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Iran said it would target US and Israeli economic centers and banks in the region and warned people to stay at least 1 km away from banks.
President Donald Trump warned Iran that it must immediately remove any mines that may have been placed in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening that failure to do so would trigger military consequences “at a level never seen before.”
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday Iran fires missiles from schools and hospitals and that US forces are pressing their campaign as Tehran is "badly losing" the war.
President Donald Trump told Fox News that Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei "cannot live in peace" and that talks with Tehran were possible depending on the terms.
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that Tehran was not seeking a ceasefire and that the "aggressor must be struck to prevent future attacks".
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was "breaking the bones" of the Islamic Republic and that the future of Iran's leadership depended on the Iranian people.
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The Kremlin said it is in constant contact with Iran’s leadership and that Russia is ready to help bring about a return to peace and stability in the region.
Families of staff at Iran’s embassy in Beirut have temporarily left the city due to the security situation in Lebanon after Israeli attacks, Iran’s embassy said on Wednesday.
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Raouf Sheibani, said the move was made to protect the safety of Iranian nationals.
He said families of embassy employees, along with teachers and students from an Iranian school and some Iranian residents, had temporarily departed Beirut following coordination by the embassy.
Iran cannot be allowed to possess nuclear weapons alongside missile capabilities that could reach Europe, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday.
“We cannot allow the Ayatollah regime to possess nuclear weapons, combined with a missile capability that could soon be able to strike Italy and Europe directly,” Meloni told the Italian Senate.
She warned such a development could trigger a nuclear arms race.
Israel believes Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly wounded in Israeli-US air attacks on Iran, a senior Israeli official told Reuters.
The official said the assessment by Israeli intelligence could explain why Khamenei has not appeared in public since the attacks.
Iran’s president warned that global order and security would be shaken if the international community does not hold the United States and Israel accountable for attacks on the Islamic Republic, state media reported.
Masoud Pezeshkian made the remarks in a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has no intention of targeting or engaging with countries in the region,” Pezeshkian said.
“Only bases from which attacks are launched against our territory will be targeted, within the framework of our legitimate right of self-defense,” he said.
Pezeshkian warned that failure by the international community to act would undermine global stability.
“If the international community and international organizations do not address the main causes of this imposed war and military aggression against Iran, the conditions governing global order and security will become chaotic and unstable,” he said.
The spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said Iran would target economic centers and banks belonging to the United States and Israel in the region, state media reported.
Spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari said the warning came after what he said was a US and Israeli strike on one of Iran’s banks overnight.
He said the move opened the way for Iran to target economic centers and banks linked to the United States and Israel across the region.
“Americans should wait for our painful response,” Zolfaghari said.
He also warned people in the region not to remain within one kilometer of banks.
A bulk carrier was struck by an unknown projectile about 50 nautical miles northwest of Dubai on Wednesday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.
The crew were reported safe and well, and authorities are investigating the incident, UKMTO added.
Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi urged Iranians on Wednesday to stay in their homes and continue strike action, while waiting for his final call.
“We have now reached a very sensitive stage of the final struggle. I ask you to secure the necessary supplies as soon as possible and, for your safety, leave the streets and remain in your homes,” he said in an address to Iranians as US-Israeli airstrikes continue.
He also called for nightly rooftop chants to continue as a sign of unity.
Addressing Iran’s police and military forces, he said this was their last chance to separate themselves from the forces carrying out the crackdown and join the people.
Britain banned the annual Quds Day march planned for Sunday in London after authorities cited concerns of serious public disorder, with the event drawing criticism over support voiced by its organizers for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood approved the Metropolitan Police request for a ban, saying the scale of the planned march and multiple counter-protests, against the backdrop of the Middle East conflict, made the move necessary, British media reported.
The annual Quds Day event has long been controversial in Britain because of accusations of pro-Islamic Republic messaging and support for extremist groups.
The term Quds Day was first coined in Iran immediately after the 1979 Revolution.
It gained significance after Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran’s Islamic Republic, called on Muslims everywhere to mark the day by holding rallies against Israel.