A senior Iranian official has warned Israel to “prepare for what is coming”, stressing that Tehran’s reaction to the latest developments in the Middle East will be carried out openly and without limitation.
In remarks to Al Jazeera, the official said: “Our response will be public, and there are no red lines.” They added that “all American and Israeli assets and interests in the Middle East have become legitimate targets”.
Washington has yet to comment.
“There are no red lines after this aggression, and everything is possible, including scenarios that were not previously considered.”
The official characterised the recent joint move by the U.S. and Israel as “aggression”, saying the two countries “have started a war that will have wide and long-lasting repercussions”.
They said Tehran had prepared a “complex response with no time limit”.
According to the official, attempts to pressure Iran into easing its stance would fail. Appeals for restraint or compromise were dismissed as “unacceptable and mere wishful thinking”.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced it had fired missiles and deployed drones towards Israel following the U.S.-Israeli attacks. It stated that the first wave began “in response to the aggression of the hostile and criminal enemy against the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
Soon after launching strikes on Iran on Saturday, Israel said it had shut its airspace and activated sirens amid concerns over possible retaliation.
Explosions were reported in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and in Manama, Bahrain.
Bahrain said a service centre linked to the U.S. Fifth Fleet was struck by a missile, according to the state news agency. A U.S. official told Fox News that there were no casualties resulting from the strike targeting the U.S. base in Bahrain.
Security sources said rocket attacks tied to Iran targeted a U.S. military base in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Blasts were also heard in Doha shortly after Qatar’s defence ministry announced that missiles aimed at the country had been intercepted. The ministry later said all incoming missiles were downed in what it described as a second wave of attacks, according to the state news agency.
Reuters reported a loud explosion in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
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