Tehran [Iran], March 4 (ANI): The Iranians have hardened their position as the West Asia conflict entered Day 5. On Wednesday, Mohammad Mokhber, a senior aide to the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, told state TV that Iran has no intention of negotiating with the United States and can continue the Middle East war for as long as needed.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) earlier said it had launched what it called the 17th wave of strikes against US and Israeli targets, Press TV reported. According to the IRGC, its Ground Force responded to Israeli-US strikes against Iran with three major operations.
Announcing another phase of Operation True Promise 4 on Wednesday, the IRGC’s Public Relations said that immediately after the joint Israeli-US strikes, its ground forces launched more than 230 assault drones toward targets in the Occupied Lands and US bases in the region. “Firing dozens of drones in several waves towards the US military bases in Erbil and Kuwait, and destroying several terrorist groups’ headquarters in northern Iraq, were the first actions of brave soldiers of the IRGC against child-killing aggressors,” the statement said.
The IRGC further claimed a fresh wave of Iranian retaliatory strikes crippled a major US air base in Bahrain and destroyed command centres. It also alleged Iran’s strikes inflicted more than 680 casualties among American troops at various US bases in the first two days of the war.
Iranian officials have stressed that targeting US military bases in the region constitutes “legitimate self-defence,” citing Article 51 of the UN Charter to argue Iran’s legal right to defend itself against “acts of aggression” by the US or Israel.
Meanwhile, Press TV reported that the Handala hacking group, a pro-Palestinian hacktivist collective that targets Israeli organisations, claimed it breached the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and said classified documents, top-secret correspondence, confidential recordings, and secret bulletins would be released soon.
Iran’s state media also reported that Iranians will bid farewell to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a ceremony later tonight at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini prayer ground. The ceremony will last three days; the funeral procession will be announced when finalised. (ANI)
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