Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has rejected proposals by two countries to reduce tensions with the US.
According to a senior Iranian official, the Supreme Leader rejected these proposals at a foreign policy meeting, which were presented by two intermediary countries.
According to sources, during the meeting, Mojtaba Khamenei said that this is not the time for peace, America and Israel must be defeated.
The Iranian official further said that Mojtaba Khamenei said that the US must pay compensation for the damages caused to Iran.
On the other hand, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has claimed that Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani has been killed in Israeli attacks.
According to the Israeli Defense Minister, Ali Larijani was targeted in last night’s attacks.
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Iran claims major attacks on Israeli and US bases as part of 58th wave of Operation ‘Odeh Sadiq 4’
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced that it has launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on US military bases in Israel and the region in the 58th wave of attacks under Operation ‘Odeh Sadiq 4’.
According to the Revolutionary Guards’ statement, the large-scale operation began in the morning and was named after the martyred children of the Ramadan war.
#WATCH | Footage shows the launch of wave 58 of Operation #TruePromise4.
The IRGC said that this wave was carried out in tribute to the children martyred in the US-Israeli aggression, especially the children of #Minab School and Mojtaba, the youngest victim.#Iran #IranWar… pic.twitter.com/E8gmY7vAys
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) March 17, 2026
The statement said that the attacks were carried out in particular in memory of the victims of the Minab school incident and the three-day-old baby Mojtaba who was killed in the recent tensions.
According to the Guards, the operation used highly accurate and heavy missiles, including the Khorramshahr missile equipped with a 2-ton warhead, the Qadr missile with multiple warheads, the advanced Fateh and Khyber Shakan missiles.
In addition, medium-range missiles such as Fateh and Qiyaam and a large number of suicide drones were also used, according to the statement.
The Revolutionary Guards said the strikes hit multiple targets in the northern and central parts of the occupied territories, including Nahariya, Beit Shemesh, Tel Aviv and West Jerusalem.
The statement added that the operations also targeted US military installations in the region.
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We no longer need or want help from NATO countries: Trump
US President Donald Trump said in his statement that most NATO allies have informed us that they will not join military action against Iran.
Trump said that we no longer need or want the help of NATO countries, we no longer need the help of Japan, Australia or South Korea.
Trump said that most of these countries agreed on what we are doing regarding Iran, I am not surprised by this action of these countries.
The US President said that we spend billions of dollars annually on NATO, which protects these countries, we protect them and these countries will do nothing for us when needed.
Trump said that we have destroyed Iran’s army, navy, air force, anti-aircraft system and radar, the threat to our European and Middle Eastern allies, the Iranian leadership, has also disappeared.
The US President added that the fact is that after the military victory, we no longer need NATO countries, as the president of a powerful country like the United States, I want to say that we do not need anyone’s help.
Decisive attacks against American and Zionist enemies have begun: IRGC Commander
General Seyyed Majid Mousavi, Commander of the Aerospace Forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, said in his statement that the brave sons of the Iranian nation have begun a series of rapid and decisive attacks against the American and Zionist enemies across the region.
Majid Mousavi added that “the back of global arrogance will be broken in the streets and intersections.”
