NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte condemned Iran’s ballistic missile strike on Türkiye, intercepted by Turkish and NATO defence systems, as ‘serious and absolutely condemnable’, as the escalating Middle East conflict moves closer to NATO territory. The incident comes amid a wave of Iranian retaliatory attacks across the region and growing international military deployments to protect vulnerable allies.
In a recent interview, Viktor Orbán has framed the coming years as a test of Hungary’s ability to remain outside global conflicts, arguing that the country must resist pressure to provide military or financial support as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East intensify.
‘Devoted Mahdists could rise to senior leadership positions within the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], bringing under their control the three principal pillars of Iranian power projection: militias across the region, ballistic missile forces, and the nuclear programme itself.’
Two Hungarian prisoners of war from Transcarpathia have been released following diplomatic talks between Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The discussions also centred on Hungary’s energy security as global markets react to escalating tensions in the Middle East and Ukraine’s blockade of the Druzhba pipeline.
While Khamenei’s death does not automatically mean the collapse of the regime, it is nevertheless a severe blow to the Islamic Revolution.
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that an American submarine has sunk an Iranian warship near Sri Lanka, marking the first time since World War II that an enemy vessel has been destroyed by torpedo.
Keir Starmer is facing growing criticism after praising Muslims as ‘the face of modern Britain’ and stressing that the UK was not involved in the US–Israeli strikes on Iran. His remarks at a Ramadan iftar ceremony quickly triggered accusations that the prime minister was ‘bending over’ to court Muslim voters.
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of its foundation, the Ludovika University of Public Service is hosting a series of events. At the first of such events, Balázs Orbán spoke of Hungary’s role in the new system of geopolitics, in the midst of the war in Ukraine, ongoing for four years, and the recently erupted war in Iran.
Ukraine reportedly denied EU leaders access to the Druzhba pipeline during their Kyiv visit, according to diplomats cited by the Financial Times, deepening an already fraught dispute over halted oil transit that has become central to Hungary’s election campaign.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has openly weighed in on Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary election, expressing confidence that Viktor Orbán will be defeated and that relations can then be ‘normalized’.
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