Iran: Mullah regime places military on excessive alert | EUROtoday

Following US President Donald Trump’s threats of assault, Iran has put its armed forces on excessive alert. Army chief Amir Hatami additionally warned the United States on Saturday towards a “mistake that would endanger its own security.”

Amid heightened tensions, a number of explosions have occurred within the nation. One occurred within the port metropolis of Bandar Abbas on Iran’s Gulf coast. One particular person was killed and 14 folks have been injured, the Iranian information company Tasnim reported. The trigger was initially unclear – the Revolutionary Guards instantly acknowledged that none of their buildings had been attacked. Further explosions are stated to have occurred close to Tehran and within the metropolis of Ahwas.

Meanwhile, Iran’s military chief Hatami introduced that the armed forces had been put “in full defense and combat readiness,” based on the state information company Irna. “If the enemy makes a mistake, it will undoubtedly endanger its own security, the security of the region and the security of the Zionist regime,” he additionally warned. Tehran makes use of the time period “Zionist regime” for Israel – each international locations are deeply hostile and struggle for affect within the area.

Trump had beforehand threatened once more with US army assaults towards the nation if Tehran refused to signal a brand new nuclear settlement. The US President additionally referred on Friday to US warships that he had despatched in the direction of Iran: “We have a large armada, fleet, call it what you will, that is currently heading towards Iran, even larger than what we had in Venezuela,” he stated.

Trump declined to reply the query of whether or not he was planning a army operation much like that in Venezuela if no settlement was reached with Iran. At the start of January, US particular forces captured the left-wing nationalist Venezuelan head of state Nicolás Maduro in Caracas and introduced him to New York, the place he’s to be tried.

At the identical time, Trump was satisfied that Tehran would in the end conform to an settlement on the nation’s controversial nuclear program. “I can say one thing, they want to make a deal,” Trump informed reporters on the White House. Asked whether or not he had set a deadline for Iran to succeed in an settlement on its nuclear program, its missile program or different points, Trump replied: “Yes, I have.” Trump didn’t say when this deadline would expire. Only Iran is aware of this.

Tehran had just lately agreed to renew talks about its nuclear program. Corresponding negotiations should happen “fairly and on an equal footing” and mustn’t embrace any debates about his nation’s missile shares or protection capacities, demanded Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi throughout a go to to Istanbul. According to him, there are at present no concrete plans for a gathering with US representatives to renew nuclear talks with Iran.

Saturday’s explosion in Bandar Abbas occurred in a multi-story constructing, based on state tv. Great destruction was brought on. An investigation into the reason for the explosion has been initiated, stated the catastrophe administration head of the southern Iranian province of Hormosgan, Mehrdad Hassansadeh.