On the fourth day of War between Israel and Iran The tension continues to rise. Yesterday one of the Israeli raids hit the headquarters of the Iranian state station Iranian IRIB, interrupting a broadcast live. The images, quickly relaunched by local and international media, show rubble falling into the study and the presenter, Sahar Emeami, forced to flee while the screen obscures between smoking. Shortly thereafter, EMAMI has aired by another study, declaring the presence of “bodies among the reporters” inside the affected building.
According to Iranian sources, the victim’s balance sheet in the country has reached 224 deaths. The authorities accuse Israel of having also hit a hospital in the western area of the country. In Israel, the number of victims exceeded 20 units. Hundreds of injuries from both sides.
The rumors relaunched by diplomatic sources according to which Israel would have presented to the United States a detailed plan for The physical elimination of the Iranian supreme guide, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to the Wall Street Journal, President Donald Trump would have opposed it, placing his own veto on the operation. But the theme was publicly addressed for the first time by the same Benjamin Netanyahuwhich, interviewed by ABC News, has not explicitly excluded this possibility. “His elimination would not aggravate the conflict, he would end it,” he said. As a question, if Israel intends to really hit Khamenei, the premier replied with a tax evasive formula: “We are doing what we have to do”. According to the independent broadcaster Iran International, the closest staff of the supreme guide is exploring the option of a saving towards Russia, in the event that the military situation worsened further.
Returning to the battle on the field, Tehran again hit the Israeli territory with one burst of missilessome of which have managed to evade the Iron Dome defense system. The Israeli defense forces (IDF) responded with a new wave of air attacks, claiming the destruction of a third of the Iranian missile stations. “Our aeronautics now check the skies of Tehran,” said Netanyahu on visiting the military base of Tel Nof. In Cesarea, where the private residence of the Israeli premier is located, one of the drones launched by Iran was intercepted. To counter the new devices, the Israeli army has also deployed the Barak Magen defense system, already tested in recent months.
Meanwhile, Israel’s air campaign continues with the aim of neutralizing objectives deemed strategic. The defense minister Yoav Gallant defined the IRIB issuer “the megaphone of Iranian propaganda”, justifying the evacuation of the area as a preventive measure. The IDF also reiterated that the structure would have been used “for military under civilian military operations”, a motivation already adopted in the past in similar contexts, such as in Gaza.
On the diplomatic planconflicting signals. According to what reported by the Wall Street Journal, Tehran would have expressed, through Arab mediators, a possible willingness to cease hostilities and reopen the negotiations on the nuclear program. An initiative that former Trump president welcomed coldly: “The Iranians want to speak, but they should have done it 60 days ago,” he said from Canada, where he is for the G7. Sources of his campaign confirm that he does not intend to sign the common declaration of the summit that asks for a de-Escalation of the conflict.
“I think there is a widespread consensus on the need for a de-Escalation. The point is now understanding how to make it concretely,” said British premier Keir Starmer, trying to maintain a balance line. Trump, however, reiterated a more clear approach. Commenting on the rumors, relaunched by the Wall Street Journal, according to which Tehran would have expressed his intention to stop the conflict and reopen the talks on the nuclear program, the US president said: “The Iranians want to speak, but should have done it before. They had 60 days”. And he added: “The conflict is painful for both sides, but Iran is not winning this war. They should treat immediately, before it is too late”.
In this framework of growing geopolitical complexity, the Türkiye. The president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a phone call with the Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian, offered Ankara as a possible location for a negotiation, proposing the role of “facilitator” of dialogue.
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