Night of US raid on Iran, after the shooting down of an American helicopter near Hormuz. “Naval bases, radar systems and artillery hit,” according to Washington sources. Tehran responds in turn by targeting American bases in Middle Eastern countries and accuses the states of the region of “legal and moral responsibility” for the attacks by the USA and Israel.
“Following consultations with the United States, Qatari negotiators traveled to Tehran this morning to meet with the Iranians in an attempt to bridge remaining differences” and finalize an agreement between the US and Iran. CNN reports this, citing a diplomatic source familiar with the matter.
Netanyahu: “Don’t give us lessons from the anti-Semitic dictator Erdogan who kills the Kurds”
“The anti-Semitic dictator Erdoğan, who is carrying out genocide against the Kurds, supports the terrorist organization Hamas, represses his own people and imprisons political opponents, is the last person who can impart moral lessons to the State of Israel.” This was stated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The State of Israel and the IDF, the most moral army in the world, will continue to act with determination against Iran and its allies, who threaten the Middle East and the entire world.”
Trump: “Iran took too long for an agreement, it will pay the price. Close to ordering new attacks”
“Iran is all talk and no action. The bully of the Middle East is dead! They took too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price.” US President Donald Trump wrote this in Truth, following up on the US military response to the shooting down of an American helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, claimed by the Islamic Republic. “The Iranian army is a total disaster. Much of it, like the Navy and the Air Force, no longer even exists: it has been completely defeated,” concluded the White House tenant.
Trump also said he was close to ordering new attacks against Iran and on his social network Truth he reiterated that the American blockade in Iran is “effective, it is the most successful blockade in naval history. Nothing passes if we don’t want it. It’s a wall of steel. But the media refuses to say it.”
Trump stressed that thanks to the blockade “Iran is not doing any business, is not paying its military or its bills and is rapidly turning into a failed state! Praise Allah.”
China urges “stop escalation” in Middle East conflict
China said today it was “deeply concerned” about the conflict in the Middle East and urged it not to escalate it after Washington carried out strikes on Iran following the downing of a US helicopter. “The various parties involved should maintain calm and exercise restraint, stop escalating the conflict and escalating the situation, and take concrete measures to ease and cool tensions,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a news conference.
Moscow: in the Middle East “the parties should return to diplomacy”
Russia hopes that the parties involved in the conflict in the Middle East will return “as soon as possible” to the “political and diplomatic path”. This was stated by the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, quoted by Tass.