Overview

• In his first Tg1 interview on June 19, Pope Leo XIV appealed for global peace and an end to the use of arms in conflict zones.
• He highlighted crises in Ukraine, Iran, Israel and Gaza and urged reliance on diplomatic channels over sophisticated weaponry.
• During a visit to the Vatican Radio Center at Santa Maria di Galeria, the pontiff invoked past popes’ antiwar teachings and stressed the human toll of violence.
• Iranian ambassador Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari signaled Tehran’s readiness to meet US negotiators in Vatican City to discuss nuclear issues.
• Mokhtari insisted that Iran would resume talks only if what he described as Israeli government aggression came to a halt.