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LBCI
6 hours ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Iran tells Qatar attack on US airbase 'not action' against Doha
Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday his country's attack on a U.S. airbase in Qatar was not against its Gulf neighbor but an act of "self-defense" after U.S. strikes on nuclear sites. "The missile operation by the Iranian Armed Forces targeting Al-Udeid base was carried out within the framework of Iran's legitimate right to self-defense," Araghchi said in a phone call with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani. The Iranian attack "should in no way be interpreted as an action against the friendly and brotherly government of Qatar," he said, quoted in a statement from his ministry. AFP
The National
10 hours ago
- Politics
- The National
'Do not drop those bombs': Trump says Israel and Iran violated ceasefire
Israel says it will answer Iran's alleged ceasefire breach with force Iran says it is 'fully committed to good neighbourliness' with Qatar Iraq reopens its airspace after Iran-Israel truce announcement Iran state TV says Israeli strike killed nuclear scientist Oil prices fall after Iran attack on US airbase in Qatar
The Herald
15 hours ago
- Politics
- The Herald
Israel and Iran agree on ceasefire to end 12-day war, Trump says
He said Iran fired 14 missiles at the US airbase, calling it 'a very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered'. Iran's handling of the attack recalled earlier clashes with the US and Israel, with Tehran seeking a balance between saving face with a military response but without provoking a cycle of escalation it can't afford. Tehran appears to have achieved that goal. Iran's attack came after US bombers dropped bunker-buster bombs on Iranian underground nuclear facilities at the weekend, joining Israel's air war. Much of Tehran's population of 10-million has fled after days of bombing. The Trump administration maintains its aim was solely to destroy Iran's nuclear programme, not to open a wider war. 'Iran was very close to having a nuclear weapon,' Vance said in an interview on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier. 'Now Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have because we destroyed it,' Vance said. Trump has cited intelligence reports that Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon, without elaborating. However, US intelligence agencies said earlier this year they assessed Iran was not building a nuclear weapon and a source with access to US intelligence reports told Reuters last week that assessment hadn't changed. However, in a social media post on Sunday, Trump spoke of toppling the hardline clerical rulers who have been Washington's principal foes in the Middle East since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israel, however, had made clear its strikes on Evin prison, a notorious jail for housing political prisoners, and other targets in Tehran were intended to hit the Iranian ruling apparatus broadly, and its ability to sustain power. Reuters
RNZ News
21 hours ago
- RNZ News
Flights from Auckland to Doha set to resume
travel war 20 minutes ago Flights from Auckland to Doha are set to resume on Tuesday afternoon after Monday's flight was diverted to nearby Oman in the wake of Iranian strikes on a US airbase. Travel journalist Dan Lake spoke to Charlotte Cook. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
US airstrikes: Why Iran may follow its 2020 playbook
Iran launched missiles toward a US airbase in Qatar in response to the US bombing its key nuclear facilities. CSIS Middle East Program senior fellow Will Todman thinks Iran may follow its 2020 playbook, in which Iran can show its citizens that it responded, but doing so in a way that doesn't provoke further escalation. Will Todman, CSIS Chief of Staff, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department; Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
