US President Donald Trump said there will be no deal with Iran until “unconditional surrender.”
And what would that be like? The president will decide, his spokesman said.
Catch up on the most relevant:
CNN Interview: Trump said Iran’s leadership has been “neutralized” and that he is looking for new leadership that will treat the United States and Israel well, even if he is a religious leader and is not a democratic state. He expressed confidence in how easy it would be to elect a new leader — which he has said he must participate in — and again compared the mission to Venezuela, where the United States captured Nicolás Maduro earlier this year and put his deputy in power.
Gasoline prices in the US: The president suggested that he was not concerned about rising gasoline prices in the United States. But U.S. retail gasoline prices, which have already risen 34 cents a gallon since the start of the most recent war in the Middle East, could rise as high as $3.90 a gallon later this month, according to an oil analyst.
On the ground: The Israel Defense Forces said they struck an Iranian “command center” in Beirut’s Dahieh neighborhood, among other targets. Hours after the US Embassy in Baghdad warned that hotels in Iraqi Kurdistan could be targeted by pro-Iran militias in Iraq, a drone exploded near a hotel in Erbil. And a headquarters of a security force belonging to the Kurdish armed group Kurdistan Freedom Party was hit by a drone attack, according to Iranian state media and confirmed by a spokesman for the group.
Tensions between the US and Spain: Tensions between the United States and Spain are at an all-time high after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez denied a US request to use two Spanish bases where the United States has operated for years for the operation against Iran. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who has become Europe’s harshest critic of the war, defended his decision to send a warship to help defend Cyprus, even as he redoubled his criticism of joint Israeli-US attacks.
Displaced people: The number of people displaced in Lebanon after Israel renewed attacks and issued sweeping evacuation orders is approaching half a million, the Norwegian Refugee Council estimated.
Wounded soldiers: Eight Israeli soldiers have been injured, including five who were seriously wounded, by projectile fire from the extremist group Hezbollah into Israeli territory near the Lebanese border on Friday, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Also the Ghana Armed Forces said two of its soldiers serving in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon were “seriously injured” after their position came under missile fire.
Russia’s role: Russia is providing Iran with intelligence on the locations and movements of US troops, ships and aircraft, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reports on the matter, the first indication that Moscow has sought to become involved in the war. Additionally, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call during which they “agreed to remain in contact,” Russian state agency TASS reported, citing the Kremlin.
CNN investigation: The impact of US and Israeli airstrikes across Iran has extended beyond hitting security infrastructure, also damaging nearby civilian sites, including hospitals.
CNN’s Donald Judd, Issy Ronald, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Dana Bash, Frederik Pleitgen, Chris Isidore, Evan John, Tamar Michaelis, Sophie Tanno, Charlotte Reck, Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto, Zachary Cohen and Jennifer Hansler contributed to this report.
