Iran vows response to US strikes as it hits back at Israel

Gilan, Iran – Iran continues to committedness retaliation for United States strikes connected captious atomic facilities, arsenic it launched a caller question of missiles and drones against Israel.

Abdolrahim Mousavi, the caller chief of unit of Iranian equipped forces, said successful a abbreviated connection connected Monday greeting that the US violated Iran’s sovereignty erstwhile it attacked the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan atomic sites connected Sunday and had “entered the warfare intelligibly and directly”.

“The transgression US indispensable cognize that successful summation to punishing its illegitimate and assertive offspring, the hands of Islam’s fighters wrong the equipped forces person been freed to instrumentality immoderate enactment against its interests and military, and we volition ne'er backmost down successful this regard,” helium said, successful notation to Israel.

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, who is acting arsenic the spokesperson of Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel, said successful his latest televised connection connected Monday that the US’s attacks were meant to “revive the dying Zionist regime” but volition really service to “expand the scope of the morganatic and assorted targets of Iranian equipped forces, and make the grounds for expanding warfare successful the region”.

Referring to US President Donald Trump, Zolfaghari said successful English: “Gambler Trump, you whitethorn commencement this war, but we volition beryllium the ones to decorativeness it.”

Iran’s service announced connected Monday it had fired dozens of one-way drones with anti-fortification explosive warheads astatine Israel. It claimed the bulk of the projectiles fired since the aboriginal hours of the time had successfully reached their targets.

Sirens besides began sounding crossed Israel earlier noon connected Monday, with a ample fig of impacts recorded successful respective areas, including the Ashdod country successful confederate Israel and the Lachish area, southbound of Jerusalem.

The attacks came aft the X relationship of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei republished an excerpt of a televised code helium made past week from an chartless location, which said Israel “must beryllium punished and it is being punished close now”.

The Israeli subject continues to motorboat aerial attacks crossed Iran arsenic well, saying successful an announcement connected Monday it deed astatine slightest six airports successful western, eastbound and cardinal Iran, including the Mehrabad airdrome successful the capital, Tehran.

“The strikes damaged runways, underground bunkers, a refuelling level and F-14, F-5, and AH-1 craft belonging to the Iranian regime,” it said, adding that 15 of its aerial unit jets besides carried retired attacks successful Kermanshah to people motorboat and retention sites for Iranian surface-to-surface missiles.

Later connected Monday, Iranian officials said the Fordow atomic tract was attacked again, without specifying who was down the attack. Morteza Heydari, spokesperson of Qom’s situation absorption organisation, said “no information is posed to citizens” successful the area.

Massive Israeli aerial raids, meanwhile, targeted Tehran and adjacent Karaj astir noon section time, with ample plumes of rising disposable successful areas crossed the capital.

The unrecorded provender of authorities tv was chopped for respective minutes, and it was confirmed that a method gathering supporting unrecorded broadcasts for respective channels was hit. The entranceway of the Evin Prison was besides bombed, arsenic was a gathering of the Red Crescent Society. The prestigious Shahid Beheshti University successful bluish Tehran was targeted, arsenic well.

According to the latest figures by Iran’s Ministry of Health, arsenic of Saturday, much than 400 radical person been killed successful the Israeli attacks, mostly civilians. At slightest 24 radical person been killed successful Israel by Iranian projectiles, according to Israeli authorities.

After the US strikes connected the 3 atomic facilities, which Trump claimed “obliterated” them, Iranian officials person threatened to deed US subject bases crossed the region. There person besides been discussions astir the anticipation of trying to close the strategical Strait of Hormuz and a imaginable exit from the atomic Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Iranian lawmakers person signalled they would backmost a measure to permission the NPT and suspend practice with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but the last determination volition prevarication with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

The Iran-aligned Houthis successful Yemen had besides pledged to restart their maritime attacks if the US entered the warfare successful favour of Israel. The radical had reached an statement with Trump successful aboriginal May to halt attacking if the US halts its regular aerial raids connected Yemen, but they person kept up rocket attacks connected Israel successful absorption to its warfare connected Gaza, which has killed astir 56,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was successful Moscow connected Monday for a gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Upon arriving successful the Russian capital, Araghchi told Iranian authorities media that Tehran appreciates the Kremlin’s condemnation of the US strikes, and hopes that it tin beryllium backed by “practical steps” successful the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and different planetary forums.

The UNSC precocious connected Monday held its 3rd gathering connected the attacks connected Iran since the commencement of the war, wherever UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said helium remains acrophobic astir “dangerous developments” crossed the portion and called for an contiguous halt to hostilities.

The IAEA’s Board of Governors is besides holding an exceptional gathering connected Monday successful airy of the attacks connected Iranian atomic sites, portion European Union leaders are gathering successful Brussels, wherever they volition sermon Iran and Gaza conflicts, among different matters.

Iranian newspapers connected Monday dedicated their beforehand pages to the US attacks connected Iran, arsenic good arsenic the rocket attacks connected Israel.

“Iranian Kheibar Shekans acceptable Israel ablaze,” work a header from ultraconservative Keyhan, successful notation to the advanced ballistic missiles that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps utilized successful its question of attacks connected Sunday.

Reformist Ham-Mihan paper published an representation of Trump with a demonic appearance, saying helium was heavy relying connected “bullying diplomacy”, portion the Shargh paper wrote, “Hello world, we are here”, to study connected the civilian toll of the Israeli attacks.