Iran tensions rise as strike threats prompt warnings and diplomatic push
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Tensions between Iran and the United States intensified over the weekend as officials exchanged threats and foreign ministers meeting in Istanbul urged Washington and Israel not to launch fresh attacks.
US President Donald Trump said Washington could strike Iran as soon as Sunday or reach an agreement with Tehran. US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack also said a weekend strike was possible, while stressing that Trump remained open to a deal, according to Reuters as cited by The Indian Express.
Iran’s army said Sunday that its air defences shot down a US “Lucas-type” drone over Bandar Abbas, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that any violation of Iranian territory would provoke a response “beyond the enemy’s imagination.” Separately, senior lawmaker Mohammad-Saleh Jokar called on Iranian authorities to permit the use of nuclear weapons for deterrence if the US attacks and to suspend cooperation under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Foreign ministers from Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France, Germany and Italy met in Istanbul and called for diplomacy. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the participants agreed that another attack would spread conflict across the region. The meeting also addressed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
The US State Department ordered non-emergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, citing the risk that hostilities could escalate rapidly. A department spokesperson denied reports that similar departure orders covered several other regional countries.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Delete the unsupported statement about the absence of US confirmation. - "The United States had not confirmed the claim.": No source states that the United States had not confirmed the reported drone shootdown.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Iran tensions rise as strike threats prompt warnings and diplomatic push
Tensions between Iran and the United States intensified over the weekend as officials exchanged threats and foreign ministers meeting in Istanbul urged Washington and Israel not to launch fresh attacks.
US President Donald Trump said Washington could strike Iran as soon as Sunday or reach an agreement with Tehran. US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack also said a weekend strike was possible, while stressing that Trump remained open to a deal, according to Reuters as cited by The Indian Express.
Iran’s army said Sunday that its air defences shot down a US “Lucas-type” drone over Bandar Abbas, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The United States had not confirmed the claim. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that any violation of Iranian territory would provoke a response “beyond the enemy’s imagination.” Separately, senior lawmaker Mohammad-Saleh Jokar called on Iranian authorities to permit the use of nuclear weapons for deterrence if the US attacks and to suspend cooperation under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Foreign ministers from Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France, Germany and Italy met in Istanbul and called for diplomacy. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the participants agreed that another attack would spread conflict across the region. The meeting also addressed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
The US State Department ordered non-emergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, citing the risk that hostilities could escalate rapidly. A department spokesperson denied reports that similar departure orders covered several other regional countries.
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