Trump threatens Iran with more attacks: Latest on Middle East conflict on Saturday, 7 March

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened further attacks on Iran on Saturday (7 March), while the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia continued to shoot down missiles in their airspace. Meanwhile, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would stop attacking its neighbours.

U.S. President Donald Trump warns of more attacks against Iran  

In a post on social media on Saturday (7 March), the U.S. President said Iran would be “hit very hard” today, adding that he was contemplating widening “the areas and groups of people” targeted. 

Later at a press conference in Miami, Florida, President Trump said the U.S. had destroyed 42 Iranian navy ships in three days. 

Azerbaijan’s State Security Service stopped Iran-linked terror attacks 

According to the Azerbaijani State Security Service, the terror plots targeted the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan, a leader of the Mountain Jews religious community and the “Ashkenazi” synagogue. 

• Iran planned terror attacks in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani State Security Service says

Gulf States intercept missiles as Iran promises to stop attacking neighbours 

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia continued to shoot down missiles and drones in their airspace on Saturday. Riyadh said it shot down ballistic missiles heading towards an air base and drones going in the direction of a major oil field. 

On the same day, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country had suspended strikes on neighbouring countries, except where attacks on Iran came from those nations. 

Azerbaijan’s evacuation of diplomatic staff from Iran nears completion 

Diplomats from Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran and consulate in the northwestern city of Tabriz safely crossed into Azerbaijan through the Astara border crossing in the early hours between Friday (6 March) and Saturday (7 March). 

• Azerbaijan completes evacuations of diplomatic staff from Tabriz

Lebanon conflict escalates as Hezbollah orders Israeli city to evacuate 

Overnight Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed 16 people, while Hezbollah ordered the around 20,000 residents of Kiryat Shmona in Israel near the border with Lebanon to evacuate immediately. 

Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry said a UN peacekeeping soldier from Ghana was seriously injured in shelling on Friday night. 

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