US seeking way out, but Tehran will not allow it, Iranian lawmaker says

A Fox News Digital report cited missile expert Bruce Bechtol as saying that some Iranian missiles used against US and Israeli targets are either North Korean systems or based on North Korean designs.

He said the missile fired at Diego Garcia was a Musudan, adding that Iran purchased 19 of these missiles in 2005.

He also described Iran’s Shahab-3 as “almost an exact copy” of North Korea’s No Dong.

Bechtol also told Fox that North Korea had helped Iran develop missile capabilities including the Qiam, Emad and Ghadr systems.

His comments came after The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Iran fired two ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK base on Diego Garcia, with neither hitting the target.

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Bahrain’s Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company said a fire at its operating units after an Iranian drone attack had been brought under control, according to the state news agency.

No injuries were reported, and teams were assessing the damage.

GPIC is a petrochemicals and fertilizer joint venture owned by Bahrain’s government, SABIC Agri-Nutrients and Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a call with his Pakistani counterpart that Iran would continue responding to the war and defending its territory.

According to Iranian media, Araghchi spoke on Saturday night with Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, who outlined Islamabad’s diplomatic efforts to help halt military attacks on Iran and restore regional stability.

Araghchi thanked Pakistan for those efforts and said the United States and Israel bore responsibility for the current insecurity in the region and beyond.

Iranian military and security bodies said on Sunday that several “enemy flying objects” were destroyed during what they described as a failed US mission in southern Isfahan province to rescue a stranded airman.

According to Tasnim, a spokesperson for Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said the aircraft hit included a US C-130 military transport plane and two Black Hawk helicopters.

Tasnim also cited the Revolutionary Guards as saying “enemy flying objects were destroyed” in a joint operation involving the Guards, ground forces, Basij, police and other units.

Earlier in the day, the New York Times reported that American forces reportedly blew up two stranded transport planes after they became disabled at a remote base inside the country.

Hossein Samsami, a member of parliament’s Economic Committee, said the Islamic Republic was for now compelled to continue the war and resistance despite the damage already inflicted.

He said Tehran had to keep confronting its adversaries in order to raise the cost of war for them, and added that the United States and Israel, after failing in their initial objectives, were escalating the conflict by targeting economic infrastructure.

Samsami also warned that Iran’s electricity production infrastructure could be targeted if the current course continued.