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Iran may be nearing the election of a new supreme leader, as cracks appear to be emerging among the remaining rulers in Tehran, while the United States and Israel vowed to hit Iran harder than ever as the war passed the one-week mark.
After Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he wanted to “personally apologize to neighboring countries” that had been hit by Iranian missiles and drones, powerful national security chief Ali Larijani and others responded in defiant tones on March 7, as Tehran again hit out at the US’s Arab allies in the region.
Separately, Iranian state media late on the evening of March 7 quoted ultraconservative cleric Ayatollah Hossein Mozafari, a member of the Assembly of Experts — which will elect the country's next ruler — as saying that the body could meet within the next 24 hours to make a decision.
US President Donald Trump signaled that he is not interested in further negotiations with Iran after several rounds of talks that did not bring progress.
"At some point, I think there will probably be no one left to say, 'We surrender,'" Trump said.
Trump warned in a social media post that more Iranian officials would be targeted in the war. "Today, Iran will be hit very hard!"
"Under serious scrutiny for complete destruction and certain death, due to Iran's misbehavior, are areas and groups of people that up until this point have not been considered for targeting," he said.
He also reiterated that he wants a role in selecting Iran's next leadership, saying the next ruler must be "GREAT & ACCEPTABLE."
"I know there are a number of individuals that our intelligence agencies and the United States government are looking at, but I won't go any further than that," White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters at the White House on March 6.
Kurdish ground offensive?
Trump also said he does not want ethnic Kurds to launch an attack on the Iranian regime. The comments came after conflicting reports about whether Trump was encouraging a ground offensive by exiled Iranian Kurds based in Iraq.
“We are not asking for the Kurds to come in,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One. “We are very friendly with the Kurds, as you know, but we don’t want to make the war any more complex than it already is.”
"I don't want to see the Kurds hurt and killed. They are willing to go in, but I have told them that I don't want them to go in. The war is complicated enough even without the Kurds involved," he said.
On March 5, Trump told Reuters that he would be "totally in favor" of an offensive by Iranian Kurdish fighters in support of the US-Israeli effort.
Zyrtarë të një grupi në mërgim më 7 mars thanë se një bazë kurde iraniane në rajonin gjysmëautonom kurd të Irakut ishte goditur nga sulme ajrore, me gjasë nga dronë. Trupat e Gardës Revolucionare Islamike të Iranit (IRGC) thanë se kishin shënjestruar “grupe separatiste” në rajon. Raportimet nuk mund të verifikoheshin menjëherë.
“Të kërkoj falje personalisht”
Pezeshkian, mes zemërimit në rritje nga vendet e Gjirit dhe të tjerë — si Iraku, Azerbajxhani dhe Turqia — tha në një mesazh video se do të dëshironte të “kërkonte personalisht falje nga vendet fqinje që u prekën nga veprimet e Iranit”, ndërsa u bëri thirrje atyre të mos i bashkohen sulmeve SHBA-Izrael ndaj Iranit.
Ai tha se këshilli i përkohshëm i udhëheqjes së Iranit kishte rënë dakord të pezullonte sulmet ndaj shteteve të afërta, përveç rasteve kur sulmet ndaj Iranit do të niseshin nga territori i tyre.
Megjithatë, disa orë më vonë Marina e IRGC-së nisi një sulm me dron ndaj bazës ajrore amerikane al-Dhafra në Emiratet e Bashkuara Arabe, sipas agjencisë së lajmeve Tasnim, një agjenci gjysmëzyrtare e lidhur me IRGC-në.
Kleriku ultrakonservator Hamid Rasai, deputet në parlament, e kritikoi Pezeshkianin për kërkimfaljen e tij, duke shkruar në X se “qëndrimi juaj ishte joprofesional, i dobët dhe i papranueshëm”.
Kreu i gjyqësorit, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, gjithashtu i hodhi poshtë komentet e Pezeshkianit, duke thënë se “sulmet intensive ndaj këtyre objektivave [rajonale] do të vazhdojnë”.
Shpërthime të forta u dëgjuan në Dubai, Doha dhe Manama të Bahreinit, ndërsa sulme u raportuan edhe në Arabinë Saudite, Katar dhe Kuvajt, ku kompania kombëtare e naftës njoftoi një ulje “paraprake” të prodhimit.
Presidenti i Emirateve të Bashkuara Arabe, Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, tha në një fjalim televiziv se Emiratet ndodhen në “një periudhë lufte”, por “do të dalin më të forta” nga kriza.
Shumë nga shtetet arabe të Gjirit strehojnë baza ushtarake amerikane dhe objekte të tjera që janë bërë objekt i shumë sulmeve me raketa dhe dronë nga Irani.
Diku tjetër, raketa Katyusha goditën pranë ambasadës së SHBA-së në Bagdad — me gjasë të lëshuara nga milici në Irak të lidhura me Iranin. Nuk ishte menjëherë e qartë nëse kishte viktima apo dëme.
Reuters citoi një zyrtar të lartë të sigurisë në Irak të ketë thënë se sistemi i mbrojtjes C-RAM rrëzoi një nga raketat dhe se asnjëra nuk ra brenda kompleksit të ambasadës. Zyrtari tha se nuk kishte viktima amerikane.
Larijani kundërpërgjigjet
Shefi i sigurisë së Iranit, Larijani, ndërkohë, pretendoi se Shtetet e Bashkuara dhe Izraeli po kërkonin shpërbërjen e vendit.
“Çështja e tyre ishte… shpërbërja themelore e Iranit”, tha Larijani në një intervistë të regjistruar në televizionin shtetëror.
“Mendoj se problemi më i rëndësishëm që kanë amerikanët është se nuk e kuptojnë kontekstin e Azisë Perëndimore, veçanërisht Iranin”, tha Larijani.
"Their perception was that it would be like Venezuela — they would strike, take control, and everything would be over — but now they are trapped."
Netanyahu vows to 'uproot' regime
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would continue the war with Iran "with all our might" and declared that his country and US forces had achieved almost complete dominance of the skies over Tehran.
"We have a systematic plan to uproot the Iranian regime and achieve many other objectives," Netanyahu said in a televised speech.
"Citizens [of Israel], you are telling me, the government and our heroic soldiers to continue until victory, and I thank you. I can assure you that we will continue with all our strength," Netanyahu said.
"We will continue to act with all our might until we achieve all our goals," he said, claiming that Israel is "changing the face of the Middle East."
Israel also intensified its offensive against Hezbollah forces, allied with Iran, in southern Lebanon. /REL
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