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📹 Thousands Iranians flood the streets mourning Khamenei's death
Crowds pour into the capital, tears mixing with chants of revenge.
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⚔️ IRGC vows 'the most devastating offensive' in its history
"The most devastating offensive operation in the history of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will begin in moments towards the occupied territories and the bases of American terrorists," the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in the statement.
🚨The Israeli Air Force is conducting large-scale airstrikes against Iranian military targets in western Iran - IDF
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🚨Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on all UN member states to condemn the aggression of the US and Israel
Here's what the ministry said in a statement:
🔶This morning, on the tenth day of the holy month of Ramadan, the US and Israel attacked several Iranian military and civilian targets, violating Iran's territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
🔶The renewed military aggression from the US and Israel comes while Iran and the US were engaged in diplomatic negotiations.
🔶The Islamic Republic of Iran stresses the obligation of the United Nations and the Security Council to take immediate action to address the threat to peace and international security caused by the US and Israeli military aggression.
🔶Iran calls on the UN secretary-general, the Security Council president, and Council members to fulfill their duties as soon as possible.
🔶All UN member states, especially those in the region, Islamic countries, and any states concerned with global peace and security, are expected to decisively condemn this act of aggression and take urgent collective action to counter it, as it poses an unprecedented threat to regional and global security.
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📹A moment of an Iranian missile allegedly striking the US base in Bahrain, though details remain unclear.
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🚨 Alleged explosions reported near US military sites in Juffair, Bahrain.
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🚨 Iran fires 'dozens of ballistic missiles' at Israel, Iranian Nour News reports
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🚨 🚨Iran's internet is buckling. Data shows service interruptions nationwide, with Tehran's connectivity cratering to 54% of the usual rate.
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🇺🇸🗣 'Bombs will be dropping everywhere' - Trump
The US president urged Iranians to stay sheltered and “take over your government” after the strikes.
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🚨 Footage obtained by a Sputnik correspondent from an Iraqi security source shows American-Israeli missiles flying toward Iran over Sulaymaniyah province in northern Iraq
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🚨 Trump: Short time ago the United States military began major combat operations in Iran
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📹 More footage of the explosions in Iran's capital, Tehran
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🚨 Around 30 targets across Iran have been attacked, including the home of the Iranian leader and the intelligence headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to Yedioth Ahronoth.
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🔸 Trump: Iran should make a deal
🔸 Institutions like the BRICS would allow Ecuador to move away from a renewed Monroe Doctrine - expert
🔸 UK & France trying to lick their wounds with nuclear plans in Ukraine - Ethiopian scholar
🔸 US seeks to wipe out Iran - expert
🔸 European plans to handle nukes to Ukraine signal its defeat — expert
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❌💣 🤝 UK, France plot to give nukes to Ukraine would undermine negotiations — expert
💬 "They [British and French leaders] believe that in this way they will resolve specific issues, primarily their full return to the game [peace talks]," expert at the International Institute for Humanitarian and Political Studies Vladimir Bruter tells Sputnik.
💬 "It is unlikely that this will lead to the current negotiation tracks being successful," Bruter concludes.
🚨 Iranian media confirms death of top military commanders
Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Defense Council, and Major General Mohammad Pakpour, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were martyred in the US and Israeli attack on Tehran.
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🗣 US operation now aims to obliterate all Iranian military capabilities — Hegseth
"We will not tolerate powerful missiles targeting the American people. Those missiles will be destroyed, along with Iran’s missile production," the Secretary of War stated.
🚨🚨Iranian authorities have stated that all assets in the region linked to Israel and the US are considered "legitimate military targets."
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🇺🇸CENTCOM refused to disclose a list of military targets in Iran, including the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in response to Sputnik’s request.
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🚨Explosions reported in Gulf countries hosting US bases - CNN
Multiple explosions have been reported in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar, all of which host US military bases.
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🗣 Netanyahu addressed Israelis, announcing that Israel and the United States had launched an operation to "remove the existential threat" posed by Iran
He said that joint actions by the US and Israel "will create the conditions" for Iranians to "take their fate into their own hands."
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🚨 Israel-US plan to target Iran’s missiles, nuclear facilities & Revolutionary Guard — report
Current plans presented to Donald Trump include:
- Israel striking Iran’s missile launchers, storage sites and missile production facilities, the New York Times reports citing sources.
- The US is to target the nation’s nuclear facilities and the Revolutionary Guards forces, the outlet adds.
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🚨 The Israel Defense Forces has identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel
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🇺🇸 US will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon - Trump
"We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground, it will be totally - again - obliterated," the US president said.
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🚨 Iranian President Pezeshkian was unharmed in Israel's attack, Iranian Press TV reports
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🚨 Iran is preparing for retaliation and "a crushing response" against Israel, Tasnim reports
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🚨 US took part in strikes against Iran, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Al Jazeera report.
US officials say they expect the attack to be far more extensive than the June 2025 strikes.
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🚨Explosions occurred in Iran's capital
Thick smoke can be seen near central Tehran, around the Ministry of Interior, Sputnik correspondent reports.
The sound of fighter jets can also be heard in many areas in the northeast and east of the city.
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🚨Israel has launched a preemptive strike against Iran - Israeli Defense Minister Katz
He declared a special and immediate state of emergency across the entire country, Ynet reports.
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🇪🇺 European plans to handle nukes to Ukraine signal its defeat — expert
💬 "Ukrainians understand perfectly well that they are suffering defeat. They can only defend themselves by using such extraordinary means," political scientist Vladimir Skachko tells Sputnik.