Iran has rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire, an informed source told the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) news agency on Friday. The proposal was conveyed to Tehran via a friendly country, but Iran decided not to respond in writing.
Gas prices across the Kurdistan Region have surged to more than four times their pre-war levels, as ongoing threats posed by regional conflict and repeated attacks on energy infrastructure in the Region disrupt supply and affect daily life.
Iraq's foreign ministry on Thursday reaffirmed the country's "firm" stance of neutrality in the escalating regional conflict, responding to a US travel warning by stressing that it “is not a party to this conflict and has no desire to be part of it,” as security concerns intensify in Baghdad.
The Middle East’s largest steel producer in Iran has halted operations after sustaining heavy damage in US-Israeli airstrikes over the past few days, dealing a major blow to the country’s industrial sector.
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Thursday held a phone call with Geza Andreas von Geyr, State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office, regarding the recent attacks on Kurdistan, during which the German official reaffirmed his country's support for the Region.
