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Iran warned on Wednesday that it would respond firmly to any direct U.S. involvement in Israel’s military campaign, as tensions between Tehran and Tel Aviv escalated sharply.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, told reporters that Tehran views the United States as “complicit in what Israel is doing” and has conveyed a clear message to Washington that any direct action would trigger a strong Iranian response.
Israel launched its largest-ever air campaign against Iran on Friday, claiming Tehran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon. So far, the U.S. role has been limited to indirect actions, including intercepting missiles aimed at Israel and deploying additional fighter aircraft to the Middle East, according to three U.S. officials cited by Reuters.
“We will show no doubt, no reluctance in defending our people, in defending our security, in defending our land. We will respond very, very, very seriously and strongly... Nobody should expect Iran to show any kind of restraint,” Bahreini said.
The Iranian envoy also said that Tehran would respond strongly to further Israeli strikes.
Meanwhile, Iranian media reported thousands of people fleeing Tehran and other major cities on Wednesday, as both countries exchanged fresh missile attacks despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls for Tehran’s unconditional surrender.
The Israeli military said that two waves of Iranian missiles targeted Israel early Wednesday, with explosions heard over Tel Aviv.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military has enough stockpiled weapons to fight wars "forever"; in a social media post late on Monday. The remarks came hours before conflict in Iran and the Middle East entered its fourth day.
A torpedo from a U.S. submarine sunk an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth told reporters as the Iranian conflcit entered its fifth day on Wednesday.
Shahid Motahari Sub-Speciality Hospital in northern Tehran and parts of the Golestan Palace were bombed on day two of the U.S.‑Israel strikes. AnewZ Touraj Shiralilou is in Iran's capital city and said that the facility was flattened in an airstrike.
Tensions across the Middle East continue to escalate following coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks in the Gulf region, with military operations and regional security developments continuing to unfold.
Türkiye has suspended day-trip crossings at its Kapıköy border and two others with Iran as regional tensions escalate following strikes involving the United States and Israel on Tehran. AnewZ's Alisultan Sultanzade was on the ground at the crossing before the restrictions came into force.
The slopes of Shahdag Mountain Resort have become the centre of the European Ski Mountaineering Championships, just days after the 2026 Winter Olympics closed in Italy, as top athletes arrive for the European round. AnewZ's Narchichek Jahangirl is on site to cover the action.
An evacuation flight operated by Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) carrying Azerbaijani citizens from Saudi Arabia has landed in Baku after widespread travel disruptions triggered by escalating conflict in the Middle East, AnewZ's Ilknur Seydamirova reported from Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
Iran launched a wave of missiles at Israel early on Thursday, sending millions of residents into bomb shelters as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran entered its sixth day and just hours after moves to halt the U.S. air assault were blocked in Washington.
Iranian sailors who survived a U.S. submarine strike in the Indian Ocean were recovering at a hospital in the Sri Lankan port city of Galle, authorities said on Thursday (5 March), a day after at least 87 were killed in the attack.
Tensions across the Middle East continue to escalate following coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks in the Gulf region, with military operations and regional security developments continuing to unfold.
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