Iran asked US President Donald Trump on Monday that Force Israel to cease fire as the only way to end the four-day Air War, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was on the “path of victory.”
The Israeli forces intensified their bombing against the Iranian cities, while Iran proved to be able to overcome Israeli air defenses with one of their most successful damp from retaliatory missile attacks.
“If President Trump is genuine about diplomacy and is interested in interrupting this war, the next steps will be consequent,” said Iran’s Foreign Affairs Minister Araqchi on Twitter.
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“Israel must interrupt his aggression and, in the absence of a total termination of military aggression against us, our answers will continue. Just a phone call from Washington to gag someone like Netanyahu. This can pave the way for a return to diplomacy.”
Sources told Reuters that Tehran asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman to press Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree with an immediate ceasefire. In return, Iran would show flexibility in nuclear negotiations, the two Iranian and three regional sources said.
Netanyahu told Israeli troops on an air base that Israel is on its way to achieving its two main goals: ending Iran’s nuclear program and destroying its missiles.
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“We are on the way to victory,” he said. “We are telling the citizens of Tehran: ‘Get out’ – and we are acting.”
“Desperate”
Israel began his air war on Friday with a surprise attack that killed almost the entire high level of Iran’s military commanders and their main nuclear scientists. The country said it now has the control of Iranian airspace and intends to increase its campaign in the coming days.
Tehran’s retaliation is the first time, in decades of dark war and powerful conflicts, that Iran fired missiles surpassed Israeli defenses in significant numbers and killed Israeli in their homes.
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Iran states that more than 224 Iranians were killed, most of them civilians. The media has published images of children, women and elderly wounded in cities across the country.
State TV has transmitted scenes of collapsed presidential buildings, burnt cars and streets destroyed in Tehran. Many residents were trying to escape the capital, describing queues for gasoline and ATMs that had no money.
“I’m desperate. My two children are scared and can’t sleep at night because of the sound of air defense, attacks and explosions. But we have nowhere to go. We hide under the dining table,” Gholamreza Mohammadi, 48, told Tehran’s telephone reuters.
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In Israel, 24 people have been killed so far in the attacks with Iran’s missiles, all of them civilians. Uninterrupted television images showed rescue teams working in ruins of destroyed houses.
“It’s terrifying because it’s very unknown,” said Guydo Tetelbaum, 31, a chief chief in Tel Aviv, who was in his apartment when the alerts arrived shortly after 4 am (local time). He tried to reach a shelter, but his door was broken into.
“This may be the beginning of a long time like this. Either it can get worse, or, with luck, improve, but the unknown is the frightening.”
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Trump has constantly said that the Israeli attack may quickly end if Iran agree with US demands and accept rigorous restrictions on its nuclear program.
The conversations between the United States and Iran, organized by Oman, were scheduled for Sunday, but were canceled, with Tehran saying he could not negotiate while under attack.
On Monday, Iranian parliamentarians launched the idea of abandoning the nuclear non-propelling treaty, a measure that should be seen as a setback for any negotiation.
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“You will pay the price”
Before dawn on Monday, Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv and Haifa, killing at least eight people and destroying houses. The Israeli authorities said a total of seven missiles fired at night fell in Israel. At least 100 people were injured.
Iran’s revolutionary guard said the last attack has employed a new method that made the defense systems of several layers of Israel reach each other so that the missiles could pass.
“The arrogant dictator of Tehran has become a cowardly killer who targets Israel’s civil front to stop the IDF,” said Israel Katz Defense Minister.
“The residents of Tehran will pay the price, and soon.”
Global oil prices rose on Friday with the prospect that the conflict interrupts Gulf supplies. Prices decreased a little on Monday, suggesting that operators believe that exports could be spared despite Israeli attacks that have reached Iranian oil and gas household targets.
Still, the sudden death of so many Iranian military commanders and the apparent loss of airspace control may be the largest test for the stability of Iran’s clerical government system since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran’s regional allies network, which were previously expected to launch rockets against Israel – Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon – has been decimated by Israeli forces since the beginning of the Gaza War.
Netanyahu said that while overthrowing the Iranian regime is not Israel’s main objective, he believes this may be the result.
Art teacher Arsia, 29, told Reuters that her family was leaving Tehran to the city of Damavand, about 50 km east until the conflict ended.
“My parents are scared. Every night there are attacks. There are no air strike sirens and there are no shelters to go. Why are we paying the price for the hostile policies of the Islamic Republic?” Said Arsia, who did not reveal his last name for fear of reprisals.
