Iran’s new leadership denies that it wants to negotiate with Trump

Tel Aviv was quick to respond, firing several waves of bombings against the southern neighborhoods of Beirut and other points in the south of the country, killing at least 31 people. The fragile ceasefire agreed to in November 2024, which Israel has consistently failed to comply with, has been blown up. Eyal Zamirthe head of the Israeli Army, has warned his citizens that “many long days of fighting” are coming.

Despite the hundreds of American and Israeli projectiles that have hit Iran since Saturday, eliminating much of its political and military leadership and hitting its ballistic missile system, the ayatollah regime does not seem willing to capitulate. In recent hours it has launched attacks against Washington’s allies in the Persian Gulf, such as Qatar, Dubai, Bahrain or Kuwaitwhere an Iranian drone killed three American soldiers.

The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Larijaniinsisted this Monday that the Islamic Republic will not negotiate with the US after Donald Trump claimed that the new leaders of the Islamic Republic were willing to resort to diplomacy. Tehran is willing to continue flooding the skies of the region with its ballistic missiles so that all these countries put pressure on the US and stop the bombing.

In an interview with The New York Timesthe Republican president has confessed that the operation Epic Fury could last “four to five weeks” and that he would like to force a transition similar to the one that is taking place in Venezuela after the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Trump, who has “three very good choices” As the new ruler of Iran, although without confirming whether Larijani is one of them, he has called for the Revolutionary Guard and militias such as the Basij to surrender and hand over their weapons.

Previous tensions

The offensive against Iran has revived hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Numerous Israeli attacks hit different parts of Beirut’s outskirts during the early hours of the morning, from where large columns of smoke rose while the sound of the explosions echoed throughout much of the city, according to the agency. Efe.

The Israeli Army said it was carrying out a “selective attack” against senior Hezbollah commanders “in the Beirut area”, while reporting that another “key” official of the Lebanese political and armed movement was hit in the southern region of the country. Eyal Zamir, the head of the Israel Defense Forces, has blamed the Shiite group for the escalation. According to the Saudi channel Al-Hadathciting Israeli security sources, the operation will be “comprehensive” and may include “a ground invasion.”

Hezbollah had previously attacked military installations south of the city of Haifa, in the north of the Jewish State, its first action since the ceasefire came into force at the end of 2024. Tel Aviv, however, has attacked alleged enclaves of the Islamist group almost daily.

The intense Israeli bombings in Lebanon, resulting in more than thirty deaths and almost two hundred wounded, according to the Ministry of Health, caused a “great exodus” of people both from the outskirts of the capital and from the southern region of the country. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has described the attack launched by Hezbollah as “irresponsible” and has promised not to let the country be dragged into a new conflict.

The Shiite group is a key ally of Tehran, accused of providing it with weapons and financing, which is why the Lebanese Government had been in diplomatic contact for days to avoid its participation in the event that Washington launched an attack against Iran. However, Hezbollah had already indicated before this conflict that for them any attack against Khamenei – also an important religious leader for the world’s Shiites – was a red line.

F-15 shot down

Israel has also detailed the launch of new attacks against Iranian territory. According to the agency Reutersexplosions have been reported in several parts of Tehran and in the city of Sanandaj, in the western part of the country, where three people died.

Air alarms have also sounded early in the morning across Israel due to a new salvo of Iranian missiles. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed attacks against government and military targets in Tel Aviv, Haifa and East Jerusalem. So far, ten people have died in Israel while in Iran the victims exceed 200.