IRAN VOWS TO ‘RESPOND DECISIVELY’ AFTER US-ISRAELI STRIKE
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Iran vowed on Saturday it will “respond decisively” after Israel and the United States launched strikes on the country, despite ongoing talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
“The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will respond decisively to the aggressors,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, insisting Iran had done “everything necessary to prevent war.”
“Just as we were ready for negotiations, we are now more prepared than ever to defend the Iranian nation,” it added.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced that a first wave of missile and drone attacks had been launched at Israel following the strikes.
“The first wave of widespread missile and drone attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the occupied territories has begun,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement, referring to Israel.
Bombing Hits Iraq Base
A bombing targeting an Iraqi military base housing a pro-Iran group caused casualties, sources in the former paramilitary coalition Hashed al-Shaabi told AFP.
The Jurf al-Sakher base in southern Iraq, belonging to Hashed al-Shaabi, or the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), mostly hosts the powerful pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah.
“The bombing targeted the 47th brigade of Kataeb Hezbollah,” a Hashed al-Shaabi source told AFP. A security official and another Hashed source confirmed the base was targeted, reporting casualties.
Two Killed in Attack
The bombing killed at least two people, Iraqi authorities said Saturday.
The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, with US President Donald Trump vowing to “annihilate” the country’s navy and missile sites.
The Jurf al-Sakher base, also known as Jurf al-Nasr, mostly hosts Kataeb Hezbollah, a pro-Iran group operating within the Hashed al-Shaabi.
A Kataeb Hezbollah source told AFP, “There are two martyrs from Kataeb and another five wounded in the aggression on the Jurf al-Nasr base.” The Iraqi government’s security media cell confirmed, “At 11:50 am (0850 GMT), the Jurf al-Nasr area… was targeted by several airstrikes, resulting in the martyrdom of two people,” with three others wounded.
The Hashed al-Shaabi confirmed the attack and casualties, with a source saying, “It is not clear yet if the attack was carried out by the Americans or the Israelis.”
The US-blacklisted Kataeb Hezbollah operates several brigades within Hashed al-Shaabi, forming part of the Iran-backed “axis of resistance” and often acting independently.
The group had warned the US on Thursday of “immense losses” should war erupt and urged its fighters “to prepare for a potentially long war of attrition.”
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