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Iran was hammered with more missiles overnight after the US carried out its ‘biggest’ bombing yet in the course of the Middle East conflict.
The US military marked the seventh day of the Middle East war with more bombing in Iran last night.
Air sirens rang out in Tehran as explosions rocked the densely populated city of greater than nine million people. Intense fire and smoke were also seen rising from Mehrabad International Airport within the early hours of the morning.
Greater than 1,200 people have been killed in Iran alone in the course of the conflict, which has spilt into the neighbouring countries, the Gulf region and Lebanon.
Donald Trump’s administration’s senior official claimed last night’s offensive was America’s ‘biggest bombing campaign’ in Iran.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business: ‘We’ll do probably the most damage to the Iranian missile launchers, the factories that construct the missiles.
‘And we’re substantially degrading them. And, you recognize, our campaign has been overwhelming.’
The US Central Command claimed it has hit over 3,000 targets in the course of the first week of ‘Operation Epic Fury,’ adding that it’s ‘not slowing down.’
Trump’s provocative comments have added fuel to the flames over the conflict, with the US president saying there might be ‘no take care of Iran except unconditional give up.’
Trump also said the MAGA slogan – Make America Great Again – must be become ‘MIGA’, ‘Make Iran Great Again’ in a ranting post on Truth Social yesterday.
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, responded by saying that the unconditional give up is a ‘dream that they need to take to their graves.’
He called for the conflict to be solved through diplomacy, and apologised to Iran’s neighbouring countries ‘that were attacked by Iran.’
‘To any extent further, they shouldn’t attack neighbouring countries or fire missiles at them, unnless we’re attacked by those countries,’ Pezeshkian said in a pre-recorded address.
Across the Persian Gulf, flights were grounded out and in of Dubai airport, one among the busiest travel hubs on the planet.
Emirates, the Kingdom’s flagship carrier, said it has halted all flights in town until further notice.
Evacuation flights have been capable of take off from neighbouring Oman and Saudi Arabia as other countries scramble to ferry off residents.
Around 140,000 British nationals registered themselves with the Foreign Office, and the primary evacuation flight landed at Stansted on Friday night.
The second chartered plane touched down at Gatwick overnight.
Around 300,000 British nationals are estimated to be stuck within the Middle East.
The White House has suggested the war could take as much as six weeks.
Trump has previously hinted that the US could go on for ‘far longer.’
Fears are growing over the impact on the worldwide economy and trade after the Strait of Hormuz has effectively been closed because the start of the conflict.
Only a few ships dare to go through the 24-mile passage after Iran threatened it could strike any US, Israel or European-linked vessels.
The Strait handles around 20% of the world’s oil supply.
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