President warned the U.S. will if it doesn鈥檛 fully open the within 48 hours, prompting Tehran to say it would respond to any such strike with attacks on U.S. and Israeli energy and infrastructure assets.
Iranian missiles, meanwhile, struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel鈥檚 main nuclear research center.
The developments signaled was moving in a dangerous new direction at the start of its fourth week. Trump 鈥� who is facing increasing pressure at home to secure the strait as 鈥� issued the ultimatum in a social media post while he spent the weekend at his Florida home.
The death toll from the war has risen to more than 1,500 people in Iran, more than 1,000 people in Lebanon, 15 in Israel and 13 U.S. military members, as well as a number of civilians on land and sea in the Gulf region. Millions of people in Lebanon and Iran have been displaced.
Here is the latest:
US Central Command鈥檚 Cooper says Iran 鈥榦perating in a sign of desperation鈥�
The head of the U.S. military鈥檚 Central Command says Iran is 鈥渙perating in a sign of desperation鈥� by targeting civilian sites in the war.
In an interview with the Farsi-language satellite network Iran International aired early Monday, U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper said: 鈥淭hey鈥檙e operating in a sign of desperation. … In the last couple of weeks, they鈥檝e attacked civilian targets very deliberately, more than 300 times,鈥� Cooper said.
Cooper also noted the slowdown in Iranian incoming fire across the Mideast as the war has entered its fourth week.
鈥淎t the beginning of the conflict, you saw large volumes in the dozens of drones and missiles,鈥� Cooper said.
鈥淵ou no longer see that. It鈥檚 all one or two at a time.鈥�
US Central Command leader says campaign is 鈥榓head or on plan鈥�
The top commander of the U.S. military鈥檚 Central Command said the U.S. campaign against Iran is 鈥渁head or on plan.鈥�
U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper gave his first one-on-one interview of the war to the Farsi-language satellite network Iran International, which aired it early Monday.
Cooper said Iran鈥檚 continued attacks on Gulf Arab states and the wider Mideast put civilians at risk.
He added that the U.S. and Israel were targeting missile and drone manufacturing sites as well.
鈥淲e鈥檙e also going after the manufacturing,鈥� he said. 鈥淪o it鈥檚 not just about the threat today. We鈥檙e eliminating the threat of the future, both in terms of the drones, the missiles, as well as the navy.鈥�
Cooper also said it isn鈥檛 time for the Iranian public to come to the streets, although both Israel and the U.S. have said they hope the Iranian public would topple the country鈥檚 theocracy as a result of the strikes.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e launching missiles and drones from populated areas and you need to stay inside for right now,鈥� Cooper said. 鈥淭here will be a clear signal at some point, as the president has indicated, for you to be able to come out.鈥�
US Central Command leader says Iran leaders 鈥榠n deep bunkers鈥�
The top commander of the U.S. military鈥檚 Central Command said top leaders of Iran鈥檚 military are 鈥渋n deep bunkers鈥� while their frontline troops remain exposed to incoming American and Israeli airstrikes.
U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper gave an interview to the Farsi-language satellite network Iran International, which the network aired early Monday.
Iran International has been a preoccupation of Iran鈥檚 theocracy, with authorities repeatedly saying they鈥檝e arrested people who allegedly gave footage to the network.
鈥淚鈥檇 like everyone to note is I鈥檝e watched this over the last week, this extraordinary contrast between the comfort and protection that you鈥檙e seeing with the senior generals in the Islamic Republic, at least those that are still alive, who are up in deep bunkers and facilities in and around Tehran,鈥� Cooper said.
鈥淎nd contrast that with the soldiers who are down on the ground who are unprotected. The generals are protected. The soldiers are not protected.鈥�
Iranian state-owned newspaper publishes 鈥楲ord of Hormuz鈥� front page
The state-owned, English-language newspaper Tehran Times published a front page Monday with a Revolutionary Guard hat covering the Strait of Hormuz, with the headline: 鈥淭he Lord of Hormuz.鈥�
Israeli begins 鈥榳ide-scale wave of strikes鈥� on Iran
The Israeli military said it had 鈥渂egun a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting Iranian terror regime infrastructure.鈥�
It did not immediately elaborate.
Iranian media reported new airstrikes targeting Tehran early Monday morning, without identifying the sites being hit.
One person hurt after missile interception in UAE
An Indian national living in the United Arab Emirates was hurt by falling shrapnel after the interception of a ballistic missile over an industrial area near Al Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi, authorities said Monday.
The interception happened over the Al Shawamekh area of Abu Dhabi, authorities said.
Also early Monday, both Bahrain and Kuwait sounded missile alerts over incoming Iranian fire, though it wasn鈥檛 clear if there was any immediate damage from the barrages.
In Saudi Arabia, the Defense Ministry said it destroyed drones in the kingdom鈥檚 oil-rich Eastern Province.
Gulf air defenses intercept missiles and drones, sirens in Bahrain
Kuwait said early Monday that its air defenses are intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks, while the UAE said its air defenses are dealing with missile and drone strikes coming from Iran.
Air raid sirens have sounded in Bahrain.
Saudi Crown Prince receives call from Macron
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron, during which Macron expressed his country鈥檚 solidarity with Saudi Arabia, condemning what he described as repeated Iranian attacks targeting the kingdom, according to a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry posted early Monday.
Macron reaffirmed Paris鈥檚 support for measures taken by Riyadh to 鈥渟afeguard its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.鈥�
US crude oil price volatile as Iran war continues
The price of U.S. crude oil remained volatile Sunday as the Iran war continued to hinder shipping and production in the Middle East.
West Texas Intermediate, the light, sweet crude oil produced in the United States, spiked briefly when trading resumed Sunday evening on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange but then dropped to $97.86, of $98.32.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was trading at just over $111 on Sunday. It was $112.19 on Friday and reached as high as $119.50 earlier last week.
The price for both WTI and Brent have soared since the start of the war, when Brent was roughly $70 per barrel.
Market analysts were watching closely over the weekend after Iran said the , crucial to oil exports, would be 鈥渃ompletely closed鈥� immediately if the U.S. follows up on to attack its power plants.
Iran launches missiles toward Israel, occupied West Bank
Israel鈥檚 military says it has detected missiles launched from Iran toward central Israel and parts of the occupied West Bank.
Loud booms were heard in Tel Aviv, where a cluster bomblets hit several places earlier Sunday.
French president warns of 鈥榬isk of uncontrollable escalation鈥�
President Emmanuel Macron in an X post says he has spoken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Macron called on all combatants in the war to impose a moratorium on energy and other civilian infrastructure, and urged Iran to let traffic flow freely through the Strait of Hormuz.
Israeli military says 2 separate air defense failures let missiles get through
Military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said interceptors were launched in both cases Saturday but failed to stop the incoming fire. He added that more than 90% of launches are typically intercepted.
The two Iranian missiles injured more than 150 people in southern Israel on Saturday, hospital officials say.
The military is also investigating whether its own artillery fire accidentally killed an Israeli farmer in the country鈥檚 north in Kibbutz Misgav Am on Sunday morning, Defrin said.
He added that the military expects several more weeks of fighting.
Iran鈥檚 top diplomat blames the US for closure of Strait of Hormuz and rejects threats
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that maritime traffic isn鈥檛 passing through the Strait of Hormuz because insurance companies are concerned about the U.S.-initiated war, not because of Iran鈥檚 actions.
鈥淔reedom of Navigation cannot exist without Freedom of Trade. Respect both鈥攐r expect neither,鈥� Araghchi wrote on X. He added that further threats will not sway Iranians nor insurers.
Iran insists 鈥榮afe passage鈥� in Strait of Hormuz is possible for non-enemies
A Foreign Ministry statement says 鈥渧essels, equipment and any capacities鈥� belonging to the United States and Israel, 鈥渁s well as other participants in the aggression,鈥� do not qualify.
It also says any security arrangements in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman must be coordinated with Iran鈥檚 鈥渃ompetent authorities,鈥� while taking into account 鈥渞ealities鈥� around armed conflict.
Iran鈥檚 parliament speaker threatens financial entities
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on X says that 鈥渆ntities that finance the US military budget are legitimate targets.鈥� He specifically mentions Treasury bonds.
He adds that 鈥渨e monitor your portfolios. This is your final notice.鈥� It is not the first time Iran has threatened financial entities like banks in the war.
Iran criticizes Trump鈥檚 鈥榩ublic threat鈥� in another letter to the United Nations
Iran鈥檚 state-run IRNA news agency says Iran鈥檚 U.N. ambassador wrote to both the council and U.N. chief Antonio Guterres. The letter calls attacks on power plants 鈥渋nherently indiscriminate and clearly disproportionate.鈥�
Trump late Saturday threatened to attack such plants if Iran doesn鈥檛 open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours.
Iran urges the UN Security Council to act
A letter from Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asks the council to 鈥渃ompel the aggressors to immediately cease all unlawful attacks鈥� and make them pay reparations for damage to Iran鈥檚 nuclear and other sites. Iran鈥檚 main enrichment site, Natanz, was struck again Saturday.
The U.N.鈥檚 most powerful body has voted to condemn Iran鈥檚 retaliatory strikes on Gulf neighbors but the resolution the strikes from Israel and the U.S. that launched the war.
The letter also urges the council to make Israel place its own nuclear facilities under 鈥渧erification and monitoring鈥� of the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Israel is nuclear weapons, though it doesn鈥檛 confirm or deny their existence.
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 4 Palestinians
An Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip hit a vehicle in the central Nuseirat refugee camp and killed three police officers, according to officials with Awda Hospital.
Eight others were wounded, the officials said, and another Palestinian was killed in Gaza City, according to Shifa hospital.
The deaths were the latest fatalities among Palestinians in the coastal enclave since an October ceasefire deal attempted to halt a more than 2-year war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Israeli forces have carried out near-daily airstrikes and frequently fire on Palestinians near military-held zones, killing more than 670 people in Gaza during the ceasefire, according to Gaza health officials.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on Sunday鈥檚 strikes, but has previously said it will respond to violations of the ceasefire that threaten its soldiers.
US reminds travelers to 鈥榚xercise increased caution鈥�
The State Department issued its latest warning Sunday, noting that airspace closures during the Iran war can disrupt travel and American diplomatic facilities abroad have been targeted inside and outside the Middle East.
鈥淕roups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or locations associated with the United States and/or Americans throughout the world,鈥� the government warned.
Israel detects more Iranian missiles fired toward nuclear center
Alarms sounded in the area around one of Israel鈥檚 major nuclear research centers on Sunday evening, a day after two Iranian missiles wounded more than 150 people in the cities of Arad and Dimona.
Israel鈥檚 rescue services said there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Son of Iran鈥檚 last shah asks US and Israel to spare civilian infrastructure
Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi called on the U.S. and Israel to 鈥渃ontinue targeting the regime and its apparatus of repression, while sparing the civilian infrastructure Iranians will need to rebuild our country.鈥�
鈥淚ran鈥檚 civilian infrastructure belongs to the Iranian people and to the future of a free Iran,鈥� he wrote on X.
Trump has threatened to 鈥渙bliterate鈥� Iran鈥檚 power plants if the country does not open the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on X that 鈥渄elirious threats on the battlefield鈥� are having the opposite impact by strengthening Iran鈥檚 unity and illustrating Trump鈥檚 desperation.
Israeli hospital treated more than 150 people after Iranian strikes
Dr. Roy Kessous, deputy director of the Soroka Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, says the hospital treated shrapnel wounds, severe physical trauma and a few cases of acute anxiety.
He says the hospital is trained for such events, but the scale, including entire families wounded together and in some cases left homeless, added to the pressure. Still, he said the hospital remains prepared.
鈥淲e are ready to receive wounded from the area again right now,鈥� he told The Associated Press.
Lebanon鈥檚 president condemns Israeli strikes on bridges as 鈥榰njustified鈥�
President Joseph Aoun鈥檚 statement comes hours after Israel blew up another key highway bridge in southern Lebanon.
Israel says it is striking bridges to hinder Hezbollah鈥檚 movements. The strikes have increasingly cut off large parts of the south as fighting continues.
鈥淭hey are a prelude to a ground invasion,鈥� said Aoun, adding that Lebanon has raised concerns through diplomatic channels. The president has vowed to disarm Hezbollah and offered direct negotiations with Israel to end the ongoing war.
War between Israel and Hezbollah has killed 1,029 people in Lebanon
Lebanon鈥檚 Health Ministry said Sunday that 118 children and 79 women are among those killed, and at least 2,786 others have been wounded.
The country鈥檚 death toll as of Saturday was 1,024 people.
German leader speaks with Trump about the Mideast and Ukraine
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he discussed the situations in Iran, Israel and Ukraine with Trump on Sunday.
鈥淲e agreed to remain in close contact,鈥� Merz wrote on his X account. 鈥淥ur exchange will be continued soon.鈥�
鈥楻ussian roulette鈥� living near the border, said an Israeli farmer killed in an attack
Israeli authorities identified the man killed in Misgav Am as Ofer 鈥淧oshko鈥� Moskovitz, a farmer who said in a recent interview that living near the border was like 鈥淩ussian roulette.鈥�
Trump is using 鈥榯he only language the Iranians understand,鈥� US Treasury chief says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump is using 鈥渢he only language the Iranians understand鈥� by threatening to destroy the country鈥檚 power plants unless Tehran fully opens the Strait of Hormuz.
The combative rhetoric offers a glimpse into how the Trump administration is framing and defending the war effort.
Bessent told NBC鈥檚 鈥淢eet the Press鈥� that Trump 鈥渨ill take whatever steps it takes鈥� to achieve his goals in the war with Iran.
The secretary was asked about the comment last week that Trump was considering 鈥渨inding down鈥� military operations and whether the president is now escalating the conflict.
鈥淭hey are not mutually exclusive,鈥� Bessent said. 鈥淪ometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate.鈥�
US ambassador to the UN suggests Iran鈥檚 power plants are valid military targets
On Fox 太子探花 on Sunday, Mike Waltz defended Trump鈥檚 threat to attack power plants if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz.
Waltz said Iran鈥檚 Revolutionary Guard controls much of the country鈥檚 infrastructure and uses it to power its war effort. He said Trump would start by destroying 鈥渙ne of Iran鈥檚 largest power plants鈥� without identifying it.
鈥淭here are gas-fired thermal power plants and other type of plants,鈥� Waltz said, adding that 鈥渢he president is not messing around.鈥�
Under international law, power plants that benefit civilians can be targeted only if the military advantage outweighs the suffering it causes to civilians, legal scholars say.
WHO chief says war at a 鈥榩erilous stage鈥� with attacks near nuclear facilities
The United Nations鈥� top health official says the war has reached a 鈥減erilous stage鈥� following strikes on Iran鈥檚 Natanz nuclear facility and in the city of Dimona not far from an Israeli nuclear research center.
鈥淎ttacks targeting nuclear sites create an escalating threat to public health and environmental safety,鈥� said World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
He called on warring parties to 鈥渆xercise maximum military restraint and avoid any actions that could trigger nuclear incidents.鈥�
NATO chief downplays Trump鈥檚 rift with alliance
Mark Rutte, NATO鈥檚 secretary-general, acknowledged that Trump has been angry at other countries over his push to get allies more involved in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
But Rutte stressed during an interview with Fox 太子探花 Sunday that more than 20 countries now are 鈥渃oming together to implement his vision鈥� to ensure the shipping channel can function.
Rutte, who said he spoke with Trump several times this week, said it was 鈥渃rucial鈥� that the U.S. was taking military action in Iran since its nuclear and ballistic missile programs posed an 鈥渆xistential鈥� threat to the world.
Israel destroys a bridge on the southern Lebanese coastal highway over the strategic Litani River
The Israeli military has been destroying bridges over the river, which link large swaths of southern Lebanon to the rest of the country.
Israel says Hezbollah militants have been using these routes to move into southern Lebanon, where fighting has intensified in recent days as Israel keeps up its ground operations and airstrikes.
Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued a warning an hour before the Qasmiyeh bridge near the coastal city of Tyre was struck.
The Israeli army also said Sunday it was launching new strikes in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.
Turkey鈥檚 top diplomat meets with Iranian, European and US officials
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held meetings with the foreign ministers of Iran and Egypt, as well as the European Union鈥檚 foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and unspecified U.S. officials, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported Sunday.
The topic of discussion was steps which can be taken to end the war.
Qatar is not engaged in mediation efforts aimed at ending the war, diplomat says
The small Gulf country has a long history of mediating disputes and has good ties with the United States.
It also maintained businesslike relations with Iran before the war, positioning it to serve as a potential mediator. But those ties have deteriorated following Iranian strikes on natural gas facilities and other Qatari targets.
The diplomat says Qatar is 鈥渃urrently focused on defending our country鈥� and addressing the gas crisis.
鈥淲e are not currently engaged in any mediation efforts,鈥� the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
鈥� By Josef Federman in Jerusalem
Iranian Health Ministry says patients evacuated from a 鈥榟eavily damaged鈥� hospital
Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour says the evacuations from the Imam Ali Hospital in the southwestern city of Andimeshk came after an airstrike a day earlier.
鈥淪uffering patients in the city of Andimeshk were forced to leave the only hospital in the city,鈥� Kermanpour wrote on X.
He posted images showing a hospital ward with a partially collapsed ceiling, a corridor with broken glass, and debris scattered across the floor.
Kermanpour said the patients have been evacuated to another city.
International law bars targeting purely civilian targets like power plants, expert says
Rachel VanLandingham, a professor at Southwestern Law School, says plants that are confirmed to be dual-use 鈥� meaning they also benefit the military 鈥� can be targeted only if the strategic advantage outweighs the harm it causes to civilians.
Causing excessive suffering to civilians makes it a war crime under international law, said VanLandingham, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force who served chief legal adviser for international law at U.S. Central Command.
Trump said on Saturday that he would give Iran 48 hours to open the vital or face a new round of attacks. He said the U.S. would destroy 鈥渧arious POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!鈥�
VanLandingham said: 鈥淚t could be lawful, but the way he said it sounds awful because he doesn鈥檛 provide any kind of nuance.鈥�
Netanyahu doesn鈥檛 say whether Israel will strike Iran鈥檚 energy grid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was noncommittal when asked about Trump鈥檚 threats to strike Iran鈥檚 power plants if the Strait of Hormuz isn鈥檛 opened, and whether Israel would join.
鈥淚 think President Trump knows exactly what he鈥檚 doing. And whatever we do we do together and as far as possible in confidence,鈥� Netanyahu Israeli prime minister said Sunday.
Trump鈥檚 warning to Iran points to importance of Strait of Hormuz
A warning from U.S. President Donald Trump that the United States will 鈥渙bliterate鈥� Iran鈥檚 power plants if Tehran fails to fully open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours underscores how the small strip of water is a vital artery of the world economy.
On a typical day, ships carrying about a fifth of the world鈥檚 oil sail out of the Persian Gulf through the narrow passageway between Iran and Oman toward the Indian Ocean.
The means it鈥檚 effectively closed, hemming in more than 90% of that crude and refined products, according to the International Energy Agency.
Israeli leader calls on international community to join the war against Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said missile attacks on Israeli cities, near Jerusalem鈥檚 holy sites, and toward a U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean, along with the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, are all evidence that Iran is a threat to the world.
鈥淚srael and the United States are working together for the entire world,鈥� Netanyahu said in the southern town of Arad, which was hit by an Iranian missile, wounding dozens of people.
鈥淚t鈥檚 time to see the leaders of the rest of the countries join us,鈥� he told to foreign journalists.
Netanyahu claimed that some are 鈥渂eginning to move in that direction鈥� but more are needed.
Qatar confirms death of 7th person in helicopter that crashed off its coast
Qatar鈥檚 Interior Ministry says rescuers found the body of a seventh person who initially had been missing.
The Defense Ministry said four Qatari forces and three Turkish nationals 鈥� including a military officer and two civilians 鈥� were on board the helicopter that crashed Saturday in Qatari territorial waters.
All seven people on board have now been accounted for.
German defense chief demands Iran immediately stop de-facto closure of Strait of Hormuz
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says joint efforts to secure trade routes through the Strait of Hormuz can come only after a ceasefire is achieved.
Pistorius urged Iran to ensure freedom and safe passage in the strait.
He made the comments Sunday during a trip to Japan for talks with his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi.
Netanyahu tours site of Iranian missile strike in southern Israel
Dozens of people were wounded and several buildings were heavily damaged in the strike in the southern town of Arad.
Netanyahu says it was a 鈥渕iracle鈥� that no one was killed by the blast. He said that if all residents had rushed to shelters, no one would have been hurt.
Netanyahu urged all Israelis to heed warnings and rush into shelters as soon as they hear a siren.
End to war would require 鈥済uarantees鈥� Iran won鈥檛 be attacked again, foreign minister says
Abbas Araghchi called on 鈥渋ndependent nations鈥� to pressure both the U.S. and Israel to stop their war against Iran.
The top Iranian diplomat says any efforts to end the war should include 鈥済uarantees鈥� that the U.S. and Israel won鈥檛 attack the Islamic Republic again, according to the state-run news agency IRNA.
Iran needs guarantees that its 鈥渟overeignty and national security won鈥檛 be violated again,鈥� according to IRNA.
Araghchi鈥檚 comments came in a phone call Saturday with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the news agency said.
Over 170 people treated at hospital in southern Israel after missile strikes
Dr. Roy Kessous, deputy director of the Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beersheba, has said injuries from the two strikes late Saturday included shrapnel wounds as well as trauma.
Kessous says the hospital is trained for such events, but the scale 鈥� including entire families wounded together and in some cases left homeless 鈥� added to the pressure.
He said the hospital already is prepared for a similar emergency, telling The Associated Press: 鈥淲e are ready to receive wounded from the area again right now.鈥�
Israel orders destruction of all bridges over Lebanon鈥檚 Litani River
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz expanded the military鈥檚 list of targets in Lebanon to include all bridges over the country鈥檚 Litani River, a focal point of the renewed Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
Katz on Sunday accused Lebanon鈥檚 Iran-backed militant group of using the crossings over the waterway, about 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) north of Israel鈥檚 border, to move fighters and weapons into southern Lebanon.
Katz also ordered the military to accelerate its destruction of Lebanese homes near Israel鈥檚 northern border 鈥渢o eliminate threats to Israeli communities.鈥�
After Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel earlier this month, the Israeli military launched an offensive that Lebanese authorities say has killed over 1,000 people and displaced over 1 million. Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets and drones into Israel.
UK says missile fell short of Diego Garcia
The British government is downplaying concerns that Iranian missiles could hit Europe, but won鈥檛 say how close they came to striking a U.K.-U.S. military base almost 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran.
The attempt toward the Diego Garcia base overnight Thursday to Friday suggests that Tehran has missiles that can go farther than previously acknowledged 鈥� or that it had used its space program for an improvised launch.
Officials confirmed the attempt on Saturday.
The Israel Defense Forces said it shows that Iran has missiles that could reach European capitals.
British Cabinet minister Steve Reed said one missile was intercepted and the other 鈥渇ell short,鈥� without specifying.
He told the BBC the government has 鈥渘o specific assessment鈥� that Iran is seeking to target Europe, 鈥渓et alone that they could if they tried.鈥�
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