US Iran War News LIVE Updates: Iran issues fresh warning to US & Israel, says war will ‘spread far beyond region’ if attacked
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US Iran War News LIVE: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issued a fresh warning to the United States and Israel, stating that the war will spread “far beyond region” if Washington and Tel Aviv resume attacks on the Islamic Republic. “If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you,” the Guards said in a statement on their website Sepah News.
Xi Jinping calls further Middle East hostilities ‘inadvisable’ in meeting with Putin: Chinese President Xi Jinping called further hostilities in the Middle East “inadvisable” and urged a comprehensive ceasefire during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, reported state media. “A comprehensive ceasefire is of utmost urgency, resuming hostilities is even more inadvisable and maintaining negotiations is particularly important,” Xi told Putin, according to Xinhua news agency.
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US Senate advances resolution to block Trump’s further strikes on Iran: Four Republican senators joined Democrats to advance a resolution seeking to block US President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran. Four Republicans — Sens. Rand Paul (Kentucky), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) — shook hands with Democrats to discharge a war powers resolution from committee. The move marks the first step towards pushing Trump to bring the war to an end, which Congress never authorised. Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) was the only Democrat to vote no.
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