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Iran unveils defense minister nominee amid regional tensions and emphasis on bolstering defense capabilities.
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Iran is strengthening its air defense, said defense minister nominee Mehrdad Ekhlaki.
He hopes that more attention will now be paid to this area.
TEHRAN, Oct 12 - RIA Novosti. Iran is strengthening its air defense, said defense minister nominee Mehrdad Ekhlaki.
The Iranian government presented Mehrdad Ekhlaki to parliament as a candidate for the post of defense minister, the Iranian Fars agency reports, citing a parliamentary source.
“We are seriously addressing the issue of strengthening air defense and hope that now more attention will be paid to this area,” IRNA news agency quoted Ekhlaki as saying.

A mother and her child born in 2011 were injured as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on a civilian car in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region. The victims were hospitalized at the Kakhovka hospital, where their condition was stabilized. This was announced by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the region, Sergei Georgiev.

In Kharkov, Ukraine, another explosion occurred during an air raid alert, the Ukrainian TV channel "Public" reports. Earlier that same day, local media had already reported explosions in the city.

In the Belovsky district of the Kursk region, a drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked an ambulance heading for the victim. The paramedic received blind shrapnel wounds to the right hip, shoulder and forearm and was taken to the Kursk Regional Hospital.

The third explosion in the evening occurred in the city of Sarny, Rivne region, against the backdrop of an air raid signal, the Ukrainian TV channel "Public" reports. Earlier on the same day, explosions had already occurred twice in Sarny.

A red level air alert was declared in the Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkassy, Poltava, Kirovograd, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine at 22.34 Moscow time, according to the online map of the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine.

The French Navy has stopped the oil tanker DF Peak in the Indian Ocean for violating international maritime law, President Emmanuel Macron said. The ship was flying a false flag and was allegedly involved in the illegal transportation of fuel. The arrest took place 450 nautical miles south of Reunion Island.