Iran’s president vows not to hit neighbors as U.S.-Israeli strikes continue

Iran’s president stated on Saturday his nation does not intend to assault others and apologized to neighbors within the Gulf after every week of retaliatory strikes as the U.S. and Israel maintained their navy strain on Tehran.

However Masoud Pezeshkian stated the U.S. can “take their desires to the grave; we’ll not give up unconditionally.” Pezeshkian made the assertion by way of Iran’s nationwide information company’s Telegram social media channel.

“I apologize to the neighboring nations,” Pezeshkian stated. “We do not intend to invade different nations. Allow us to put aside all of the disagreements, issues, and resentments now we have towards one another. At present, allow us to defend our personal soil to deliver Iran out of this disaster with dignity.”

U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran continued on Saturday, one week after they launched their joint marketing campaign to rid Tehran of its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities whereas additionally pushing for regime change.

Tehran’s energy-rich neighbors within the Gulf stated they intercepted extra missiles and drones headed for his or her airspace from Iran as the nation’s president apologized for the assaults.

“U.S. forces have struck over 3,000 targets within the first week of Operation Epic Fury, and we’re not slowing down,” U.S. Central Command stated in a publish on X.

President Donald Trump on Friday demanded unconditional give up from Iran, elevating fears of a chronic warfare that might wreak havoc on the worldwide oil and fuel market. The warfare has already introduced site visitors within the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transport route for vitality provides, to a close to standstill.

Israel’s navy stated “one other wave of assaults in Tehran has been accomplished”.

“Throughout the framework of those assaults, Air Power fighter jets launched roughly 230 munitions towards a number of navy websites of the regime,” the Israel Protection Forces stated in a Farsi publish on X.

The targets included the Central Army College of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a missile storage website and an underground website for storing and producing ballistic missiles, the IDF stated.

The strikes concerned greater than 80 Israeli fighter jets, the IDF stated in a separate publish.

“These strikes degrade the Iranian regime’s capacity to hearth at Israeli civilians,” the IDF stated.

International locations within the area stated they launched air defenses to fend off Iranian assaults.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Protection reported the “interception and destruction of a drone east of Riyadh metropolis”.

The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia’s neighbor to the north, stated its air defenses responded to “incoming missile and drone threats from Iran.”

“The [Ministry of Defense] asserts that the sounds heard are the results of the Air Defence programs intercepting missiles and drones,” the UAE stated.

The nation’s largest metropolis, Dubai, issued an alert urging residents to search fast shelter in safe buildings and steer clear of home windows, doorways and open areas.

Dubai-based airline Emirates stated it suspended all flights to and from the town. It later resumed operations.

U.S. crude oil on Friday posted its largest weekly achieve in futures buying and selling historical past, as the escalating warfare within the Center East has triggered a significant disruption to world gas provides.

U.S. crude soared 35.63% for the largest weekly achieve within the historical past of the futures contract courting again to 1983. Brent jumped about 28% for its largest weekly achieve since April 2020.

West Texas Intermediate futures surged 12.21%, or $9.89, to shut at $90.90 per barrel. International benchmark Brent rallied 8.52%, or $7.28, to settle at $92.69 per barrel.