The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it has launched new air strikes “against storage and missile launch infrastructure in the center of Iran”.
Israel claims to have killed an Iranian commander in charge of coordination with Hamas
The Israeli army said on Saturday that it had killed an Iranian revolution guards in charge of coordination with Hamas, in an air strike during the night, more than a week after the start of the war between Iran and Israel.
Said “Izadi was responsible for the military coordination between the high commanders of the CGRI (Corps of the Islamic Revolution, note) and the Iranian regime with key personalities from the Hamas terrorist organization”, details the press release. The army also announced that it had killed two other guards’ commanders, Behnam Chahriyari and Aminpour Joudaki.
Israel claims to have delayed “at least two or three years” an Iranian nuclear weapon
Israel said on Saturday that it had “delayed at least two or three years the possibility” for Iran to have the atomic bomb, Tehran refusing any resumption of nuclear negotiations with the United States before the judgment of Israeli strikes against its territory.
Since the massive offensive launched on June 13, “according to the assessment that we have been done, we have already delayed at least two or three years the possibility for them to have a nuclear bomb,” said Israeli Foreign Affairs, Gideon Saar.
22 arrests for “espionage” for the benefit of Israel in the province of Qom since June 13
Police from the Iranian province of Qom announced on Saturday that 22 people accused of “espionage” for the benefit of Israel had been arrested in eight days of war with Israel, reported the Fars news agency.
Since the first Israeli strikes on June 13, “22 people have been identified and arrested because they are accused of being linked to the espionage services of the Zionist regime and of disturbing public opinion,” said the agency, citing the chief of police intelligence in the center of the country.
Thursday, the commander of the west police of Tehran, Kiumars Azizi, quoted by the Tasnim news agency, had announced the arrest of 24 people “who spied on the Zionist enemy, online and offline, and who sought to disrupt public opinion as well as to tarnish and destroy the image of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran”. And Friday, Tasnim reported the arrest of a European national presented as a “spy”, without specifying his nationality or the date of his arrest.
Iran regularly stops individuals presented as spies and had accused Israel, even before the start of the conflict, of being behind targeted assassinations or sabotage in connection with its nuclear program. Several people accused of spying for Israel have also been executed in recent weeks in Iran.
The Israeli army claims to have struck a Hezbollah site in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army said on Saturday that it had struck a pro-Iranian Hezbollah site in the Naqoura region in southern Lebanon during the night. “This site was used by the ‘Radouane force’ of Hezbollah to carry out terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians and constitutes a blatant violation of agreements between Israel and Lebanon,” the army said in a statement.
She said she obtained information on this site “, especially following the interrogation of a Hezbollah terrorist.” During the night, the army also announced that it had struck a “Hezbollah terrorist” in southern Lebanon, without giving more details. Friday, the Minister of Israeli Defense, Israel Katz, warned the Lebanese Shiite movement, “advising” him to avoid intervening in the war with Iran.
Israel strikes storage and missile launch sites in Iran
The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it has launched a new wave of air strikes against storage sites and missile launches in Iran, on the ninth day of war between the two countries. “The Air Force has now launched a wave of attacks on storage and missile launch infrastructure in the center of Iran,” said the army on its X account.
“During the attack at dawn today against the Ispahan nuclear site, most noises were linked to anti-aircraft defense and others to enemy attacks,” said the Mehr and Fars agencies citing a local official, who assures “that no material flight has been noted”.
The two -week period granted to Iran is a “maximum,” says Trump
Donald Trump said on Friday that the two-week deadline given to Tehran the day before represented a “maximum” and that he could make the decision to bring the United States directly into the war between Iran and Israel before the expiration of this period.
Speaking to the press in front of Air Force One, the American president also rejected any idea that European states can be useful to resolve the crisis, after a meeting in Geneva between ministers of European and Iranian foreign affairs. “Iran does not want to speak to Europe. They want to tell us about us. Europe will not be able to help on this subject,” said the 79 -year -old president when he arrived in Morristown in New Jersey.
Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was giving himself “two weeks” to decide on a possible American military intervention alongside Israel, and estimated that there was a “substantial” chance of negotiations with Tehran.
Europeans urge Tehran to negotiate, Iran wants the end of the strikes
Germany, France and Great Britain exhorted Iran on Friday to continue the diplomatic path “without waiting for the end of the conflict” to resolve the thorny question of its nuclear program, while Israel continues its bombings against the Islamic Republic.
But for the time being, Tehran is camping on his positions, demanding beforehand the judgment of Israeli strikes.
The heads of diplomacy of the three countries, Johann Wadephul, Jean-Noël Barrot, David Lammy, as well as the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas, began discussions on Friday in Geneva with their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, a week after the start of the Israeli strikes.
“The positive result today is that we leave the room with the feeling that Iran is fundamentally ready to continue to discuss all important questions for us, Europeans,” German Minister Johann Wadephul said.
For his part, British Foreign Minister David Lammy said that Europeans were “eager to continue discussions and negotiations in progress with Iran”. And, he added, “we urge Iran to continue its discussions with the United States”.