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On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was scheduled to receive a briefing from his officials outlining potential courses of action regarding Iran. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, these options included military strikes, deploying classified cyber weaponry, intensifying sanctions, and providing digital support to anti-government factions within Iran.
Issuing a stern warning, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a former commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, stated, “Let us be clear: in the case of an attack on Iran, the occupied territories (Israel) as well as all US bases and ships will be our legitimate target.”
Over the weekend, social media platforms were abuzz with footage from Tehran, showing large, lively crowds marching down a street at night, applauding and chanting. A voice in the video remarked that the crowd seemed “endless,” with neither a beginning nor an end.
Iranian state television broadcasted scenes depicting dozens of body bags positioned at the Tehran coroner’s office. The network attributed the fatalities to assaults by “armed terrorists.” Additionally, footage revealed grieving families gathered outside the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Centre in Tehran, waiting anxiously to identify their deceased loved ones.
The backdrop to these tensions includes a recent history of conflict. Last June, Israel and Iran were embroiled in a 12-day war, during which the United States briefly intervened, targeting key Iranian nuclear facilities. In retaliation, Iran launched missile attacks against Israel and an American military base located in Qatar.
Israel and Iran fought a 12-day war in June last year, which the United States briefly joined by attacking key nuclear installations. Iran retaliated by firing missiles at Israel and an American air base in Qatar.
