(2026-05-19). Iran says peace proposal includes reparations for war damage, US troop withdrawal. tribune.com.pk 
Tehran's latest peace proposal to the United States involves ending hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon, the exit of US forces from areas close to Iran, and reparations for destruction caused by the US-Israeli war, the state news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday. | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi's report emphasised Iran's "right to enrich and enjoy peaceful nuclear rights", the state-run news agency said. | The report discussed "ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, lifting the US naval blockade, releasing Iran's property and assets,…
(2026-05-19). US imposes fresh sanctions on Iranian exchange house, 19 ships from shadow fleet. scmp.com The Donald Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Iranian foreign currency exchange house and what it said were front companies overseeing transactions on behalf of Iranian banks as the US maintains pressure on Tehran. | The move came after Iran ‚Äåsaid its latest peace proposal to the United States over the US-Israeli led war that started February 28 involved ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon, the exit of US forces from areas close to Iran, and reparations for…
(2026-05-19). Hezbollah drones limiting 80% of Israeli military ops in Lebanon. newarab.com 
(2026-05-19). Israel pounds Lebanon despite truce. tribune.com.pk 
Israel carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanese security sources and the state news agency said, while Hezbollah announced new attacks on Israeli forces, continuing the war in Lebanon despite the extension of a US-backed truce. | Since the war began on March 2, more than 3,000 people have been killed in Lebanon, the country's health ministry reported in its latest casualty toll on Monday. | Overnight, an Israeli strike near the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbeck killed a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, a Hezbollah ally, along with his daughter, security sources i…
(2026-05-19). Protesting Attacks on Students, Colleges in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran. juancole.com Volker Tàºrk
| UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
| ohchr-registry@un.org | Khaled El-Enany
| Director-General, UNESCO
| dg.office@unesco.org | Francesca Albanese
| United Nations Special Rapporteur on the oPt
| hrc-sr-opt@un.org . . . | Your Excellencies, High Representative, Special Rapporteurs, and Mr. Secretary: | I write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America to express grave concern about the widening pattern of attacks on higher…