Iran says US involvement in conflict expands scope of targets

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Iran will continue its uranium enrichment activities despite US and Israeli strikes, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said on Monday.

“No one can tell us what we should or should not do,” he said.

Israeli airstrikes on the central Iranian city of Yazd have killed at least 10 military personnel, Iranian media reported on Sunday.

Initial reports cited seven casualties from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), with later updates confirming the deaths of three more soldiers. Israel has not commented on the strikes.

Iranian authorities executed a young man named Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi-Shayesteh for alleged espionage on behalf of Israel on Monday morning, the judiciary's news outlet reported.

The deceased, 26, was arrested in 2023.

"According to case documents, he was the ringleader of a cyber network linked to Mossad and had knowingly cooperated with the Zionist regime’s intelligence," the judiciary said.

The judiciary also accused him of having “close ties” with Iran International TV.

Iran International denies the judiciary’s claim that the individual in question is connected to this network.

The independent NGO Iran Human Rights reported last year that the charges against him included “insulting Islamic sanctities” and “collaborating with the enemy.”

It added that the death sentence was issued following confessions obtained under torture.

Hawkish Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz lashed out at the United Nations for criticizing a US strike on Iran on Sunday, saying it had sided with Tehran.