1h ago
07.00 GMT
Interim
summary
In case
you’re just just joining us, here’s a recap of the latest developments in the
US-Israel war on Iran. It’s 10.30am in Tehran, 9am in Tel Aviv and Beirut and
3am in Washington DC.
Donald
Trump has threatened to “massively blow up” the entire South Pars gas field if
Iran carries out any more retaliatory attacks on Qatar’s liquefied natural gas
(LNG) facilities. The US president also said on his Truth Social platform that
the US “knew nothing” about Israel’s Wednesday attack on the South Pars field –
which Iran shares with Qatar – and neither did Qatar. Trump declared “no more
attacks will be made by Israel” on the field – unless Iran attacks Qatar’s LNG,
adding: “In which instance the United States of America, with or without the
help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South
Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or
witnessed before.”
While
Trump said the US “knew nothing” ahead of the South Pars attack, US media have
reported that the White House was aware of it. The Wall Street Journal, citing
unnamed US officials, said Trump approved of it in a bid to pressure Tehran
into unblocking the strait of Hormuz.
Israel
struck the South Pars field hours after Israeli forces killed the regime’s
intelligence minister and launched some of the most intense airstrikes in
Beirut for decades. Iran later launched attacks on its Gulf neighbours’ energy
facilities: Qatar’s massive Ras Laffan LNG facility, and the Habshan gas
facility and Bab field in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE said the Habshan
and Bab field operations were shut down after interceptions over the sites,
while Qatari officials said all fires at the Ras Laffan hub had been contained.
Saudi
Arabia has not ruled out military action in response to repeated missile and
drone attacks from Iran, the foreign minister said. Speaking after a meeting in
Riyadh of foreign ministers from the region, Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on
Thursday that Iran “tries to pressure its neighbours” with attacks.
Vessels
were reported to be hit by unknown projectiles overnight in the Persian Gulf
and in the Gulf of Oman, the UK Maritime Trade Operations centre said. All crew
were reported to be “safe and well” after the incident east of Ras Laffan,
Qatar, it said, while earlier it received a report of another vessel being hit
east of the UAE port of Khawr Fakkan by a projectile that caused a fire
onboard.
Iran has
executed three people convicted of killing police officers and carrying out
operations helping the US and Israel during unrest earlier this year, the
Iranian judiciary said.
French
president Emmanuel Macron called for an immediate moratorium on striking
civilian infrastructure, particularly energy and water supply facilities,
saying that civilian populations and their needs had to be “protected from
military escalation”. He made the call in a social media post after speaking
with Donald Trump and the emir of Qatar.
Cathay
Pacific suspended flights to and from Dubai over the Middle East war.
Iran
seeks compensation from the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of enabling US
attacks against Iranian territory, Iran’s ambassador to the UN has told the UN
secretary general in a letter, according to a Nournews report.
.jpeg)
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário