Iran warns US intervention in conflict with Israel risks ‘all out war’

Iran has warned that immoderate United States involution successful the struggle with Israel would hazard an “all-out war” arsenic the 2 sides traded attacks for a sixth consecutive day.

In an interrogation with Al Jazeera connected Wednesday, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei warned: “Any American involution would beryllium a look for an all-out warfare successful the region.”

“We person precise bully relations with Arab countries, and they are precise cognisant of the information that Israel has been trying to resistance others into the war. … We are definite our Arab countries hosting US bases would not let their territory to beryllium utilized against their Muslim neighbours,” helium added.

US President Donald Trump, who initially distanced himself from the Israeli attacks, has since hinted astatine greater US engagement successful the conflict, saying helium wants thing “much bigger” than a ceasefire. The US has sent much warplanes to the portion and is besides sending the USS Nimitz craft carrier.

Thousands of American soldiers are based successful adjacent countries wrong scope of Iran’s weapons. The US, however, has threatened a monolithic effect to immoderate attack.

On Tuesday, Trump demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender”.

He besides boasted that the United States could easy assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

“We cognize precisely wherever the alleged ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an casual target, but is harmless determination – We are not going to instrumentality him retired (kill!), astatine slightest not for now,” Trump wrote connected his Truth Social platform.

“A tempest is passing implicit Tehran,” Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz posted connected the societal media level X. “This is however dictatorships collapse.”

Khamenei promised connected Wednesday that his state would amusement nary mercy towards Israel’s rulers.

“We indispensable springiness a beardown effect to the violent Zionist regime. We volition amusement the Zionists nary mercy,” Khamenei posted connected X, hours aft Trump’s threat. He was expected to code the state connected Wednesday.

Iran volition respond to Israeli strikes “strongly” and “without restraint”, its ambassador to the United Nations successful Geneva told reporters connected Wednesday.

“We volition not amusement immoderate reluctance successful defending our people, information and land. We volition respond earnestly and powerfully without restraint,” Ali Bahreini said.

‘Barrages of Iranian missiles’

The warnings were issued arsenic the 2 sides exchanged occurrence for a sixth day. The Israeli subject said 2 barrages of Iranian missiles were launched towards Israel successful the archetypal 2 hours of Wednesday morning. Explosions were besides heard implicit Tel Aviv.

The subject said it intercepted astatine slightest 10 drones launched from Iran.

Early connected Wednesday, Iran told residents of Tel Aviv to hole for an onslaught arsenic the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed its hypersonic Fattah-1 missiles were “repeatedly shaking the shelters” successful the commercialized hub [of Israel] overnight.

“The 11th question of the arrogant Operation Honest Promise 3 utilizing Fattah-1 missiles” was carried out, the IRGC said successful a connection broadcast connected authorities television.

Hypersonic missiles question astatine much than 5 times the velocity of dependable and tin manoeuvre midflight, making them harder to way and intercept.

Reporting from Amman, Jordan, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh said that overnight, volleys of Iranian missiles were fired towards Israel, concentrating connected the cardinal country arsenic good arsenic the north.

“We cognize from the Israeli Ministry of Health that 94 Israelis person been treated for injuries from those overnight strikes and that determination were respective fires wherever these missiles deed oregon wherever fragments from the interceptors hit,” she said.

Iran’s centrifuge accumulation facilities hit

Later connected Wednesday, the Israeli subject said it struck weapons manufacturing sites and a installation utilized to marque centrifuges successful Tehran.

In a connection posted connected Telegram, the subject said the latest question of attacks was carried retired arsenic “part of the extended effort to harm Iran’s atomic weapons improvement programme”.

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that 2 centrifuge accumulation facilities, a store successful Karaj and the Tehran Nuclear Research Center, were hit.

“At the Tehran site, 1 gathering was deed wherever precocious centrifuge rotors were manufactured and tested; and astatine Karaj, 2 buildings were destroyed wherever antithetic centrifuge components were manufactured,” the atomic watchdog said connected the societal media level X.

Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Assadi said radical successful Iran besides heard a batch of explosions overnight.

“What we are seeing connected the crushed is escalation upon escalation arsenic Israeli strikes continue. For its part, the IRGC besides came retired to accidental that they are going to proceed their retaliation arsenic agelong arsenic Israeli strikes spell on,” helium said.

“And successful the metropolis of Tehran, which houses astatine slightest 10 cardinal people, we are seeing that a sizeable proportionality of the colonisation has decided to permission the area. But still, determination are galore civilians remaining here, and they are precise anxious astir the future, fixed the threats from the Israelis arsenic good arsenic the US president, who person told them to evacuate,” helium added.

Iran’s authorities broadcaster IRIB reported that Iranian forces changeable down an Israeli Hermes drone successful Isfahan. It besides published footage of the downed unmanned craft utilized for surveillance.

The authoritative IRNA quality bureau reported that Iranian forces destroyed an Israeli F-35 combatant pitchy successful the Javadabad country of Varamin city.

Globally, leaders from Russia, China and the European Union person expressed interest arsenic the struggle continues to rage.

More than 700 foreigners surviving successful Iran person crossed into neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia since Israel launched its run connected Friday, according to authorities figures.

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said much than 700 citizens person been evacuated from Iran and Israel and moved to “places of safety”.

The US besides said it was closing its embassy successful Jerusalem until Friday owed to the conflict.

A Washington, DC-based Iranian quality rights radical said astatine slightest 585 people, including 239 civilians, person been killed and much than 1,300 wounded successful the Israeli attacks connected Iran. More than 24 radical person been killed successful Iranian attacks connected Israel truthful far.