“Karim Khan’s decision to seek arrest warrants for five people for grave international crimes committed in Israel and Palestine since October 7 in the face of pressure from US lawmakers and others reaffirms the crucial role of the International Criminal Court.” - Balkees Jarrah, associate international justice director, Human Rights Watch
“I have instructed the immediate establishment of a special command center at the Foreign Ministry, with all professional entities, aimed at fighting against the decision intended primarily to shackle Israel's hands and prevent it from exercising its right to self-defense.” - Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz
Iranian media report a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in an accident in East Azerbaijan Province and some of his companions in the helicopter "managed to make contact with the center." https://www.iranintl.com/en/202405197603
“We are closely following reports of a possible hard landing of a helicopter in Iran carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister,” says a
State Department spokesperson. “We have no further comment at this time.”
A Turkish drone appears to have joined the aerial part of the search for the downed helicopter that was carrying Iran’s president and prime minister. https://www.flightradar24.com/AKINCI01/354ad8fc
Update: Anadolu News Agency (Turkey) - Akinci UAV identifies source of heat suspected to be wreckage of helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi and shares its coordinates with Iranian authorities.
As President Biden speaks to the Morehouse College commencement ceremony in Atlanta someone is holding aloft behind him a flag of the DRCongo while one graduating student has turned his back and draped himself in the Palestinian flag.
"I support peaceful non-violent protest," says President Biden at the Morehouse College commencement ceremony. "What's happening in Gaza and Israel is heartbreaking."