The president Donald Trump He assured on Friday night that States Joined “annihilated” military objectives on the island of Khargthe main oil center of Iranand threatened to attack the crude oil production infrastructure there if Tehran continues to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
“I have decided NO demolish the island’s oil infrastructure. However, if Iran, or anyone else, does anything to interfere with the free and safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will reconsider my decision immediately,” warned the Republican leader in social networks.
Trump announced that the US military “conducted one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, completely annihilating all MILITARY targets in Iran’s crown jewel.”
Iran threatens to abandon restraint if US continues attacks
The day before, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, the influential Mohammad Bagher Ghalibafhad warned that the Islamic republic “will abandon all moderation” if the United States and Israel attack its Gulf islands.
Kharg, a bush-covered strip of land located in the northern Gulf, about 30 kilometers from the coast, is home to Iran’s largest crude oil export terminal.
Trump He also indicated that the Marina American would begin “very soon” escorting oil tankers in Hormuza key passage through which 20% of the world’s hydrocarbon production transits and which has been de facto blocked by Tehran.
After two weeks of war that have not made the Iranthe inflexibility of the warring parties, who this Saturday morning continue their attacks, does not bode well for any respite.
This conflict has spread throughout the Middle East and increasingly disrupted global trade, sending oil prices soaring.
Iran also continues its aerial retaliation against neighboring Gulf countries. AFP journalists heard explosions early Saturday in Doha, the capital of Qatar, after the Interior Ministry ordered the evacuation of certain areas.
US seeks to attack Iran ‘harder’
According to the American press, Washington It will also send more reinforcements to the region: The New York Times speaks of about 2,500 marines and three more ships.
For his part, the Wall Street Journal quotes officials as saying the Japan-based assault ship Tripoli and accompanying Marines are heading toward Half East.
The duration of the war appears likely to be extended. At least it will continue next week, when the United States wants to attack “harder” Iranadvertisement Trump.
Although the American president also admitted that a shift of power into the hands of the Iranian people, expected by Washington after the start of the war on February 28, “it may not happen immediately.”
The United States announced that it will offer 10 million dollars in exchange for information that allows locating ten of the highest leaders of the Islamic republic, including the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and the head of security, there Larijani.
The health status of Mojtaba Jamenei remains uncertain after he was allegedly injured in a bombing. On Friday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested he had “probably” been disfigured.
Meanwhile, Tehran was the target of new bombings on Friday, from morning to early afternoon, when a brief series of loud explosions was heard, according to journalists from the AFP.
‘Trump doesn’t understand’
In the morning, Larijani had appeared in public in the center of Tehran, alongside President Masud Pezeshkian, in a challenge to his enemies to participate in a pro-government demonstration.
The mobilization brought together a large crowd—difficult to evaluate, although it covered some of the main roads—despite the rain and fear of attacks that have already caused more than 1,200 deaths, according to the latest figures from the authorities, and more than 1,800 according to the NGO Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
“Trump’s problem is that he doesn’t understand that the Iranian people are a brave nation, a strong nation, a determined nation,” Larijani said. “The more you intensify your pressure, the more the nation’s resolve will be strengthened.”
‘Long confrontation’
The Israeli army also announced that it has carried out 7,600 attacks in Iran in two weeks and 1,100 in Lebanon, where it bombs the Islamist movement Hezbollah, an ally of Tehran.
These offensives in Lebanon have killed 773 people, including 103 children, and injured nearly 2,000, according to local authorities.
An Israeli attack on a health center in the south of its neighboring country killed at least 12 medical staff, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday.
The state-run National Information Agency (ANI) also reported Israeli bombings that hit a blue helmet headquarters in southern Lebanon on Friday.
Hezbollah leader Naïm Qassem was firm, saying his group was ready for “a long confrontation” with Israel.
The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, announced that, together with Hezbollah, they launched missiles and drones against Israel in response to US and Israeli attacks.
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