Netanyahu says Iran has been ‘decimated’ as Iranian missiles continue to strike Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed Iran has been “decimated”, as Iranian missiles are still being fired into central and southern Israel.
Israeli oil refinery hit by Iranian missile, operations partly disrupted
An Iranian missile that struck Israel’s Haifa refinery on Thursday damaged key electrical infrastructure, the company said in an update on Friday.
Israel’s Oil Refineries said the strike hit power systems supplying a service facility, affecting external infrastructure owned by a third party that is critical to operations. Despite the damage, most production units remain operational, while others are being brought back online, the company claimed, adding that full operations will resume within days.
F-35 hit is ‘moment of collapse of order’, says Iran’s parliament speaker
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said that a hit to the US’s F-35 fighter jet is “the moment of collapse of an order.”
“The F-35 was not just a fighter jet but a statue of the U.S. military’s invincibility and arrogance,” Ghalibaf said in a post on X. “This symbol was struck for the first time in the world.”
Yesterday, an F-35 jet made an emergency landing at a regional US airbase in the Middle East after a combat mission over Iran.
US officials are investigating reports that the jet may have been hit by Iranian fire. If that turns out to be the case, it would be the first US jet struck by Iran during the current war — or the first time an F-35 was hit by enemy fire.
No sign of Iran’s government collapsing amid ongoing assassinations
The Americans and Israelis are betting that these assassinations are going to gradually cause the Iranian government to collapse.
But here in Iran, the leaders are repeating again and again that this is not going to be the result. They are saying the system is very strongly built, deeply rooted, and no amount of people being killed will affect it.
Since day one of the war until now, nothing has been seen that denotes a crack in the structure in the government, or in the operations of the war. The war has been going on steadily in the same manner – rockets, missiles and drones being launched each day.
Iran warns Israeli and US officials ‘unsafe worldwide’ after strikes
Iran’s top military spokesman has warned that “parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations” worldwide will not be safe for Tehran’s enemies.
General Abolfazl Shekarchi said, in a statement published online by Iranian state television, “From now on, based on the information we have about you, even parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations anywhere in the world will no longer be safe for you.”
Allowing US to use bases is ‘participation in aggression’, Iran warns UK
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a phone call with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, warned that allowing the US to use British military bases would be treated as participation in aggression.
“The United States and the Israeli regime attacked our country, contrary to all international principles and rules,” Araghchi said, according to a statement posted on his Telegram channel.
He criticised the “negative and biased approach of the United Kingdom and some European countries towards this blatant aggression, which violates international law”. Emphasising Iran’s right to self-defence under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, the foreign minister said, “We have respected the sovereignty of neighbouring countries and have not intended to attack them, but unfortunately, American bases are located in these countries, and we are attacked from these bases.”







