News in Brief
Raeisi: World turns its eyes on Iran due to its stability
IRNA – President Ebrahim Raeisi said on Tuesday that Iran’s stability and strength in various fields has caused the countries in the world to turn their eyes on Iran.
“When they see that Iran is still powerful despite the sanctions and has something to say in various industries, they show eagerness to expand relations with our country,” Raeisi said in a press conference in the city of Yasuj, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province.
US to deploy F-35s to Persian Gulf
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered F-35 and F-16 fighter jets deployed to the Middle East, as well as the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, despite Iran’s warning.
“In response to a number of recent alarming events in the Strait of Hormuz, the Secretary of Defense has ordered the deployment of the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, F-35 fighters and F-16 fighters to the US Central Command Area of Responsibility to defend US interests and safeguard freedom of navigation in the region,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Monday, CNN reported. In response, Iran’s Foreign Ministry warned the US to refrain from any “provocative” moves in the region, especially close to the country’s borders, according to IRNA.
Heat index hits 66°C at Iran’s southern airport
An Iranian airport hit a sweltering “feels like” temperature of 66 degrees Celsius as heat and high humidity combined.
The Persian Gulf International Airport in Asaluyeh, on the country’s southern coastline, hit a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday. But Weatherzone reported the “heat index,” which measures air temperature and humidity combined, clocked the outdoors as feeling like a whopping 66.7°C.