This Tuesday (3), the fourth day of conflicts in the Middle East, Israel attacked the Assembly of Experts in Tehran. This is the place where the choice of a new leadership for Iran should be made. It is not yet known whether there were people there and Iran minimized the attack by saying it was a deactivated building.
The Israeli army also claimed to have attacked Iran’s presidential office and the country’s Supreme National Security Council building. Furthermore, attacks were recorded in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and the Israeli Defense Minister authorized the land advance to take new strategic positions in Lebanon and prevent attacks on border locations.
The United States, in turn, claimed to have destroyed command and control facilities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran, as well as military airfields and air defense and missile and drone launch equipment.
On the other side, Iran attacked an American-flagged oil tanker in the port of Khalifa bin Salman, in Bahrain, where it was docked. The US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was also targeted by two drones. There were no victims or injuries.
War numbers
The Iranian Red Crescent Society has stated that so far .
11 people died in Israel in places hit by Iranian missiles and the United States claims that after an attack by Iran.
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Also on Tuesday, the UN (United Nations) reported that people were being taken to shelters in Lebanon as a result of the conflict. “Many others were sleeping in their cars, on the side of the road or stuck in traffic on roads leaving the south of the country,” said Babar Baloch, spokesman for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), at a press conference.
Trump’s statements about war
“Practically everything was destroyed in Iran,” said US President Donald Trump in a conversation with journalists at the White House. He said it is and announced a new wave of attacks “soon”.
Trump also spoke about a name to lead a possible regime change in Iran and said that everyone the United States considered is dead.
The president also said that he attacked Iran because he thought they would attack first and contradicted Marco Rubio when he stated that he pressured Israel to participate in the offensive.
Other authorities also spoke out
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke out this Tuesday about the war. In line with what the United States has been saying, Netanyahu said that the war against Iran “will not last years”.
“I said it could be quick and decisive. It may take some time, but it won’t take years. It’s not an endless war,” Netanyahu declared on Fox News’ “Hannity” program on Monday.
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Another authority who spoke out on Tuesday about the conflict was Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister. He said – US justification for the attacks – and raised the possibility that, with more countries seeking nuclear weapons.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo and Reuters.
