Moody’s: ‘The war in Iran is costing every US household an average of $2,000’

“A man, who had links to a monarchist terrorist network and to associated dissident media outlets abroad, was executed by hanging this morning, for armed operations during the war between the United States and Israel against Iran in the southern city of Kerman, which resulted in the injury of several civilians, including a young girl.” This was stated by the Iranian judiciary, as reported by Tasnim. “Ali Sina Mostafavi was charged with Moharebeh (war against God) for the armed attacks in March and April against conscripts and passing vehicles,” the statement continued – “He had sent videos of the January coup (the protests, ed.), as well as images of sites damaged during the war, to dissident media networks. In messages to these networks, he had expressed his willingness to attack Kerman airport.”

A Hamas commander who was holding people hostage during the war was killed yesterday in an Israeli attack on Gaza City, according to an announcement by the army. This is reported by the Times of Israel. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) say the attack killed Mumen Ahmad Salameh al-Ay, a commander and aide to senior officers in the Hamas Brigade in Gaza City. During the war, al-Ay was holding people hostage in the Gaza City area, the army says, though it did not identify them. The army states that al-Ay had recently been carrying out attacks against Israeli troops and civilians and attempting to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities, “in systematic violation of the ceasefire”.

The British Ambassador to Tehran, Hugo Shorter, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs late yesterday evening to protest against the accusations levelled at Tehran by senior British officials, who hold Iran responsible for the incident at the RAF Fairford military base. During the meeting, the Director-General of the Ministry’s Department for Western Europe, Alireza Yousefi, rejected the accusations, emphasising: “British officials cannot shirk their international responsibility for having participated in the military aggression by the US and Israeli regimes against Iran, as well as for having long harboured anti-Iranian terrorist groups, whilst levelling baseless accusations against Iran.” “The British government must present the documents and evidence supporting its allegations as soon as possible; otherwise, Iran will seriously reconsider bilateral relations and the British government will bear responsibility for the consequences,” added Yousefi, according to the IRNA news agency.