News | Pezeshkian meets with Pakistani clerics; Yemen’s strike on Israeli targets; Russia criticizes the West

Pars Today – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a meeting with a group of Shia and Sunni scholars in Pakistan, emphasized that silence in the face of the Zionist regime’s continued atrocities against the oppressed people of Gaza amounts to complicity with oppression.

This meeting between Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistani Shia and Sunni religious scholars, along with developments such as U.S. President Trump’s controversial immigration bill, Russia’s criticism of the West’s anti-Iran stance, a Yemeni drone strike on Occupied Territories, and Brazil’s president taking a stand against Trump, are among the most important Iran and world news stories in the past 24 hours, as reported in this Pars Today news roundup.

Pezeshkian meets with Shia and Sunni scholars in Pakistan
On Sunday, Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, met with a group of Shia and Sunni scholars in Pakistan. Referring to the ongoing atrocities of the Zionist regime against the oppressed people of Gaza, Pezeshkian emphasized that our responsibility in the face of such crimes goes beyond mere condemnation. “Silence in the face of such oppression is complicity with oppression,” he stressed.

Drawing on religious teachings and the values instilled through Islamic sermons and texts, Pezeshkian stated: “It is on this foundation that we strive to establish justice—first within our own society and among ourselves.”

The Iranian president highlighted that Islamic scholars have always stressed justice and fairness as core principles. He added: “If we are to serve as a model for others, reform must begin with ourselves. This is the point where everything starts—fairness is the foundation of all reform.”

Trump’s Bill: A fundamental shift in U.S. immigration and social security policy
Coinciding with U.S. Independence Day celebrations, Donald Trump signed a highly controversial bill that not only dismantles the country's social security network but also effectively transforms the American immigration system into a militarized tool for authoritarian policymaking.

Trump described the bill as “beautiful,” but many human rights activists and political analysts see it as an existential threat to what is referred to as American democracy. The legislation allocates an enormous sum—over $170 billion—to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to more aggressively pursue the administration’s immigration agenda.

Ulyanov: War against Iran is the result of the West’s irrational policies
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, referred to the 12-day war waged by the Zionist regime and the United States against Iran, describing the position of the European Troika (UK, France, and Germany) toward Tehran as entirely irrational and ambiguous.

Ulyanov emphasized that the attacks by the Zionist regime against Iran—carried out just one day after the issuance of an anti-Iran resolution at the United Nations—were not coincidental. He described the positions of the UK, France, and Germany as lacking logic.

Yahya Saree: We conducted three drone strikes in Jaffa, Ashkelon, and Haifa
Yahya Saree, spokesperson for Yemen’s Armed Forces, announced that the country’s drone unit carried out three military operations targeting three enemy Israeli sites using three drones.

He stated that two military targets in the occupied areas of Jaffa and Ashkelon were hit in the first two operations, while the third operation targeted the Port of Haifa in the Occupied Territories.

Saree added that these attacks were carried out in response to “the genocidal crimes and starvation imposed on the people of Gaza,” as well as the Zionist attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and the desecration of its holy grounds.

Brazilian President: I will not succumb to Trump’s pressure
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has emphasized that he is only willing to engage in trade negotiations with Donald Trump on equal terms and will not succumb to his political pressure.

In a speech delivered at the Workers’ Party, Lula stated that he will defend Brazilian companies and workers and has already prepared his proposals for negotiations.

These remarks come amid Trump’s recent threat to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods if the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro is not halted.

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