(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 31 - Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in Iran and is running the country that is at war with the United States and Israel, Iranian Ambassador to Rome Mohammad Reza Sabouri told ANSA in an interview on Tuesday.

ROME, April 7 () - The Iran war has put U. global leadership on the line, Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said, expressing fear ‌about the "madness" of nuclear escalation.

ROME (AP) — In some of his strongest comments yet against the war, the American pope urged Americans and other people of good will to contact their political leaders and congressional representatives to demand they reject war and work for peace.

Pope Leo XIV made an impassioned plea for peace and expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists in his first news briefing since becoming pontiff on Monday, calling for "the precious gift of free speech and of the press" to be protected.

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Easter address Sunday, condemning war and violence amid ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.