Iran plans to leave nuclear treaty amid escalating conflict with Israel

IANS | June 16, 2025 3:49 PM

Tehran, June 16 (IANS) Amid intensifying hostilities with Israel, Iran on Monday announced that its Parliament is drafting legislation to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of Nuclear Weapons, raising global concerns about the future of nuclear stability in the region.

Israel says it eliminated top Iranian intelligence officials in Tehran

IANS | June 16, 2025 3:19 PM

Tel Aviv, June 16 (IANS) Israel on Monday announced that four high-ranking Iranian intelligence officials, including the chief of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were killed in a precision airstrike carried out by Israeli fighter jets in Tehran.