Iran warned the United States, the United Kingdom, and France that its military bases will be targeted if they try to block their retaliation against Israel, which attacked Iranian nuclear infrastructures and killed two leaders of the country’s military summit on Thursday (12).
Any country that tries to interfere with the offensive will be attacked, threatens communicated. “It will be subject to all the regional bases of the complicit government attacked by the Iranian forces, including military bases in the Persian Gulf countries and ships and ships in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea,” Iran said in a statement quoted by the Iranian news agency Mehr.
US President Donald Trump has said he would help defend Israel. He admitted that “he knew everything” about the Israeli attack and offered support for the decision to launch a series of devastating offensive to Iran, showing the willingness to adopt the use of military force to prevent the Tehran nuclear program. The Republican also called “excellent” the performance of the Israeli military.
The head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, warned Iran that does not make reprisals against the American soldiers who are in Arab countries. “The United States has estimated that they can help Israel, and the Iranians are obviously aware of this, but in the end, at least publicly, the United States remains margin,” said Alex Vatanka, founding director of the Middle East Institute program in Washington.
France said it will help Israel defend itself ”if you are able to do so.” Yesterday, during a press conference, President Emmanuel Macron said that the country has no intention of participating in an offensive operation, but would help in defense if it could.
Macron also positioned himself against the Iranian nuclear program. He criticized Tehran for accumulating “almost 40 times more uranium enriched than he had authorization,” “bypassing all his obligations with the international community and breaking his own promises.”
The United Kingdom says it did not help Israel in the attack on Iran. Prime Minister Keir Stmerer spoke to Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday to emphasize that Israel has the right to self-defense, but that conflict needs a diplomatic solution.
Iran and Israel wage battle
Iranian attack left two dead and injured 19 people today in Israel. A missile hit houses in the city of Rishon Lezion, in downtown Israel, according to the Israeli rescue service MDA (Magen David Adom). Israel’s Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, said Iran crossed the Red Line by hitting civilians and “will pay a high price for it.”
An Israeli died in an attack by Iranian missiles against Israel yesterday. The information was given by The Jerusalem Post, which had also informed the number of 63 injured before the attack on Rishon Lezion.
In Iran, yesterday’s Israeli attacks left 78 dead. In a UN speech, an Iranian envoy stated that dozens of people died and 320 were injured. Among the victims are military personnel of various patents, as well as scientists who worked on nuclear and civil bases.
Episode aggravated military conflict involving the two nations in the Middle East. Earlier, Israeli Army spokesman Effie Defie said the country has reached more than 200 targets in Iran since dawn. In addition to Isfahan, a nuclear installation of Natanz was also hit during the wave of Israeli attacks on the Iranian territory.
