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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
New explosions shook Iran this Thursday, after US President Donald Trump threatened to “send Iran to the Stone Age” in the next two or three weeks. In response, Tehran promised to launch “devastating” attacks — to the humiliation and dishonor of the US and Israel.
The Iranian Army promised this Thursday to launch “devastating” attacks against Israel and the United States.”until his humiliationdishonor, permanent regret and safe, and surrender”.
The threat arose in response to the speech of Donald Trump on Wednesday night, in which he promised to bomb the Islamic Republic for another two or three weeks, .
“Trump says a lot of things. It’s very difficult to understand what’s going on in his head, he seems to change his mind all the time, so it’s not possible to predict what will happen. But abandoning the war in this situation is a victory to Iran”, lamented a resident of Tehran, a stock exchange operator for years, speaking to AFP.
Trump’s speech on Wednesday was the first since the start of the offensive of Israel and the United States, on February 28, and dashed any hope of de-escalation in stock exchanges and the oil market.
The North American president once again stated, in his speech, that Washington is “close to achieving” your goalsand again justified the war with the need to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Reza Najafitold AFP that Tehran did not resume uranium enrichment after the bombings by Israel and the United States, in June 2025, against some of its military and scientific installations.
Najafi classified the US president’s accusations as a “big lie”.
In Tehran, bombings caused considerable damage to the Pasteur Institute of Iran and several explosions were recorded in different neighborhoods.
However, the Iran continues to attack US allies. The United Arab Emirates Government announced that it had intercepted 19 missiles and 26 drones this Thursday.
After more than a month of conflict, which left thousands dead across the Middle East, the Israeli Army announced that it had intercepted missiles coming from Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, in the middle of Jewish Passover.
At a time when war is raging destabilize the world economy, in particular due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic sea passage for Gulf oil, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard promised keep the strait closed to “enemies” of the country.
Before the war, 20% of world oil exports brute passed through this sea route. Oil prices, which had fallen on Wednesday on hopes of a de-escalation, rose again after Trump’s speechsurpassing 108 dollars per barrel of Brent, the global benchmark for the sector.
This Thursday, the United Kingdom organized a meeting of almost 40 countries to discuss how to restore navigation in the strait.
“We have more than 40 countries to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, the consequences of its closure and the urgent need to restore freedom of navigation in international maritime transport”, declared the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yvette Cooperwho chairs the meeting.
Despite the intense attacks to which Iran has been subjected, the ayatollahswho repressed anti-government demonstrations with great violence in December and January, continue to have unconditional supporters.
“This war has been going on for a month. However long it takes, we will move forward,” he told AFP Moses Nowruz57 years old retired, during the funeral of a Revolutionary Guard naval commander killed in an Israeli attack. “We will resist until the end”.
