Sputnik
Sputnik is doing "excellent work," unlike Western media that continue to portray Africa as a "Third World" continent, Manuel Ndong Bibang Ngui stated to Sputnik Africa.
"At Sputnik, I believe you inform objectively, and then conduct research to find the truth on the subject," the official noted on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the AU of Broadcasting.
'France is No Longer the Sovereign Country It Once Was,' CEO of a French Group Says
Many decisions are made in Brussels, led by "a caste of unelected civil servants, who carry weight and have disproportionate influence," Gilles Remy told Sputnik Africa.
Europe is currently facing "a totally abnormal and absurd situation" from a historical perspective—one that serves neither Europe's nor France's interests, he noted on the sidelines of #SPIEF2025.
📹 Watch the video to discover what, according to the speaker, would truly serve the interests of ordinary Europeans.
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❗️ Ukraine should have a neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear status, Putin said in an interview with Sky News Arabia
"We believe that it is necessary to return to where Ukrainian statehood began," he said.
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US Must Get Response to Its Attack on Iran, Iranian President Says
"The US attacked us. If you were in such conditions, what would you do? Naturally, they must get a response to their aggression," Masoud Pezeshkian said during his conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Can BRICS Free Africa From Eurocentric Trade Systems?
"BRICS […] is going to be quite instrumental in ensuring that the voice of Africans is heard, […] that trade is facilitated between big economies and African economies," Keith Khoza, acting spokesman to SA's deputy president, said.
"BRICS is a solution to a long-standing problem that Africans set to endure by being locked outside and development happens everywhere in the world except in Africa," the official stated.
❗️❗️❗️Is New, Universally Respected Court Essential for Global Justice?
South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile recalled that while the ICJ must act on behalf of ordinary people suffering in crises like Gaza, Israel has ignored its ruling in the case brought by Pretoria.
Thus, the world needs an alternative: "an institution that is respected by all," the official stated to Sputnik Africa.
"Because otherwise it won't make sense that we go to the court, complain, and nothing happens," he emphasized.
The Pentagon said the operation to strike Iran was prepared for weeks with precision and secrecy
The US strikes on Iran involved seven B-2 bombers, which took off from the US mainland - the longest mission they have undertaken since 2001.
In total, more than 125 aircraft were involved in the operation.
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Russia-Africa Relations Must Go Beyond Trade – Time to Move to Tech Partnerships, Joint Enterprises, Russian Official Says
Russia demonstrated at #SPIEF2025 what can be achieved through cooperation with Africa, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Alexander Babakov told a Russian media outlet.
"This should be a joint movement forward, based on the understanding that we do not take a selective approach to cooperation — we see these [African] countries as equal partners," the official explained.
Free Interpretation of Right to Self-Defense Leads to Chaos, Russian FM Says Amid Iran-Israel Escalation
Only "the biggest cynics" support Israeli aggression against Iran, while others claim Israel has the right to "self-defense," Sergey Lavrov noted.
Yet, it remains unclear exactly "what Israel is defending itself from," the Russian top diplomat pointed out.
"If each country is allowed to interpret the right to self-defense, enshrined in the UN Charter, in such a way that 'I will decide for myself when I may apply my right, and I do not want to look at the UN Charter,' then, of course, there will be no world order," he told a Russian journalist.
📹 Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, Sputnik correspondent reports
The Day of Remembrance and Sorrow is a memorable date celebrated annually on 22 June in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. It honors the anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.
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🚨🗣Trump UNILATERALLY orders bombing Iran, without congressional approval
💬 “No president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as CONSEQUENTIAL as war with ERRATIC threats and no strategy,” Chuck Schumer said.
📹 BRICS Bank Chief Calls for Multilateralism in Global Policies
Hegemonism and the unilateral imposition of models, rather than multilateralism, hinder the development of countries, said Dilma Rousseff, the head of the BRICS New Development Bank, in an interview with Sputnik at the #SPIEF2025.
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#viral | To celebrate Yoga Day, Indian Army soldiers took up the ancient practice across the country
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Europe’s Anti-Russia Hysteria Is Speeding Its Decline While Global South Rises: Milorad Dodik
“Europe is sabotaging itself by unjustifiably meddling in the Ukraine conflict and taking an anti-Russian stance,” President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik told Sputnik at #SPIEF2025.
❗️❗️❗️'BRICS Plus & AfCFTA: A Powerhouse for Africa's Trade Future'
In an interview with Sputnik Africa, South African Trade Minister Parks Tau explained that BRICS Plus and the AfCFTA can complement each other to reshape trade across the continent.
"BRICS Plus has always said that it is important that developing countries are able to grow, are able develop their competitiveness and their ability to trade as equals in the international trading system," the official noted on the sidelines of #SPIEF2025.
Pashinyan's Words About Church 'Unbecoming', Armenian Diaspora Representative in US Says
"In addition to what the prime minister is doing illegally against the constitution, he's also using very vulgar and rude language to criticize the clergy. This is very unbecoming for a head of the government," Harut Sassounian, who publishes Armenian English-language newspaper The California Courier in the United States, told Sputnik.
"The prime minister, as an official person, as part of the government, he has no right to interfere in this issue," Sassounian said.
📹 Russian assault paratroopers, expanding the buffer zone in the Sumy region, destroyed a Ukrainian armored group with Soviet and NATO military equipment, an officer with the call sign "Vityaz" told Sputnik
A video showing the destroyed armored group has been provided to the news agency.
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Iran Has 'Maximum' Two Weeks as US Weighs Military Action, Trump Says
At the same time the US president admitted that "maybe" the US' military action against Iran "won't be necessary."
"I am not going to talk about [deployment of the US] ground forces. The last thing you want to do is ground forces," he told reporters.