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"As long as the Security Council fails to fulfill its responsibility to stop the aggression, Iran will continue to exercise its right to respond in legitimate self-defense," Iran's UN ambassador Amir-Saeed Iravani said in a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, according to Iranian media.
The Israeli military has issued an evacuation warning to the residents of Sefidroud industrial town near Kolesh Taleshan village in Gilan province, northern Iran.
US President Donald Trump has held off authorizing a strike on Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear site due to doubts over whether the US military’s GBU-57 bunker buster bomb could effectively destroy it, the Guardian reported, citing defense officials.
Though Trump was briefed that multiple GBU-57s could disable Fordow, he remains unconvinced and is reportedly weighing whether the threat alone could push Iran toward talks.
The Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency warned that Fordow’s depth may make conventional strikes insufficient, and only a tactical nuclear weapon could fully destroy the facility – a step Trump is not considering.
Iranian state-affiliated media reported on Thursday that Tehran has issued a military threat and evacuation warning against Israel's Channel 14 television.
According to the statement, the outlet is expected to be targeted "in the coming days."
Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the German ambassador in Tehran to protest Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s recent remarks praising Israel’s military action against Iran.
