US strikes expand to northern Iran as Tehran fires on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan – Middle East crisis live
Photograph: Social media/ReutersIn other key developments: Trump said he did not like giving deadlines when asked by reporters if Tehran had a deadline before the US started attacking Iranian bridges, as he has threatened. “They know the story … They better behave,” he said. Tehran’s top negotiator said that if Iran did not benefit from its memorandum of understanding with the US, “we have no reason to adhere to such an understanding”.
- ▪Photograph: Social media/ReutersIn other key developments: Trump said he did not like giving deadlines when asked by reporters if Tehran had a deadline before the US started attacking Iranian bridges, as he has threatened.
- ▪“They know the story … They better behave,” he said.
- ▪Tehran’s top negotiator said that if Iran did not benefit from its memorandum of understanding with the US, “we have no reason to adhere to such an understanding”.
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03.13 EDTOpening summary: US strikes expand to northern IranWelcome to our continuing live coverage of the Middle East crisis.The US military says it carried out a fresh wave of strikes against Iranian targets to degrade the country’s ability to threaten ships transiting the strait of Hormuz, while Iran launched retaliatory attacks on US allies in the region.US Central Command (Centcom) said targets included the southern port city of Bandar Abbas – home to key facilities belonging to the Iranian navy and Revolutionary Guards – in the strikes overnight to Thursday morning local time.
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