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The Iranian army reports that it has hit the Al-May base in Qatar. That is an American military base in the desert around Doha. The Iranian army speaks of a “devastating and powerful” rocket attack.
Trump is currently in the so -called Situation Room, reports a source to the American news channel CNBC . That is the heavily secured complex in the White House where the US president is usually informed about international calamities or large military operations.
The US government is aware, reports Reuters . The White House and the Ministry of Defense closely follow developments in the Middle East, says a government employee.
There is confirmation from Iranian media. Tasnim news agency reports that Iran attacked American bases in Iraq and Qatar.
The anti-aircraft system above the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq has been left, military sources report to Reuters . The state of readiness is now at the highest level. They are instructed to move to shelters.
A reporter from The Jerusalem Post reports on X that rockets have also been launched in the direction of US military bases in Iraq.
Multiple explosions are now audible from Doha. It seems that Iran has started the retaliation attack on the US.
Explosions are now also reported in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Reuters reports this based on witnesses on the spot.
A reporter from AXIOS now reports on the basis of an Israeli initiate that Iran has fired six rockets on American bases in Qatar.
Iran moves rockets for possible attack on American bases The Iranian armed forces have put rockets in position to place American bases in the Middle East. The Wall Street Journal has just reported this on the basis of sources within the US government.
This may mean that Iran will carry out a retaliation attack on the United States in the short term. The US Department of Defense regards the rocket movements as “credible” threat to American bases in the region, says one of the sources.
The Netherlands warns its own citizens in Qatar the Dutch embassy in Doha warns Dutch people in Qatar to be extra vigilant. The Dutch are advised to stay inside as much as possible, avoid busy places and keep an eye on the news. Other Western countries have also issued safety warnings to their citizens in Qatar.
Several oil companies remove staff from Iraq oil companies BP, TotalEnergies and ENI have evacuated from Iraq from Iraq. These companies operate oil fields in the country. The measures were taken in the run -up to a possible response from Tehran to the American attack at Iranian nuclear locations. At the same time, the tensions run up between Israel and Iran, which borders Iraq.
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Rutte: ‘Iran may not have nuclear weapons’
France condemns attack on Iranian Evin prison France has sentenced the Israeli attack on a notorious Iranian prison. “The attack on the Evin prison in Tehran has endangered our citizens Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who have been detained for three years. This is unacceptable,” wrote Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on X.
Qatar now temporarily closes the airspace, reports Reuters news agency. The measure is intended to guarantee the safety of tourists and residents.
Israel warns Iranians in Tehran that attacks will continue to take place in the coming days. Residents of the capital must stay away from military goals, the warning is.
EU is going to raise a report on human rights to Israel The European Union will talk to Israel in response to a confidential report that there are indications that Israel violates agreements with the EU about human rights. That said EU-Buitenland chef Kaja Kallas today at a press conference.
Americans and British call on countrymen in Qatar to hide American and British authorities today called for countrymen who stay in Qatar to hide. The American embassy in the Gulf state said earlier today that Americans had to hide on the spot. The embassy said that call made it “an abundance of caution”.
Later in the day exactly the same call came from London. The British government calls on countrymen to hide.
What the exact reason for the call is is not clear. A spokesperson for the Qatarese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced earlier today that the security situation in the country is unchanged.
UN: Israeli attacks on Iran possibly contrary to international law The Israeli attacks on Iran may be in violation of international humanitarian law. This is what a special team that did an investigation into the attacks on behalf of the UN.
“Among those who were killed in Tehran were dozens of inhabitants of an apartment complex and three rescue workers from the Iranian Red Cross. Several locations were also destroyed, including a clinic for children with autism and a hospital in Kermanshah,” the team concludes in a statement to journalists.
The research mission is also critical of the lack of warnings that Israel gives before it performs bombing.
Large clouds of smoke rise above Tehran after Israeli air strikes on the Iranian capital.
Iran promises ‘powerful action’ to reimburse American attack the Iranian army leader Abdolrahim Mousavi has announced a “powerful performance” in response to the American attack yesterday. At State television, Mousavi said that “this crime will not remain unanswered”.
What that “powerful” answer will look like is not clear. It is also not clear the period of Iran.
Witte Huis clarification about Trumps Hint on Regimeval in Iran spokesperson Karoline Leavitt has just given clarification about a message from Trump on Truth Social in which the President Hint on an Iranian Regimeval. “If the current regime is unable to make Iran big again, why couldn’t there be a regime change?”, Trump wrote.
Leavitt now says that the president “just asked a question”. “If they continue to refuse to participate in diplomacy, why would Iranians not rise against this brutal terrorist regime?” She adds.
The message does not change the government’s military course, Leavitt emphasizes.
Trump: ‘Keep the oil prices low, I will keep an eye on you’ A remarkable post from Donald Trump on his social media platform Truth Social: the American president calls on to keep oil prices low. “I keep an eye on you,” he writes.
The unrest in the Middle East causes unrest on the oil market. After the American attack on Iran, the oil price rose.
This is followed by a striking statement by Rutte: According to him, the US attack on Iran is “not contrary to international law”. It seems that Rutte does not want to get Trump for the head, because the experts agree that the attack has violated the law. There was no acute threat or attack from Iran.
Rutte waves a critical question from a journalist from Al Jazeera Weg. The journalist says that Rutte Russia always calls the aggressor in Ukraine, but does not reject the American attack in Iran. “Is that not hypocritical in view of the recent US actions?”
NATO boss Rutte at the press conference: ‘Iran may not have a kenwapen’ Mark Rutte is currently giving a press conference prior to the NATO summit in The Hague that starts tomorrow. At that press conference, he also briefly encourages developments in Iran.
“When it comes to NATO’s position on the Iranian nuclear program, allies have agreed a long time ago that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon,” says Rutte.
The question remains whether and when Iran will resist the American attack. A reporter from Reuters has just reported on X that the Americans take into account that such a retribution can take place within “one or two days”.
Israel can achieve most goals in the coming days Israel is well on its way to achieve his military goals in Iran, an initiate told CNN . Possibly those goals will be achieved within a few days, the source says.
A spokesperson for the Israeli government tells Reuters news agency that the war will end if the goals surrounding the restricting of the nuclear program of Iran have been achieved.
Iranian rocket hits near the power plant in Israel
The White House repeats that Iranian nuclear facilities are ‘completely destroyed’ the White House has repeated that the nuclear facilities that were bombed by the US are “completely destroyed”. President Donald Trump said shortly after the American attack on Iran and white house spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, it just repeated that in an interview with Good Morning America .
The international atomic agency could not confirm Trump’s claims today.
This photo shows clouds above Tehran. Israel says it has hit several important locations of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) and the notorious Envin prison in the capital.
A photo from the Kremlin, where President Vladimir Putin is still in conversation with the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqhi (front right, with his back to the camera).
Israel reports attack on notorious Iranian prison Israeli forces earlier today reported an attack on the entrance of the notorious Envin prison in attacks on the capital Iran. Iranian media confirm the attack.
CNN verifiated images of large black clouds of smoke above the prison complex on the north side of the Iranian capital.
Envin is notorious because of the long history of human rights violations. In prison, political opponents of the regime and journalists, among others, are held.
Within the top of the Iranian regime, a hard thought is being given to a successor to Khamenei The top of the Iranian regime is busy with the question of who should follow Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after his death. Reuters reports this on the basis of Iranian initiates. The 86-year-old Khamenei is aware of this.
A three -headed committee that was compiled by the Ayatollah itself two years ago in recent days has accelerated the process to achieve a successor. This has been decided in view of the escalation of the conflict with Israel, in which the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu has intended to kill Khamei.
Khamenei is regularly kept informed by the Commission, Reuters reports. The Ayatollah is currently hiding with his family and is heavily protected, the sources emphasize. If Khamenei is killed, a successor is immediately appointed to keep the stability of the government.
The Israeli army now reports that it has indeed attacked the Fordow core facility to prevent access to the site.
Oil tankers turn around at the street of Hormuz at least two large oil tankers have reversed in the last 36 hours at the Strait of Hormuz, the important international sailing route along the south coast of Iran. This is apparent from location data from ships that have been analyzed by Reuters news agency. Since the American attack on Iran it is feared that Iran closes the sailing route, which would have major consequences for international trade.
Oil transport in particular would be hit in that case. It is estimated that 20 percent of all oil is shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Disruption of the oil trade is already visible, despite the fact that Iran has not yet made a decision on a possible closure of the route, Reuters reports on the basis of insiders.
EU BuitenlandChef Kaja Kallas warned this morning that a closure of the Strait of Hormuz “would be good for anyone”. She insisted on the importance of a diplomatic solution.
Iranian foreign minister: ‘Russia is on the good side of history’ The Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi has just arrived at the Kremlin for conversations with President Vladimir Putin. Prior to that consultation thank you Araqchi Putin for condemning the American attacks on Iran.
Russia is on “the right side of history,” he said. Putin told Aaqchi that the violence against Iran is unfounded and that Russia is willing to help the Iranian people.
The Israeli army now reports that it is attacking the barracks of the Iranian revolutionary guard, including the headquarters in Tehran.
Israeli media report that Israel did not hit the Fordow complex itself, but the access roads that lead to it.
Fordow is considered the heart of Iran’s nuclear program. Here, Uranium would be enriched in 2,200 machines. The complex is hidden under a mountain.
Nuclear Fordow Facility got into a new attack The nuclear complex in Fordow has just been hit again in an attack. Iran states that it is about Israeli rockets. According to a spokesperson there is no danger for people who live in the area.
Fordow is one of the three most important places in Iran’s core program. The facility was already bombed by the Americans last weekend. Donald Trump claimed that the complex was completely destroyed, but Iran contradicted that.
For whom she had not yet seen: this is a B2 bomber. The devices were used by the Americans last weekend to throw heavy bombs on the three most important nuclear facilities of Iran.
Members of the Iranian red Halvemaan place flowers at a vehicle of the organization that was hit by an Israeli rocket last week. According to the Iranian news agency Mehr , three employees of the Red Halvemaan died. The Red Halvemaan is a care organization that is considered the local counterpart of the Red Cross.
Rockets come down to Tehran and Stroom falls out in part of the city of eyewitnesses report that a new Golf Israeli rockets has landed on Tehran, writes AP news agency. Iranian media also report explosions in the capital. The electricity would have dropped out in the north of the city. A rocket would have landed near the Red Halvemaan office, among other things. That environment was also hit last week.
Israeliers had to hide from Iranian attacks throughout Israel. This morning the air alarm was heard as a result of Iranian attacks, reports the Israeli army. In the meantime the threat has passed and citizens can leave the shelters again. According to The Times of Israel, Iran fired fifteen rockets over a forty minutes period. Nobody was injured.
Iranian foreign minister arrived in Moscow before meeting Putin the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi has arrived in Moscow. He will meet President Vladimir Putin there. Iran maintains good ties with Russia and delivers drones that are used in the war against Ukraine. Previously, Putin pushed himself forward as a possible mediator between Iran and Israel, but he weakened that offer later.
B-2 Bombers Return to Base After Attack in Iran
Iran Executions Man Who Was Convicted of Collaborating with Israel in Iran, A Man Has Been Executed Today Was Convicted of Collaborating with the Israeli Intelligence Agency Mossad. This is reported by state press agency tasnim . The man had already arrested at the end of 2023. He is said to have led a cyber team that had ties with the mossad. Iran also executed a man on Sunday after a similar accusation.
US Warns Americans Abroad the US State Department has Issued a “Worldwide Warning” to Americans. The conflict in the middle East poses an increased security risk for people travel or living abroad.
The Ministry Warns, Among Other Things, Against “Demonstrations Against American Citizens and Interests Abroad” and calls on Americans to be “Extra Cautious.”
Iran and Israel Exchange Rocket Attacks Again Iran and Israel Have Again Fire Rockets Back and Forth Last Night. Around 2:00 am (Dutch Time), The Israeli Army Reported that Rockets Were en Route from Iran. In Tel Aviv, The Air Raid Siren Went Off and Citizens had to seek out their bomb shelters. Half an hour later, Accordance to the Army, the threat was over again. The Rockets would all have leg intercepted by Israeli Air Defenses.
Iranian State Media Report That “Air Defense Was Used to Counter Enemy Targets” in the Center of Tehran. Israeli Rockets are Said to Have Struck 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 that of Israel Last Night.
Militias Supported by Iran Are Said to Be Preparation An Attack On American Bases American Intelligence Services Have Signals That Militias Supported by Iran In The Middle East Are Preparing to Attack American Military Bases. This is reported by the New York Times Based on Insiders.
It would Involve Retaliatory Attacks on Bases in Iraq and Possible Syria. An Insider Tells the American Newspaper That Iraqi Authorities Are Working Hard to Deter The Militias.
Iran: US Has Been Sucked Into War by Israel Under False Pretses The United States Has Allowed itself to Be Misled by Supporting Israel With Attacks. This was said by the Iranian Delegate at the Emergency Meeting of the Un Security Council Just Now. Iran Has Every Right to Defend Itself, Hey Added.
Delegate Amir Saeid Iravani Said That Iran is Still Considering a Response To The American Attack. The Army Will Decide on this.
Iravani Accused Israel of Spreading “The misleading and incorrect narrative” That Iran is about to build a nuclear weapon. He concluded his argument with the call to hold the us and Israel “fully” response.
Trump Praises Attack on Iran Again and Hints at Fall of Iranian Regime in A Post on His Social Media Platform Truth Social, President Trump Again Praises The American Attack on Iran. “The blows were hard and accurate,” he’s 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 shouldnn’t there be a regime change?” The President Asks Rhetorically.
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseeth Denied That the Us Is Aiming for the Fall of the Iranian Regime.