Following the U.S.-Israel strikes, Iran has called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to be held on Monday (2 March), and vowed strong retaliation to the attacks. Touraj Shiralilou sent this update from Tehran.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, announced that Tehran had demanded the meeting on Saturday (28 February), hours after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran.
The Supreme National Security Council also issued an advisory to people in Tehran to leave the capital city, if they have somewhere they can go to.
In the same statement, the Council announced that schools and universities would be closed until further notice, but banks would remain open.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who earlier this week held indirect nuclear talks with the U.S. in Geneva, held phone calls with his international counterparts on the ongoing developments in Iran and urged them to condemn the attacks.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) announced that it had targeted Israeli and U.S. bases in the region including in Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait. They said ballistic missiles and drones had been deployed in retaliation for the attacks on Iran.
Iran’s Red Crescent Society has confirmed that dozens of students were killed and injured at a girl’s school in Minab, in the southern Hormuzgan Province, during the early hours of the attacks.
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Follow the latest developments and global reaction after the United States and Israel launched "major combat operations" in Iran, prompting retaliation from Tehran.
Journalist and International Affairs Commentator, Tom Gross, joined AnewZ from Tel Aviv to tell us why he thinks the attack happened now and whether this could mark the beginning of the end for the Iranian leadership.
The international reaction to the U.S. and Israel’s strikes on Iran came in fast and strong.
Governments across the region responded swiftly to Israel’s strikes on Iran, closing airspace, issuing travel advisories and activating contingency plans amid fears of escalation.
Follow the latest developments and global reaction after the United States and Israel launched "major combat operations" in Iran, prompting retaliation from Tehran.
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Follow the latest developments and global reaction after the United States and Israel launched "major combat operations" in Iran, prompting retaliation from Tehran.
Journalist and International Affairs Commentator, Tom Gross, joined AnewZ from Tel Aviv to tell us why he thinks the attack happened now and whether this could mark the beginning of the end for the Iranian leadership.
The international reaction to the U.S. and Israel’s strikes on Iran came in fast and strong.
Governments across the region responded swiftly to Israel’s strikes on Iran, closing airspace, issuing travel advisories and activating contingency plans amid fears of escalation.
As the strikes on Tehran began on Saturday (28 February), Touraj Shiralilou sent us this report from the Iranian capital.
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