Iran’s reaction to Donald Trump’s new ultimatum was immediate and fierce. Tehran, not only did not seem to be swayed by the threats of the American president, but also counterattacked.
Iran’s central military command rejected Trump’s threat to destroy the country’s vital infrastructure if it does not accept a peace deal within 48 hours. General Ali Abdullahi Aliabadi, in a statement from the Central Headquarters “Khatam al-Anbiya”, characterized the threat of the American president as “an act of desperation, nervousness, imbalance and stupidity”.
In fact, it didn’t stop there. He then said the region would “turn into hell” if the US and Iran escalated hostilities. “The illusion of defeat for the Islamic Republic of Iran will end up being the dead end that will lead to your downfall”Ibrahim Zolfagari said on Saturday.
Joint strikes with Hezbollah and Houthis
At the same time we had the first joint triple strike by Iran, Hezbollah and Houthi. According to what became known, Israel received fire simultaneously from all three fronts, which were aimed at military installations in the central part of the country.
In addition, Iran announced that it had carried out strikes against missile launchers, positions housing US commanders and trainers, an Israeli merchant ship, HIMARS artillery emplacements at US bases in Kuwait, US Patriot systems in Bahrain, US-made missile launcher sites in the UAE and against Oracle in the UAE.
This demonstrates the strategy that Iran is pursuing and will likely continue to pursue.
Tehran accuses the US and Israel of war crimes
Iran has accused the US and Israel of carrying out attacks against civilian infrastructure, calling them “war crimes” and “state terrorism”.
In a statement, Iran’s mission to the United Nations said the “systematic targeting of civilians and critical infrastructure” included the Makhsar petrochemical zone and the B1 Karaj-Tehran bridge.
“The systematic targeting of civilians and critical infrastructure in Iran by the US and the Israeli regime…constitutes war crimes and state terrorism,” the mission said, calling on the international community to “act decisively and condemn unequivocally.”
