Iran MP says Khamenei Jr survived two attacks

Images released by Iranian state media showed several senior officials attending Quds Day rallies in Tehran on Friday.

Those seen in the footage included Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami, Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani, police commander Ahmad-Reza Radan and Armed Forces Judicial Organization head Ahmadreza Pourkhaghan.

Four US service members were killed after a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, US Central Command said.

CENTCOM said the aircraft went down on March 12 with six crew members on board, and rescue efforts were continuing.

The command said the crash was not caused by hostile fire or friendly fire, and the circumstances of the incident remain under investigation.

US President Donald Trump told leaders of the G7 in a virtual call that Iran was “about to surrender,” according to a report by Axios citing officials briefed on the discussion.

The report said Trump made the remarks during a call on Wednesday while discussing the results of US military operations against Iran.

The comments came a day before Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a statement vowing the country would continue fighting and threatening pressure on the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami said Israel must be eliminated for peace to be established, according to remarks carried by state media on Friday.

Khatami, a temporary Friday prayer leader in Tehran, said “for peace and calm to be established, the murderous Zionist regime must be eliminated and no trace of it should remain.”

He added that as long as the United States and Israel exist, "humanity would not see peace".

The warning came from the intelligence organization of the Revolutionary Guards, which said street unrest would be treated as a precursor to military action. “Those we call the ‘Neo-ISIS elements’ should know that a blow even harsher than that of January 8 awaits them,” the statement said.

More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during a two-day crackdown on nationwide protests on January 8–9. Iran International confirmed the death toll after examining obtained classified documents along with field reports and accounts from medical staff, witnesses, and victims’ families.

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  Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

In its statement, the Guards accused foreign adversaries of trying to stir unrest inside Iran after failing to achieve their goals on the battlefield. It said enemies were now attempting to “spread fear and provoke street protests.”

The warning came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s military campaign was intended in part to create conditions that could allow Iranians to protest against the Islamic Republic.

“We will create optimal conditions to do this, including airstrikes as we did yesterday, as we are doing these days, to try to give them the space needed to take to the streets,” Netanyahu said at a press conference on Thursday.

He said Israeli strikes were delivering “crushing blows” to the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij, the paramilitary force often deployed against protesters, but added that any effort to bring down the Islamic Republic would ultimately depend on action from within Iran.