Iran vows to retaliate with 'crushing, broader and more destructive actions' against the US and Israel following threats from Donald Trump to intensify attacks. The conflict, sparked by US-Israeli strikes, has spread throughout the Middle East, with missile strikes on Tel Aviv and attacks targeting Iranian infrastructure.
Iran told the US and Israel to expect"more crushing, broader and more destructive actions" following Trump's threats to intensify attacks on the Islamic Republic. A boy raises his fist while standing on a giant Iran ian flag during the funeral of Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Iran ian Revolutionary Guards' navy alongside others killed in US- Israel i strikes on Iran at Enghelab Square in Tehran on Apr 1, 2026.
Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results.TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday threatened"crushing" attacks on the United States and Israel, firing missiles at Tel Aviv after US President Donald Trump vowed to The war, which was started more than a month ago by US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has spread throughout the Middle East and roiled the global economy. In a White House address, Trump warned US attacks would intensify if Iran did not reach a negotiated settlement. "Over the next two to three weeks, we are going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong," he said. Iran's response was immediate, with Israeli air defences pressed into action. Four people were reportedly lightly injured in the Tel Aviv area. AFP journalists in Jerusalem heard fresh blasts on Thursday evening after the Israeli military warned of Iranian missiles. Later, it said another missile had been launched, from Yemen.Iranian state TV said that US-Israeli strikes hit a bridge in Karaj, west of Tehran, twice on Thursday, with the first strike leaving two civilian casualties and the second coming as emergency teams were deployed. Trump took to social media to boast about sending the bridge"tumbling down", promising"much more to follow!" The country's two largest steel plants have meanwhile been forced offline by several waves of US and Israeli attacks, the companies said. Despite the bombardments, families gathered at Tehran's Melat park, with men smoking water pipes and children running around playgrounds, to mark the 13th day after Nowruz, the Persian New Year, when people traditionally picnic outdoors, AFP journalists said. A resident told AFP there was an increase in checkpoints throughout the city manned by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. "They gather in the streets in order to show people that they are still in power and nothing is gonna change," said the 30-year-old man, who requested his name not be used."This is not my first choice," said a writer who gave his name as Jeffrey, at a meal organised in a Tel Aviv bunker.Iran's Revolutionary Guards all but shut the key waterway when the United States and Israel launched the war, and Trump has made its reopening a condition for a ceasefire. Italy called for a"humanitarian corridor" to be opened through the strait for fertiliser, to head off a food disaster in Africa. Tehran meanwhile said it was drafting a post-war protocol that would supervise the strait's maritime traffic with Oman, though it said it was yet to begin negotiations with Muscat. Trump has said talks to end the war could be possible with Iran's new leadership, which he described as"less radical and much more reasonable" than their predecessors. Tehran has dismissed Washington's ceasefire overtures, describing US demands to end the conflict as"maximalist and irrational". "Messages have been received through intermediaries, including Pakistan, but there is no direct negotiation with the US," said Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, quoted by the ISNA news agency Thursday. Trump warned that if no agreement with Tehran was struck, Washington had"our eyes on key targets including the country's electric generating plants". The country's health ministry said the Pasteur Institute of Iran, a century-old medical centre in Tehran, had been extensively damaged in a strike.A month into war, Lebanon's prime minister says no end in sightEighteen European countries called on Thursday for Israel and Hezbollah to stop fighting as fears mounted over Israeli plans to control part of southern Lebanon post-war. International Organisation for Migration chief Amy Pope told AFP the prospects for prolonged mass displacement in Lebanon were"very alarming". In Iraq, a drone attack targeted the US diplomatic and logistics centre in Baghdad's international airport complex, two Iraqi security sources told AFP.The conflict has drawn in Gulf countries once seen as a safe haven in a volatile region, with air defences in the United Arab Emirates responding to missile and drone attacks on Thursday. The World Bank's Managing Director Paschal Donohoe told AFP the institution was"extremely concerned" about the war's impact on inflation, jobs and food security worldwide. Iraq's oil export revenues in March dropped more than 70 percent from February, an Iraqi official said Thursday.AFP reporters in the capital Thimphu saw long queues at petrol stations on Thursday amid shortages in the landlocked nation of around 800,000 people. We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast, secure and the best it can possibly be.
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