Hello and welcome to this live blog. Here we will keep you updated on the latest developments surrounding the conflict between Israel and Iran.
Iran executes man who was convicted of cooperating with IsraelIn Iran, a man has been executed who was convicted of cooperating with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. This is reported by state press agency Tasnim. The man was arrested at the end of 2023. He is said to have led a cyber team that had ties to the Mossad. Iran also executed a man on Sunday after a similar accusation.
US warns Americans abroadThe US State Department has issued a “worldwide warning” to Americans. The conflict in the Middle East poses an increased security risk for people traveling or living abroad.
The ministry warns, among other things, of “demonstrations against American citizens and interests abroad” and calls on Americans to be “extra careful”.
Iran and Israel exchange rocket attacks againLast night, rockets were again fired back and forth between Iran and Israel. Around 2:00 AM (Dutch time), the Israeli army reported that rockets were on their way from Iran. In Tel Aviv, the air raid alarm went off and citizens had to seek out their bomb shelters. Half an hour later, according to the army, the threat was over. The rockets were all reportedly intercepted by Israeli air defenses.
Iranian state media report that in the center of Tehran “air defenses were used to counter enemy targets.” Israeli rockets are said to have struck near Parchin, a military complex southeast of the Iranian capital.
On the city walls around the Old City in Jerusalem, the American flag was displayed next to the Israeli flag last night.
Iran-backed militias reportedly preparing attack on American basesAmerican intelligence services have signals that Iran-backed militias in the Middle East are preparing to attack American military bases. That reports The New York Times based on insiders.
These would be retaliatory attacks on bases in Iraq and possibly Syria. An insider tells the American newspaper that Iraqi authorities are working hard to deter the militias.
Iran: US is being sucked into war by Israel under false pretensesThe United States has been misled by supporting Israel with attacks. That said the Iranian delegate at the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council just now. Iran has every right to defend itself, he added.
Delegate Amir Saeid Iravani said that Iran is still considering a response to the American attack. The army decides on that.
Iravani accused Israel of spreading “the misleading and incorrect narrative” that Iran is about to build a nuclear weapon. He concluded his argument with a call to hold the US and Israel “fully” accountable.
Trump again praises attack on Iran and hints at fall of Iranian regimeIn a post on his social media platform Truth Social, President Trump again praises the American attack on Iran. “The blows were hard and precise,” he writes.
In another post, Trump hints at a so-called regime change in Iran. “It is not politically correct to use that term, but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran great again, why couldn’t there be regime change?”, the president asks rhetorically.
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the US is aiming for the fall of the Iranian regime.