United States President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to eliminate the “whole civilisation” of Iran tonight amid a breakdown in talks to resolve the crisis in the Middle East.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have complete and total regime change, where different, smarter and less radicalised minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, who knows? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the world. 47 years of extortion, corruption and death will finally end. God bless the great people of Iran!”
Meanwhile, explosions were heard on Iran’s Kharg Island in the Gulf following US-Israeli airstrikes, Iranian media reported. Mehr News Agency said US and Israeli warplanes carried out several airstrikes on the island, causing multiple explosions.
No details were yet available about casualties or damage.
Iran earlier attacked a petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail industrial city, located in the Eastern province, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency said.
The Saudi government communications office, state oil giant Aramco and its petrochemicals subsidiary SABIC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that “14 million Iranians have registered to sacrifice their lives to defend Iran.” “I too have been, am, and will remain devoted to giving my life for Iran,” he stated in a post on X.
Since the war began on February 28, Israel has carried out multiple assassinations of Iranian leadership, such as that of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
According to Al Jazeera, at least 2,076 people have been killed in Iran and 26,500 wounded.
The latest draft, seen by AFP, demands Iran end its attacks on commercial vessels and halt “any attempt to impede transit passage or freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz”.
But objections from several veto-holding permanent members have seen the text watered down, and the latest draft does not expressly authorise force.
Meanwhile, at least three explosions were heard in Tehran as fighter jets flew above the Iranian capital, according to Al Jazeera.
According to Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency, Iran’s Khorramabad airport has been targeted by a US-Israeli airstrike.
Pakistan peace efforts reach critical stage
Pakistan’s “positive and productive” efforts to stop the US-Israeli war with Iran are approaching a “critical, sensitive” stage, Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X on Tuesday.
