Iran ready to 'welcome' US ground invasion as tit-for-tat attacks continue Tehran has said it is ready to "welcome" an American ground invasion, as US Central Command (Centcom) reports its ninth consecutive night of strikes on Iran after the deaths of American soldiers in Jordan and Iraq over the weekend. Iran's foreign mnistry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that the country's leadership is “counting down the minutes to welcome” US forces in any ground invasion. He added that the text of the Pakistan-brokered interim deal signed with the US in June is "completely clear", and that there is "no excuse" for Washington to violate the treaty.
In the early hours of Monday morning, the US military claimed in a post on X that its attacks hit “Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites and communications networks”. It added that the fresh onslaught aims to “further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz”. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that the country's leadership is “counting down the minutes to welcome” US forces in any ground invasion.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); US President Donald Trump said the latest round of “very hard” attacks came in “honour” of three American service members who had been recently killed. “We hit them very hard again tonight, and we did that in honour of the, probably three, it's probably three great patriots," he told reporters. He claimed that Iran has "been very, very badly damaged.
They've lost everything almost - militarily". "They've got some missiles, some drones, some manufacturing ability, not much." When asked about the military fatalities, Trump responded that "we feel very badly", adding that those who died were fighting so that Tehran "cannot have a nuclear weapon". (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); US central command (Centcom) said an American soldier had been killed in northern Iraq on Saturday in a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a “downed Iranian one-way attack drone”.
At least another two US service members were killed after an Iranian atta… Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, The US Central Command said it completed its ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, claiming attacks on Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defence facilities. On the other hand, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed attacks on Jordan, Kuwait and Syria alongside targeting "two offending oil tankers" attempting to travel through the Strait of Hormuz.
Here are the latest developments: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced they launched a "surprise attack" on a command centre in Syria's al-Tanf, in a statement carried by state news agency IRNA. They said that the assault was carried out as "revenge for the blood of martyred soldiers" killed in Iran's south eastern city of Iranshahr. US President Donald Trump said that the latest attacks on Iran were carried out in "honour" of US service members recently killed.
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