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Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,
Netanyahu’s office wrote in a series of posts on X as the airstrikes commenced
Since the end of Hassan Rouhani's presidency in 2021, Iran has increasingly relied on threats and the use of its nuclear program as leverage,
Behrooz Bayat, a former adviser to the IAEA, told DW
Alongside pro-Iranian groups in Iraq, the Houthi rebels are one of Iran's last active proxy groups in the region,
said Hamidreza Azizi, an Iran expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).We don't know exactly what the letter says. But the signals from Tehran are contradictory,
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Iran is the only non-nuclear weapon state enriching to this level, causing me serious concern,
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While Khamenei continues to reject direct talks with the US, Tehran apparently wants to keep the door open for indirect negotiations,
she said, pointing to a recent statement by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas AraghchiBased on the talks in Iran that I am following, it seems some decision makers in Tehran want the Houthis to react to any US attack with a firm response and not show weakness, ... In their eyes, Tehran would lose its strategic counterweight against the US in the event of a military defeat of the Houthis. And the next stop could be a direct attack on Iran."
she said, addingThere are two options: military action or a negotiated solution,
Trump said in an interview with US broadcaster Fox Business NetworkIf this strategy is continued, there could be a further escalation. However, such a step would be extremely risky. But it cannot be completely ruled out,
he added(The ... The U.S.) is threatening Iran and hitting Yemen. Now all scenarios are possible. We will do what they will do to us. If they are hitting us from (U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S.) Truman, we will retaliate by hitting Truman,
the Houthi foreign minister said
Now we see that Yemen is at war with the U.S. and that means that we have a right to defend ourselves with all possible means, so escalation is likely."
he said, but addedThere will be no talk of any dialling down of operations before ending the aid blockade in Gaza. Iran is not interfering in our decision but what is happening is that it mediates sometimes but it cannot dictate things,
Amer said, in his first comments on the issue to a foreign news agencyIf any aircraft or base is used against us then we will escalate and we will defend ourselves, but if they (Gulf states) continue to be neutral we will stay away,
he saidThis campaign will be relentless to degrade their capability and to open up shipping lanes in the region and to defend our homeland,
he said
We say to Trump: No matter how much you boast, no matter how powerful you think you are, God's might is greater than yours. We bow to no one, we fear no one, because our path is the right and legitimate path — the path the entire world should follow."
Ansar Allah Leader Abdul-Malek al-Houthi
There is a very clear end-state to this operation, and that begins the moment that the Houthis pledge to stop attacking our ships and putting American lives at risk."
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean ParnellQuite frankly, it's hard to tell because while we're executing precision strikes, they missed by over 100 miles,
he said on MondayYemen will never back down — we defy the Americans, we defy the Zionists, ... We are the men of the Prophet."
said a man shouting slogans to the Sanaa crowd, who chanted back
We have always declared — and we declare again today — that the Yemenis are an independent and free nation in their own land, with an independent national policy,
a top IRGC official, Major General Hossein Salami, said on Sunday
Successive U.S. administrations have failed to stem the flow of Iranian support to the Houthis and the growing Iranian influence over them,
read a 2022 analysis from the center-right American Enterprise Institute (AEI).