Iran criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, accusing him of complicity in the Western-led campaign of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, criticized Grossi’s recent remark that the agency "did not have any evidence of a systematic effort [by Iran] to move into a nuclear weapon." He called the statement "too little, too late," and denounced what Iran sees as a dangerously politicized role played by the IAEA under Grossi’s leadership.

The Iranian official said Grossi's earlier “biased report,” filled with baseless allegations of non-compliance, was used by the E3 (France, Germany, UK) and the United States to push through a resolution that ultimately served as a pretext for a "genocidal, warmongering regime" to launch an illegal act of war on Iran.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are prepared to resume direct talks after June 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday during a meeting with the leaders of major global news agencies in St. Petersburg.

Putin reaffirmed Russia's openness to dialogue, including a possible meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. However, he raised concerns over the legitimacy of Zelensky's authority.

"I am ready to meet with anyone, including Zelensky," Putin said. "That is not the issue. If Ukraine entrusts him to negotiate, let it be Zelensky. The real question is: who will sign any resulting documents? We are not dealing with propaganda here; when it comes to serious matters, what matters is not political messaging but legal legitimacy."

Putin also said that if no peaceful resolution is reached, Russia will pursue its objectives in Ukraine by military means.

"Undoubtedly, if we fail to reach an agreement through peaceful negotiations, we will achieve our goals by military means," he said.

He reiterated that the aim of Russia's special military operation is the demilitarization of Ukraine, depriving it of the capacity to maintain military forces that could endanger Russia. ■

In violation of international law and international nuclear treaties, Israel just reportedly just bombed an Iranian civilian heavy water nuclear reactor.

Of course, it is being falsely reported as a weapons site.

Update: Looks like the risk of contamination is very low

Edit: sorry for the edits. I'm very tired and running pretty close to max anxiety for days.

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No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House. The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to “take out” Iran’s Supreme Leader.

Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance.

Iran shall respond to any threat with a counter-threat, and to any action with reciprocal measures.

We all know Bernie has its many limitations, and how he likes to co-opt movements for then water them down. He made many mistakes in his life, like voting for the intervention in Yugoslavia. However, at least in what concerns this conflict, I like how he grew a spine and is voicing his opinion this time at least. Some people who follow him will get his message.

We already know from the impact assessment that this new system could cost tens if not hundreds of millions of pounds making our mission to cut waiting times and rebuild our NHS harder.

They really ill make any excuse to prevent people from making their own choice. Let's just ignore the fact that if someone chooses assisted suicide, the NHS saves money on their treatment. If we don't even have the freedom to choose whether to exist, we don't have freedom at all.

This is the 9th wave of attacks

Please stay safe, comrades.