Iran US Tensions News LIVE: Iran cuts web, US says American casualties potential after placing Tehran

Iran-US tensions live updates: Tehran has vowed to respond to Israel’s surprise strikes, saying that the response will be crushing, Reuters reported quoting officials.

Iran-US tensions live updates: US President Donald Trump has confirmed US role in Iran strikes after Israel hit Tehran on Saturday as he said that US has begun ‘major combat operations in Iran’

Iran-US tensions live updates: Following the strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun “major combat operations” in Iran. “Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,” Trump said in a video shared on social media

Iran-US tensions live updates: Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz said Israel had launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday. US officials have said that Washington participated in the strikes.

Iran-US tensions live updates: Seven missiles hit Tehran near the Presidential Palace and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound on Saturday, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported. However, officials have said that Khamenei was not in Tehran at the time of the attack as he has been moved out to a ‘secure location’.

Iran-US tensions live updates: As Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran on Saturday, the operation is being called ‘Roar of the Lion’, according to Israeli officials.

Iran-US tensions live updates: Following the Israeli strikes on Tehran, Iran has shut its airspace, while the internet services have also been disrupted.

Iran-US tensions live updates: For weeks US intensified its military presence in Middle East with Trump threatening Iran with military action. On Friday, Trump said that a ‘big decision’ was to be made as he expressed frustration with the pace of talks between US and Iran. Next round of talks between the two sides was scheduled for next week in Vienna as Iran and Oman were pretty upbeat about the progress of the negotiations.

Iran-US tensions live updates: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been moved out of Tehran to a secure location, Reuters reported, quoting officials. The first Israeli strike on Saturday reportedly hit Tehran near Ayatollah’s offices.

Iran-US tensions live updates: The United States is participating in the strikes against Iran after Israel launched attack against Tehran on Saturday, a US official was quoted as saying by AP.

Iran-US tensions live updates: Israel has shut its airspace after launching an attack on Iran’s capital Tehran on Saturday.

Iran-US tensions live updates: As Israel launched a daytime attack on Iran on Saturday, the Associated Press reported that the strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran-US tensions live updates: The Israeli military has said the schools across Israel have been shut and public has been asked to work from home as public gatherings have also been banned after it launched an attack on Tehran on Saturday.

Iran-US tensions live updates: As Israel launched attacks on Iran on Saturday, sirens were sounded across Israel at the same time, AP reported. The Israeli military said that the “proactive alert to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward the state of Israel.”

Iran-US tensions reside updates: Israel on Saturday mentioned it launched assaults on Iran, Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz confirmed.

Iran-US tensions reside updates: Multiple explosions have been heard in Tehran on Saturday amid rising tensions with the US.

Iran-US tensions reside updates: Following the inconclusive Geneva talks between US and Iran, Trump has mentioned he’s ‘not happy’.

“I’m not happy with the fact that they’re not willing to give us what we have to have. I’m not thrilled with that. We’ll see what happens. We’re talking later. We’re not exactly happy with the way they’re negotiating. They cannot have nuclear weapons,” he mentioned.

Iran-US tensions reside updates: Amid heavy US navy buildup within the Middle East and US’s disappointment with Iran talks, President Trump on Friday mentioned that ‘a big decision’ must be made. “We have a big decision to make that’s not easy. I’d rather do it the peaceful way, but I want to tell you that these are very dangerous and difficult people,” he mentioned.

Iran-US tensions reside updates: Oman’s international minister Badr Albusaidi has mentioned {that a} deal between Iran and the US is now throughout the attain. “No nuclear weapons. Not ever. Zero stockpiling. Comprehensive verification. Peacefully and permanently. Let’s support the negotiators in closing the deal,” he mentioned as he shared a clip of his interview with CBS News.

Iran-US tensions reside updates: US President Donald Trump is reportedly annoyed with Iran’s stance in nuclear negotiations. However, mediator Oman has promoted a “breakthrough” to avert any navy escalation, presenting a rosier image of the talks.

“If the ultimate objective is to ensure forever that Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, I think we have cracked that problem through these negotiations by agreeing a very important breakthrough that has never been achieved any time before,” Oman’s international minister, Badr Albusaidi advised CBS News program “Face the Nation”.

Iran-US tensions reside updates: Donald Trump has mentioned that he needs Iran to have “no enrichment” in any respect of uranium that would go towards a nuclear bomb, although Iran has maintained that its nuclear prgramme is civillian in nature.

Iran-US tensions reside updates: Even as mediator Oman sees a breakthrough of stalemate between US and Iran, Trump is not impressed the way in which issues have panned out in negotiations, saying that Iran was “not willing to give us what we have to have.” “We’re not exactly happy with the way they negotiated. They cannot have nuclear weapons, and we’re not thrilled with the way they’re negotiating,” Trump advised reporters.

by way of AFP

Iran-US tensions reside updates: As menace of US strikes on Iran looms, Canada has mentioned it’s relocating non-essential diplomatic employees and their dependents out of the Israeli metropolis of Tel Aviv.

“Global Affairs Canada has made the decision to temporarily relocate non-essential employees and dependents from Tel Aviv,” the Canadian authorities mentioned in an announcement, AFP reported.

“Canadian staff and their dependents in Lebanon and Palestine remain in place, and our missions continue to operate normally,” mentioned the assertion, which additionally urged Canadians in Iran to “leave now if they can do so safely.”

Iran-US tensions reside updates: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday mentioned that designated Iran as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention. “For decades the Iranian regime has cruelly detained innocent Americans and citizens of other nations to use as political leverage. Iran must end this abhorrent practice and immediately free all unjustly detained Americans,” he wrote on X.

Iran-US tensions reside updates: US President Donald Trump dubbed Iran’s clerical regime as ‘very difficult people’ as he mentioned that he would favor to resolve the confrontation ‘the peaceful way’.

“We hit them real hard, as you know, with those beautiful B2 bombers, and recently knocked out their nuclear capability. But I’d rather do it the peaceful way, but they’re very difficult people. I want to tell you that they’re very dangerous people, very difficult people,” he mentioned.