7,000 targets hit
\nIran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said they would target US-linked industries, urging evacuations
\n washington
\nUnited States President Donald Trump said on Monday that over 7,000 Iranian targets were hit as the conflict between the two countries drags on.
\nTrump was briefing reporters on the latest on Iran ahead of a lunch meeting with board members of the Trump Kennedy Centre. He said the US military operations in Iran had continued \u201cin full force\u201d over the past few days, adding that the US had stuck more than 7,000 targets across Iran.
\n\u201cThey have been literally obliterated,\u201d the US president said.
\n\u201cSince the beginning of the conflict, we\u2019ve struck more than 7000 targets across Iran. And these have been mostly commercial and military targets. We\u2019ve achieved a 90% reduction in their ballistic missile launches and a 95% reduction in drone attacks.\u201d
\nHe added that the US military hit three missile and drone manufacturing sites on Monday.
\nMeanwhile, Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said they would target US industries in the region in the coming hours, asking people to evacuate nearby areas, Tasnim news agency reported.
\n\u201cWe warn the failed American regime to evacuate all American industries in the region, and we call on the people of the areas surrounding the industrial plants in which the Americans are shareholders to evacuate those areas so that no harm comes to them. These industries will be attacked and hit in the coming hours,\u201d the Guards said in a statement carried by the state media.
\nIran FM demands prompt clarity
\nEarlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi demanded immediate clarity over what he said were reports of neighbouring countries \u201cactively encouraging\u201d attacks by the United States on his country.
\nIn a post on X, he said: \u201cHundreds of Iranian civilians have been killed in Israel-US bombings, including over 200 children.
\n\u201cReports claim that some neighbouring states which host US forces and permit attacks on Iran are also actively encouraging this slaughter. Stances should be promptly clarified.\u201d
\nIran has maritime borders with the Gulf states, which also host US bases.
\nEarlier, Iran vowed at the United Nations that it would not submit to \u201clawless aggression\u201d, and said its citizens were in \u201cgrave danger\u201d from US and Israeli strikes.
\nAt the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where countries were discussing the rights situation in Iran \u2014 notably following its deadly crackdown on protesters in recent months \u2014 Tehran said the focus instead should be on the Middle East war.
\n\u201cThe most urgent and fundamental human rights issue concerning Iran is the imminent threat to the lives of 90 million people whose lives are in immediate and grave danger under the shadow of reckless military aggression,\u201d said Ali Bahreini, Iran\u2019s ambassador to the UN in Geneva.
\nHe called it \u201can aggression that is carried out by some of the most lawless and unscrupulous actors on the international stage\u201d.
\nBahreini said that if such \u201creckless militarism\u201d was met with indifference, \u201cIran will most certainly not be the last country to suffer such treatment\u201d.
\nDuring a session on Iran\u2019s record, Bahreini urged the UN\u2019s top rights body to instead discuss the Iranian cultural heritage under \u201cindiscriminate\u201d attack and \u201cthe innocent children massacred at their school desks\u201d.
\nThe ambassador said more than 1,300 people had been killed in Iran and more than 7,000 injured since the US-Israeli strikes began.
\n\u201cUnder such circumstances, what exactly is Iran expected to do?\u201d he asked, stating: \u201cIran is not a nation that submits to coercion, intimidation or lawless aggression.\u201d
\nIran FM says ready to take war with Israel, US \u2018as far as\u2019 necessary
\nIran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Tehran had shown it was ready to take the war with Israel and the United States as far as necessary.
\n\u201cI think by now they have learned a good lesson and understood what kind of nation they are dealing with, one that does not hesitate to defend itself and is ready to continue the war wherever it may lead, and take it as far as necessary,\u201d said Araghchi during a weekly foreign ministry briefing.
\nStrait of Hormuz cannot be used to strike Iran: Esmaeil Baghaei
\nIran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday said the Strait of Hormuz will not be open to any country seeking to strike Iran, adding that Iran\u2019s armed forces control the passage and no country can use it to launch attacks on Iran.
\nHe said the passage of ships through the strait would take place under special conditions due to insecurity created by Israel and the US in the region, Al Jazeera reported.
\nBaghaei said that Iran, as a coastal country, has the right to take necessary measures in the Strait of Hormuz to ensure national security and prevent what he described as aggressors from misusing the waterway.
\nHe stated that Iran has historically been the guardian of safe passage through the strait but blamed the US and Israel for creating the current conditions.
\nAccording to Al Jazeera, Baghaei further said Iran never trusted the US during their talks. The spokesperson said that negotiations with the US had been conducted with Tehran\u2019s eyes wide open and with absolute distrust of the other side.
\nHe added that Iran had shown it does not hesitate to engage in talks despite what he described as US crimes being a stain on history.
\nDrone attack causes building fire in a northern emirate of UAE: statement
\nA drone attack caused a fire in a building in the north of the UAE on Monday, authorities said, amid a slew of nationwide attacks that disrupted Dubai\u2019s airport, hit an oil hub and killed a civilian.
\n\u201cA building in the emirate of Umm Al Quwain was targeted by a drone, causing a fire but resulting in no injuries,\u201d the Umm Al Quwain Government Media Office said in a statement published by the official WAM news agency, without naming the building.
\nEU announces $525m in humanitarian aid for Middle East
\n\u2060The \u2060European Union has announced \u20ac458 million in humanitarian aid \u2060for the Middle East, Al Jazeera reported.
\nThe aid comes in response to the conflicts in \u200cthe region including the US-Israeli war with Iran and the Israeli attacks \u2060in Lebanon.
\n\u201cIn a \u2060war-torn Middle East, the European Union \u2060is stepping up while \u2060others step \u2060back,\u201d said Hadja Lahbib, the EU\u2019s commissioner in \u200ccharge of humanitarian crises.
\nIran needs to stop attacks: Qatar\u2019s FM spokesperson
\nQatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told reporters in Doha that Iran needs to \u201cstop the attacks\u201d on the country, Al Jazeera reported.
\nAl-Ansari stated that Qatar\u2019s coordination with Egypt and other Arab countries is part of broader Arab coordination and should not be interpreted as coordination under the framework of the Joint Arab Defence Agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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