The Yemeni Houthis say they’re ready for “direct military intervention” and confirmed their first ballistic missile strike on Israel
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned nations in the region not to allow their territory to be used for attacks against Iran, urging them to stay out of the conflict.
“We have said many times that Iran doesn’t carry out preemptive attacks,” Pezeshkian wrote on X, but warned that it “will retaliate strongly if our infrastructure or economic centers are targeted.”
“To the countries of the region: If you want development and security, don’t let our enemies run the war from your lands,” he said.
His warning follows claims by army spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari that more than 500 US troops have been killed or wounded in strikes on alleged American “hideouts” across the region. Zolfaghari said US President Donald Trump and his commanders must “fully understand that the region will become a cemetery for American soldiers” if the US launches a ground invasion.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Egypt will meet with him in Islamabad for talks aimed at de-escalating tensions over Iran and the wider region.
Earlier, the Yemeni Houthis said they are ready for “direct military intervention” on Iran’s side, confirming their first ballistic missile strike against Israel. The group said its “operations… will continue… until the end of the offensive on all resistance fronts in Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine.”
Trump maintains that Iran has been “decimated,” telling a Saudi-backed forum there are only “3,554 targets left” to strike. His envoy, Steve Witkoff, said the administration hopes to hold talks with Tehran in the coming days, even as reports suggest the US is weighing a ground invasion, deploying additional forces, and drafting options for a “final blow.”
The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran reported a new suspected Israeli strike near the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant – the third incident of the kind in ten days – with IAEA chief Rafael Grossi urging “maximum military restraint.”
Trump is reportedly considering renaming the Strait of Hormuz if Iran is pushed out of the waterway, with options including the ‘Strait of America’.
Iran claims it destroyed a Ukrainian anti-drone systems depot in Dubai in strikes against alleged US “hideouts,” and struck key Israeli electronic warfare and radar facilities in Haifa and fuel storage sites linked to Ben Gurion Air Base.
An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has killed two journalists – Al Mayadeen’s Fatima Fatuni and Al-Manar’s Ali Shuaib – just over a week after RT correspondent Steve Sweeney and his cameraman, Ali Rida Sbeity, were injured in a similar strike while filming in the area.
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