LIVE: Pentagon Chief Says US Intensifying Strikes on Iran
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US attacks on Iran will hit a new intensity Tuesday and the war will continue as long as President Donald Trump decides, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said.
"Today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran," Hegseth told a news conference at the Pentagon more than 10 days into the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic.
As for a timeline for the war, Trump "gets to control the throttle. He's the one deciding," Hegseth said.
"It's not for me to posit whether it's the beginning, the middle or the end," the defense secretary said.
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- India favours peace and return to dialogue and diplomacy and advocates de-escalation, restraint and ensuring safety of civilians, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday on the widening West Asia conflict.
- The U.S. military announced a seventh American service member has died of injuries sustained during an Iranian attack on troops stationed in Saudi Arabia.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday will be the most intense day yet of US strikes inside Iran as the Islamic Republic, its firepower diminished, vowed to fight on. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, said "we are breaking their bones" and said the war's aim is a popular overthrow of Iran's government.
A merchant vessel escorted by Pakistan Navy warships docked overnight in the southern port city of Karachi and another was expected to enter Pakistan’s territorial waters in the Arabian Sea later Tuesday in the nation’s maritime security operation.
About 90% of Pakistan’s trade moves by sea, making maritime routes vital for the country’s economy and energy imports from Saudi Arabia and other gulf countries. Pakistan’s military said its navy launched Operation “Muhafiz-ul-Bahr” or Maritime Guardian in response to potential disruptions to key sea lanes.
US and Israeli strikes have hit an airport in southern Iran, damaging part of the site as well as aircraft, local media reported on Tuesday.
"Following an American-Zionist attack on Kerman Airport, part of it was damaged and two old, out-of-service aircraft were hit," Iran's Tasnim news agency said, quoting a statement from the governor's office in the southern province of Kerman.
Israel’s military says Iran has launched a missile attack targeting it Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates says firefighters are battling a blaze in Ruwais after an Iranian drone strike.
The Abu Dhabi Media Office, which speaks for the capital, says there have been no injuries reported.
Ruwais is about 175 kilometers (110 miles) southwest of the capital city of Abu Dhabi in its desert reaches near the border with Saudi Arabia. It’s home to petrochemical plants.
Qatar’s Defense Ministry reported that it intercepted an incoming missile.
Ali Larijani wrote a message on X Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iran “TWENTY TIMES HARDER” if Tehran stopped oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Larijani wrote: “The sacrificial nation of Iran doesn’t fear your empty threats. Even those bigger than you couldn’t eliminate Iran. Be careful not to get eliminated yourself.”
Witnesses reported hearing several explosions in Tehran as the Israelis began their airstrikes.
An Iran-backed armed group in Iraq said strikes it blamed on the United States killed four of its fighters on Tuesday.
The attacks followed the downing of a drone late Monday near the UAE consulate in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, drawing condemnation from Arab countries.
The group of industrial nations on Monday held off releasing oil stocks to bring down prices but are picking up the issue again with more discussions between their energy ministers on Tuesday, according to France.
France, which currently holds the G7’s rotating presidency, wants “to advance on that question, with one objective, which is to bring down prices,” government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon told broadcaster France Televisions.