General Ebrahim Jabari, senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also added that the price of oil could reach $200
Israel and the United States bombed the center of Tehran this Tuesday (3), while the Iran has intensified its offensive and threatens to attack “all economic centers” in the Middle Easton the fourth day of a war that shows no sign of truce. General Ebrahim Jabari, senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also added that the price of oil, which rose this Tuesday to 85 dollars, could reach 200 dollars.
According to the Tasnim news agency, he will succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war.
Os Attacks intensified on Gulf oil monarchiesstranding tens of thousands of travelers and paralyzing the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil and gas prices soaring. In the early hours of this Wednesday (4, local date), the Israeli Army announced a “wide wave of attacks” against Iran after the launch of three barrages of Iranian missiles
The number of deaths in this war, which began on Saturday (28) with joint bombings by the United States and Israel against Iran, surpasses the 780 mark in Iranian territoryaccording to the local Red Crescent.
Israel announced air strikes this Tuesday against the headquarters of the Iranian Presidency, offices of the Supreme National Security Council in the capital, ballistic missile production facilities and an underground nuclear facility.
Iran warned European countries to stay away from the conflict, after Germany, France and the United Kingdom showed their willingness to take “defensive actions” to destroy Iranian military capabilities. “It would be an act of war,” declared the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
The future of Iran
On Saturday, the first day of the operation, Trump called on Iranians to overthrow the Islamic Republic that has been in power since the 1979 revolution. But, this Tuesday, he asked protesters to wait until the situation has stabilized.
The American president also stated that the bombings killed those whom Washington considered possible successors to Khamenei, and that another “important” attack was the place where a meeting was taking place to elect a new leader.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned that a regime change would pose “risks for the region”. Israel says the offensive aims to prevent Iran from developing the atomic bomb and destroy its ballistic capabilities.
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted that “there was never a supposed ‘Iranian threat’”, in a post on the social network