Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that “14 million Iranians have registered to sacrifice their lives to defend Iran.”
“I too have been, am, and will remain devoted to giving my life for Iran,” he said in a post on X.
Since the war began on February 28, Israel has carried out multiple assassinations of Iranian leadership, such as that of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
According to Al Jazeera, at least 2,076 people have been killed in Iran and 26,500 wounded.
UNSC to vote on Iran-Hormuz resolution amid Trump ultimatum
The UN Security Council is set to vote on Tuesday for a resolution addressing Iran’s threats to the Strait of Hormuz, diplomatic sources told AFP.
The latest draft, seen by AFP, demands Iran end its attacks on commercial vessels and halt “any attempt to impede transit passage or freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz”.
But objections from several veto-holding permanent members have seen the text watered down, and the latest draft does not expressly authorise force.
Meanwhile, at least three explosions were heard in Tehran as fighter jets flew above the Iranian capital, according to Al Jazeera.
According to Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency, Iran’s Khorramabad airport has been targeted by a US-Israeli airstrike.
Pakistan peace efforts reach critical stage
Pakistan’s “positive and productive” efforts to stop the US-Israeli war with Iran are approaching a “critical, sensitive” stage, Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X on Tuesday.
Three suspects killed in shootout near Israeli consulate in Istanbul
Al Jazeera reported that Turkish media reported that gunfire near the Israeli Consulate in the Besiktas district of Istanbul had occurred.
According to CNN Turk, citing a statement from the Istanbul police department, three suspects were killed after being met with an immediate security response.
According to the report, the exchange of fire left two police officers injured.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that there were no staff present at the consulate at the time of the shooting, and the Governor of Istanbul said there were no diplomatic personnel at the Consulate for the last two and a half years.
The Governor of Istanbul has said that the attackers used rifles and guns to carry out the attack.
Damage reported in central Israel after Iranian attack
According to Al Jazeera, Israeli media reported damage in central Israel after Iran launched several projectiles, some of which were intercepted.
Israeli broadcaster Kan reported several impact sites. A vehicle overturned, but no injuries were reported.
The Times of Israel cited rescue services who said the damage had been caused by cluster submunitions from an Iranian ballistic missile.
The news outlet said Rosh Haayin and Ramat Hasharon were among the areas hit across central Israel.
Hezbollah claimed attacks on Israeli settlements, military forces
The Lebanese armed group said its fighters launched two attacks on Shlomi and Even Menachem in northern Israel with rocket barrages, according to Al Jazeera.
The group also said its fighters targeted two Israeli helicopters with surface-to-air missiles over the southern Lebanese town of Biyyadah, forcing both aircraft to retreat from Lebanese airspace.
Prior to this, Al Jazeera reported the Lebanese group said its fighters launched two attacks targeting the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel with rocket barrages, alongside additional strikes on the Metula and Kfar Yuval settlements.
Hezbollah further said its fighters targeted an Israeli army force east of the Khiam detention centre in southern Lebanon.
Additionally, Al Jazeera reported two separate Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanon have killed five people and injured several, according to the country’s National News Agency (NNA).
Two people were killed when their home in the town of Maarakeh was hit, NNA reports. The attack left many others injured as well.
In a separate air attack on the town of Tayr Debba overnight, three people were killed, and two were injured, according to the report.
Synagogue in Tehran destroyed in US-Israeli attack
According to Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency, a residential building in central Tehran was targeted in one of the latest strikes and a synagogue adjacent to the residential building was also destroyed.
The report said that due to the narrowness of the streets surrounding the building that was targeted, the exterior and interior of the nearby buildings were also “severely damaged”.
There was no immediate report on casualties.
Additionally, Al Jazeera stated that Iranian state media reported that US-Israeli air attacks on residential areas in Alborz province have killed 18 people, including two children.
According to the state-linked Fars news agency, the deputy governor of Alborz province confirmed the deaths, adding that 24 others were wounded.
Israeli military warns Iranians against using trains
The Israeli army issued a statement warning Iranians against using trains for their “safety” until 9pm local time (10:30pm PKT).
“Your presence on trains and in the vicinity of railway lines endangers your life,” the military said on its Persian-language X account.
Seperately, Al Jazeera reported that the King Fahd Causeway Authority has confirmed the full resumption of vehicle movement across the strategic bridge linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain after a brief suspension earlier today.
IEA chief: current fuel crisis worse than 1973, 1979, 2022 together
The current oil and gas crisis triggered by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is “more serious than the ones in 1973, 1979 and 2022 together”, Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told Le Figaro newspaper.
“The world has never experienced a disruption to energy supply of such magnitude,” he said in an interview with the French newspaper released in its Tuesday edition.
He said the European countries, as well Japan, Australia and others will suffer, but the countries most at risk were developing nations which will suffer from higher oil and gas prices, higher food prices and a general acceleration of inflation.
The IEA member countries agreed last month to release part of their strategic reserves. Some of this had already been released and the process continues, said Birol.
In reaction to the strikes by Israel and the US, Iran has almost entirely blocked the traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of world oil and gas regularly flows, creating a surge in energy prices.
