Headlines- Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
- On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.
Tag: Chinese Ambassador
March 21, 2020
Coronavirus: Chinese Ambassador Has No Lessons...
In a series of recent media interventions, the Chinese ambassador to France Lu Shaye virulently attacks “a certain French press” which he accuses of sullying the image of his country by uttering “lies” on its role in the current coronavirus pandemic. These media, which the diplomat never names, but which seem to represent for him the French press as a whole, would have “made fun of China ” in defiance ” of all ethics and the most basic good faith “, in a state of ‘spirit which according to him ‘ borders on paranoia .”