Trump urges Iran to ‘make a deal’ as Tehran vows response to Israel attacks

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Israel that it ‘must expect terrible punishment’.

President Donald Trump has urged Iran to hold to US demands to restrict its atomic programme arsenic Tehran promised a beardown effect to Israeli air strikes targeting its atomic sites and subject facilities, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 elder subject commanders and respective atomic scientists.

Writing connected his Truth Social level connected Friday, Trump warned that the “next already planned attacks” connected Iran would beryllium “even much brutal” and urged Iranian officials to “make a woody earlier determination is thing left”.

“Iran indispensable marque a deal, earlier determination is thing left… JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE,” helium said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier said that the United States had nary portion successful the Israeli attacks and urged Iran not to people American interests oregon unit successful the portion successful retaliation, but Tehran said Washington would beryllium “responsible for consequences”.

Iran promised a harsh effect to the barrage, and Israel said it was trying to intercept astir 100 drones launched towards Israeli territory successful retaliation.

Iranian authorities media has reported that Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Mohammad Bagheri, the main of unit of Iran’s Armed Forces, were some killed successful the attacks. Nuclear scientists Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi and Fereydoun Abbasi were besides killed.

Some 200 Israeli warplanes took portion successful overnight aerial strikes connected Iran, hitting much than 100 targets successful the country, according to Israeli service spokesman, Brigadier General Effie Defrin.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel struck astatine the “heart of Iran’s atomic enrichment programme”, taking purpose astatine the main uranium enrichment installation successful Natanz.

The attacks would “continue arsenic galore days arsenic it takes”, helium said.

Iranian media reported explosions, including immoderate astatine the main uranium enrichment installation astatine Natanz. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said Natanz had sustained harm but nary casualties had been reported.

On Friday afternoon, Iran’s Tasnim quality bureau reported a caller Israeli onslaught successful the metropolis of Tabriz, northwest of Iran.

‘Severe punishment for Israel’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Israel that it “must expect terrible punishment” aft the assault. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that Tehran has a “legal and legitimate” close to respond.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who is expected to code the public, besides said successful a connection connected his authoritative X account: “The Zionist authorities volition regret its enactment today.”

Israel’s subject said connected Friday it was intercepting Iranian drones. The country’s nationalist broadcaster and Channel 12 reported that Israel besides intercepted drones implicit Saudi Arabia.

At astir 08:00 GMT, Israeli media reported that an earlier bid requiring citizens to stay adjacent protected areas had been lifted.

In the Iranian metropolis of Qom, hundreds of protesters gathered astatine the Jamkaran Mosque to request a “severe punishment” for Israel successful effect to the strikes.

Mohammad Eslami, a probe chap astatine Tehran University, said Iranian leaders are preparing an imminent onslaught connected Israel targeting subject and atomic facilities.

“The Iranian subject were reasoning astir this script for galore years and besides successful caller days, we person heard tons of statements by the Defence Ministry of Iran that they are acceptable for immoderate onslaught by the Israelis,” helium told Al Jazeera from Tehran.

“Most Iranian governmental parties enactment defending the state due to the fact that each Iranians [know] the past of Iraq attacking Iran. This is not astir governmental points of view,” helium added.

Nuclear talks

US and Iranian officials are owed to be a sixth circular of talks implicit Iran’s atomic programme successful Oman connected Sunday.

The 2 sides person been negotiating implicit Iran’s enrichment of uranium, with Trump stating precocious that “zero” enrichment should beryllium allowed successful Iran. He has besides said repeatedly that Iran volition not beryllium allowed to get atomic weapons.

Tehran has consistently said that its atomic programme is lone for civilian purposes.

Iran said successful a connection that Israel’s “cowardly” onslaught showed wherefore Iran had to importune connected enrichment, atomic exertion and rocket power.

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors connected Thursday declared Iran successful breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the archetypal clip successful astir 20 years.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies