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Vehicles drive along an expressway against the backdrop of smoke rising after a strike on the Iranian capital of Tehran on March 5, 2026. Israel pounded Tehran with fresh strikes and Iran targeted Kurdish guerilla groups in Iraq on March 5 as a spiralling war in the Middle East engulfed the entire region. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
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ndonesia claims its offer to mediate in the United States-Israel war on Iran is being supported by fellow Muslim-majority countries, as its troops are being put high alert at home amid disruptions in the Middle East.
Attacks between Tehran, Washington and Tel Aviv have continued and spilled over to the surrounding Middle East region over the week following a coordinated missile strike by the US and Israel on Iran on Feb. 28 that killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran’s United Nations envoy said on Friday that over 1,300 Iranian civilians have been killed in the conflict, Reuters reported. The US and Israel have consistently claimed they only targeted military targets.
During an iftar gathering hosted by President Prabowo Subianto at the Palace in Jakarta last Thursday, prominent Muslim figures gained further insight into Prabowo’s proclaimed readiness to mediate the conflict and how much support the idea has gained among fellow Muslim-majority countries.
“The [offer] from the President has received support from several Middle Eastern countries and other Muslim-majority nations, including Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates,” said Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) figure Nusron Wahid after the gathering, as quoted from a statement from the Government Communications Office on Friday.
Since the war broke out, Prabowo, through the Foreign Ministry, has repeatedly called for maximum restraint between the warring parties and offered a “bridging” role should all sides approve of it. Iran’s embassy has cautiously welcomed the idea.
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