Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that his administration was increasing its contact with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
Jordan and Bahrain said on Tuesday that their air defenses intercepted a series of Iranian aerial attacks.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that its air force targeted a complex housing US troops in Jordan’s Rukban area, claiming several soldiers were killed.
Israeli intelligence assessed that Iran moved thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges into tunnels deep inside Pickaxe Mountain last fall, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Israeli and US officials.
Qatar condemned on Tuesday remarks by the Houthi military spokesman accusing Saudi Arabia of blockading Yemen and restricting maritime navigation.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that its air force attacked what it described as Amazon’s central data infrastructure in Bahrain with several cruise missiles, claiming the facility had been destroyed.
Iran would attack US forces if they entered any Iranian island, even if doing so required striking its own territory, the country’s army spokesman said on Tuesday.
US attacks severed communications between mainland Iran and the islands of Khark and Qeshm several times, Communications Minister Sattar Hashemi said on Tuesday.
The US State Department has urged American citizens worldwide to "exercise increased caution" as the conflict with Iran continues, warning that the security environment remains volatile and could escalate unexpectedly.
Iran's state broadcaster IRIB said on Tuesday that the country's armed forces launched missile and drone attacks on 11 US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan over the past 24 hours.
The report said four bases in Bahrain, five in Kuwait and two in Jordan were targeted. Earlier, the defense authorities and armed forces of Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan said their air defenses had intercepted Iranian missiles and drones.
Iran could achieve its nuclear objectives even if it were bombed 1,000 times, Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Tuesday.
“Even if they bomb us a thousand times, we can achieve our objectives. We have fulfilled what we promised, and we will certainly fulfill our promises more forcefully,” he said, calling the country’s nuclear program a legacy of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that his administration was increasing its contact with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
“Our contact with our dear Leader is increasing day by day so that we can solve our problems with his guidance,” Pezeshkian said.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis warned shipping companies on Monday against loading or discharging cargo at Saudi ports, saying vessels that do so could be targeted anywhere within the group’s operational reach, according to an email seen by Reuters.
The email was sent to multiple companies by the Houthis’ Sanaa-based Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center.
“Any such activity would expose the violating vessels to sanctions. Furthermore, they may be subject to targeting in any location within the operational reach of the Yemeni Armed Forces,” it said.
Iran’s attacks hit several power generation and water desalination plants in Kuwait on Monday evening for a fourth consecutive day, the Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Ministry said on Tuesday.
The attacks caused fires at several facilities, which emergency teams extinguished in coordination with firefighters and security authorities.
The ministry said some generating units were taken out of service as a precaution to protect equipment and electricity and water systems.
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni will meet Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, during his visit to Islamabad on Tuesday, Iran’s state media reported.
Qatar said Iran must compensate it for all damage resulting from attacks on its territory, holding Tehran fully responsible in letters to the United Nations and Security Council.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran bears full legal responsibility for these attacks and the resulting damage and consequences, making it obligated to compensate Qatar for all damage it incurs as a result of these acts,” read the letters.
The letters cited an attack on the Qatari tanker Al-Rukayyat near the Strait of Hormuz on July 7 and missile attacks on Qatar on July 12 and 17.
Qatar said three people, including a child, were injured by falling debris following interception operations on July 12.
It also reserved the right to respond under Article 51 of the UN Charter and take necessary measures to protect its sovereignty, security and population.
A location in the highlands near Khorramabad in western Iran was attacked around midday Tuesday, Iran’s state broadcaster reported.
Iran's leading economists warned Monday that renewed conflict with the United States risks pushing the country's long-festering economic problems into a more dangerous phase, arguing that inflation is becoming increasingly difficult to contain.
The unusually candid warnings came at a two-day economic conference in Tehran that brought together senior economists, policymakers and business leaders after being postponed three times because of regional instability and wartime conditions.
Speakers said the latest escalation with Washington had transformed discussions from long-term reform into managing an economy under renewed military pressure.
Former presidential adviser Masoud Nili delivered one of the starkest assessments, warning that Iran's economy was moving from a chronic but manageable malaise into an active crisis.
Years of structural mismanagement, he said, were now visibly breaking open, while inflation had entered a "more slippery phase" in which subsidies and social safety nets were no longer sufficient to protect household welfare.
Criticism of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's recent interview has spread across Iranian conservative media, with critics arguing he disclosed sensitive information about wartime security and internal decision-making following its publication this week.
The backlash followed Araghchi's appearance on the YouTube program Majaray-e Jang (Story of War), in which he discussed the wars with the United States and Israel, internal security planning, succession preparations and negotiations with Washington. He also said security gaps that enabled attacks on senior officials and leadership sites "probably still have not been fully resolved."
"If you wanted publicity or to repair your image, you made it worse," Mostafa Khoshcheshm, a political analyst appearing on Iranian state television, said in response to the interview.