Washington doesnt need another invasion. Iraq is quietly being transformed into the ideal platform for pressuring Tehran Iraq may gradually be turned into a platform for the US to exert pressure on Iran.
At least 24 killed in Iran since latest US strikes began At least 24 people have been reported killed in Iran since the latest round of US strikes began, including four so far today. US missiles hit three locations in the city of Abadan, in the western province of Khuzestan, killing two people and wounding three, Mehr news agency reported. One person was killed in a US attack on a military base in the city of Nain, according to the deputy governor of Isfahan province.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of striking an airport in the Yemeni capital, Sana. The escalation came after a dispute over an Iranian plane that carried Houthi officials to Tehran.
Iranian official says Tehran will keep fighting for Hormuz Mohammed Mokhber, a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, says Tehran will continue to fight for the Strait of Hormuz after Trump pledged to take full control of the crucial trade route. "We defend it so that in the future, for the passage of our ships, we are not forced to pay tribute to the enemy," he wrote on X. "Retreating from this vital matter has no place in the mind of any friend of Iran," he added.
Washington, DC [US], July 13 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a scathing warning against Iran, claiming to take over the critical chokehold, the Strait of Hormuz, while condemning Tehran for dishonouring the ceasefire agreement amid the ongoing unrest. In a telephonic interview with Fox News, Trump asserted that Iran broke a 'done deal', agreed just the night before.
Manama [Bahrain], July 13 (ANI/WAM): The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) announced Monday that its air defence systems had successfully intercepted and destroyed several Iranian aerial attacks, saying Iran continues its systematic hostile approach through missile and drone attacks targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Tehran repairs homes damaged in US-Israeli attacks Reconstruction is under way on tens of thousands of homes damaged by US-Israeli attacks on Iran's capital. More than 95 percent of the nearly 50,000 units with minor or moderate damage have received repairs, Tehran's Disaster Prevention and Management Organisation told ISNA news agency. Progress has also been made on roughly two-thirds of the 2,135 units that require demolition, ISNA reported.
Tehran [Iran], July 13 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday (local time) condemned US strikes against Tehran and accused Washington of disrupting global commercial shipping by interfering with security arrangements in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
Israeli attack critically wounds several Palestinians near Gaza City Israeli forces bombed a group of Palestinians near Gaza City, critically wounding several people, according to Wafa news agency. Medical sources told Wafa the attack took place in the al-Twam area, northwest of Gaza City. One man was also seriously wounded after being shot by Israeli forces in the central Gaza Strip, the agency reported.
Yemen government says it attacked Sanaa airport to block Iranian aircraft Yemen's internationally recognised government says its forces carried out an attack on Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing. In a statement, Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, said he had directed "that the scope of the confrontation not be expanded in order to prevent Iran from dragging Yemen into wars that serve its interests". "In the future, we will not allow any aircraft to violate Yemeni airspace, whether it be Sanaa airport or any other airport," he added.
Israeli shell lands in southern Lebanon village Lebanon's National News Agency says an Israeli shell landed in Kfar Shouba, a village in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh governorate. The report came after intermittent artillery fire on Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Tebnit, in the same governorate. Israel has continued attacks on Lebanon despite a "ceasefire" and ahead of Lebanon-Israel talks slated for Tuesday in Rome.
Israeli teen threatened with suspension over call to refuse military service Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Mon, 07/13/2026 - 14:34 The teenager distributed flyers urging students not to enlist in the military over Gaza genocide Police stand between Israeli settlers and left-wing activists during scuffles in Jerusalem’s Old City during the Jerusalem Day march, 14 May 2026 (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP) Off An Israeli high-school student is facing possible disciplinary action after distributing flyers urging classmates to refuse military service over Israel's genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, according to a report published by Haaretz. The student, an 11th-grader at Ohel Shem High School in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, was summoned to a disciplinary meeting and told she could face suspension beginning next school year, the newspaper reported. According to the report, the student and two other teenagers who are not enrolled in the school distributed leaflets entitled "We Hereby Refuse" outside the campus.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The spokesman for the IRGC denounced the US for endangering global energy security through its intervention in the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that Iran will continue to exercise its sovereignty over the strategic waterway with full strength.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Strait of Hormuz has been completely closed, including the so-called US-Omani corridor, Tasnim has found.
Yemen's Houthis say Sanaa airport bombed Submitted by MEE and agencies on Mon, 07/13/2026 - 14:09 The group blamed Saudi Arabia, saying Riyadh will face consequences for violating the 2022 ceasefire Smoke rises after an air strike struck Sanaa International Airport in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, 13 July 2026 (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters) Off Yemen's Houthi movement declared the end of the country's de-escalation phase on Sunday and vowed retaliation, alleging that Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes on Sanaa International Airport. Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Yemeni armed forces aligned with the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, said the attack marked the conclusion of efforts to maintain calm between the two sides. "The targeting of Sanaa Airport ends the de-escalation phase," Saree said, adding that the strike "will not pass without retribution.
Yemen closes all airports until further notice after Sanaa attack Yemen’s civil aviation authority has ordered the closure of all its airports to air traffic until further notice after the Aden-based government said its forces carried out a strike on Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing there. The leader of Yemen’s Aden-based governing council, Rashad al-Alimi, which is backed by Saudi Arabia, also said on Monday that he would not expand his confrontation with the Houthis as “that would achieve Iran’s objective of dragging Yemen and its people into wars”.
Jerusalem Governorate condemns Israeli plan to establish largest settlement in East Jerusalem The Jerusalem Governorate said on Monday that the approval of a plan to establish the largest Israeli settlement inside a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem would be a major escalation and blatant violation of international law. The plan seeks to establish around 450 units in the Umm Lison neighbourhood, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, to accommodate nearly 2,000 settlers within an existing Palestinian neighbourhood. The Governorate said the project forms part of a broader colonial system targeting the dismantling of Palestinian geography in southern occupied Jerusalem which aims to restrict Palestinian urban expansion and surround neighbourhoods with connected settlement blocs.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters warned that the Armed Forces will confront any US attempt to disrupt maritime traffic or interfere in the management of the Strait of Hormuz, holding Washington responsible for escalating regional tensions.
Some Iranians are calling for revenge against President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for the February killing the country’s supreme leader.
Trump threatens to hit Iran ‘very hard’ US President Donald Trump accused Iran on Monday of violating the interim agreement between the countries and vowed to retaliate, calling them “a bad group of people”. “It was a done deal and then they broke it. They always break it.
