Iran’s ISNA news agency said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued the warning and said Iran’s attacks in coming days would become “more intense” and “more extensive,” according to a statement cited by the Iran International portal.
The threat came as Iranian attacks on Israel were reported overnight from Wednesday into Thursday. The Times of Israel said three air-raid alerts were declared in the country.
Shortly after midnight, U.S. and Israeli forces carried out another attack on Iran, residents in eastern Tehran felt a strong explosion, the Lebanese National News Agency reported. The agency also reported an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Washington’s campaign was going very well and that the United States was in a “very strong position.” He assessed the Israeli-U.S. operation against Iran, under way since Saturday, as “15 out of 10,” according to reports.
“If we hadn’t attacked Iran first, they would have done the same to Israel and perhaps to us too,” Trump said.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
On X, Macron said he urged Netanyahu to “preserve Lebanon’s territorial integrity and refrain from a ground offensive,” adding that it was important for the sides to return to a ceasefire agreement.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara was “leaving nothing to chance” regarding border and airspace security after NATO air defenses intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran over the eastern Mediterranean on Wednesday, with no casualties reported.
Erdogan said Turkey was taking all necessary measures in close coordination with NATO allies and would intervene immediately if needed, according to Turkish media.
In the United States, the Senate voted on Wednesday against a resolution that would have directed Trump to end military action against Iran, in the first congressional vote related to the war.
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Source: PAP