Iran launched its diplomatic efforts to stop the US-British attacks on the Houthi group, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani. Kanaani indicated that recent developments in the Red Sea are a result of the situation in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at the weekly press conference, Kanaani announced that the UK-US attacks against Yemen violate the sovereignty of an independent and UN member state.
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For the second consecutive week, Iraqi armed factions did not carry out attacks against American troops deployed at the country’s western Ain al-Asad base and Harir base near Erbil in the Kurdistan Region. Circles close to the factions claimed that the calm prevailed in wake of a visit by Iranian Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani to Baghdad last week. Other informed sources stressed, however, that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani should be credited for the calm after he held a series of meetings with the top Shiite leaders in the pro-Iran Coordination Framework.
A visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq, multiple Iranian and Iraqi sources told Reuters, saying it was a sign Tehran wants to prevent a broader conflict. Esmail Qaani met representatives of several of the armed…