#Iran 's State news agency IRNA reported that flights have resumed at #Tehran ’s Imam Khomeini International Airport.
Earlier state-run Mehr TV said that airports in Tehran, #Isfahan , #Shiraz and across the country’s West, North West and South West, had all been impacted.
The Israeli military has conducted missile strikes against Iran, a snr #UnitedStates#military ofcl told NPR Thurs. There are also reports of explosions in #Iraq & #Syria.
Iran's Fars News Agency says explosions were heard in the central city of #Isfahan, according to the Reuters News Agency.
The extent of Israel's strikes & the weapons used weren't clear.
Flights to #Tehran, #Isfahan & #Shiraz have been suspended following reports an explosion was heard in the city of #Qahjavaristan, Iranian state media reported.
Iran has launched drones toward Israel, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement, in an attack that Tehran had promised to carry out after its embassy in Damascus was hit last week.
Due to rising tensions between Iran and Israel, the #Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to close the #embassy in the Iranian capital #Tehran tomorrow. The consulate in the Iraqi city of Erbil will also remain closed as a precaution. Normally both posts are open on Sundays because that is the start of the working week.
Following is a thread of quotes from #TheGlobalJigsaw latest episode on the #IRGC, #Quds force, #Basij militias - and th ideological blueprint for #Iran so called Axis of Resistance. Whole episode here:
Another #Iranian - the current mayor of the capital #Tehran - put it even more bluntly. He said that the Islamic Republic now ruled over four Arab capitals: #Baghdad , #Beirut , #Damascus and #Sana’a.
It was a #Libyan journalist in response to #Bush 's axis of evil' speech who said that these three countries instead formed an axis of resistance because they were against colonial and American interests and that phrase went on to be picked up by Iranian media.
#TheGlobalJigsaw has looked into how Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or #IRGC, the #Quds force and the #Basij militias operate and how have they become so influential. We examined the ideological blueprint of the #Tehran-led influence network that has been shaping events in the Middle East for decades:
What happened in the last few hours: #Israel says that around 300 drones and missiles were fired by #Iran, and that some of the launches also came from #Iraq and #Yemen
Videos showed explosions and fireballs over #Jerusalem as Israeli air defences worked to defeat Iran's unprecedented attack
This is the first time #Tehran has directly attacked Israel after years of waging proxy wars with its affiliates, including Hezbollah and Hamas
#China has now weighed in as well: #Beijing said it was "deeply concerned about the current escalation", adding it called on "relevant parties to remain calm and restrained to avoid further escalation of tensions".
It has close diplomatic and economic ties w #Iran - and the US had been calling on Beijing to urge #Tehran not to launch a retaliatory attack on #Israel
However, US officials had privately said they had seen no evidence that China had applied pressure on Iran, acc to the FT
"#Putin thought we would just stand by. After all, we watched him destroy #Chechnya, rumble into #Georgia and then steal #Crimea — and we did nothing each time.
The decadent West, Putin concluded, had no stomach for the fight.
You may not want war, but war is on your doorstep. Ignoring it will not make it melt away. You may not be interested in #Moscow and #Beijing and #Tehran but, believe me, they are very much interested in you"
The head of #Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that #Tehran was “not looking for war,” appearing to signal that it would not escalate tensions w/ the #UnitedStates. But he also warned that Iran was prepared to respond if attacked.
I just watched the 2nd season of #Tehran, and I'm happy that I did. It's even better than the 1st season, and I'm really looking forward to the 3rd coming this year.
#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
The strikes in #Pakistan came less than a day after Iranian missile strikes in #Syria and #Iraq, part of a string reprisals against #Tehran’s enemies in the wake of a double suicide bombing in the city of #Kerman on 3 January which killed more than 80 Iranians. #IslamicState (IS) claimed responsibility for that attack. #Balochistan#KermanBombing#Israel#Gaza
The #RedSea attacks fit in with #Iran's strategy of expanding and mobilising its regional Shi'ite network of armed militias to project its influence and show its ability to threaten maritime security in the region and beyond.
They said #Tehran wanted to show that the #Gaza war could be too costly for the West if it drags on - and could have catastrophic consequences in the region as things escalate. #Israel#Yemen#Houthi
Live updates: Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel has begun (www.nbcnews.com)
Iran has launched drones toward Israel, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement, in an attack that Tehran had promised to carry out after its embassy in Damascus was hit last week.
Iran on high alert as Biden mulls response to killing of US servicemen (www.theguardian.com)
Tehran warns Washington but regime unsure of degree of support for interventionist foreign policy