Statement from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards comes after the US threatened to target energy infrastructure
Main points
- US president Donald Trump has threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.
- Iranian barrages tore through southern Israel on Saturday, leaving around 100 people wounded across Dimona and Arad.
Key reads
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said on Sunday that 118 children and 79 women are among those killed, and at least 2,786 others have been wounded, according the the Associated Press. The country’s death toll as of Saturday was 1,024 people.
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited sites in Arad and Dimona today, hours after missiles from Iran struck residential neighborhoods in these cities in southern Israel.
In a video posted to social media, Netanyahu again echoed Trump’s call for other world leaders to join into the war against Iran. “I ask the leaders of the world, the leaders of the free world, the leaders of the moderate states, what more are you waiting for,” he said.
Netanyahu added: “President Trump has correctly said that Israel, the United States and Israel, in this great partnership, we’re fighting the battle not only for ourselves, but for all of you. And he asked a simple question, where are you? And it’s time to heed president Trump’s call, his leadership and his vision, not merely for our sake, but for your sake.”ir defences said it dealt with four ballistic missiles and 25 drones coming from Iran.
Since the start of the Iranian attacks, it said it dealt with 345 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, and 1,773 drones.
Targeting of nuclear installations in the current conflict in the Middle East would mark “an extremely dangerous escalation and must be avoided”, the Government has said, reports Martin Wall.
It has also said urgent action was now needed to prevent the crisis from deepening further and described threats by Iran to international shipping the region as “unacceptable”.
The Government has urged de-escalation of the conflict to create a space for dialogue.
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee said: “We are at a dangerous moment, as a growing cycle of escalation and violence takes hold in the Gulf and across the wider Middle East, with ongoing military action by Israel, the United States and Iran.”
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