Iran’s temporary leadership council has approved a suspension of attacks against neighbouring countries unless an attack on Iran originates from their territory, President Masoud Pezeshkian announced on Saturday.
The announcement came as Iran continued to launch strikes across the region in response to US-Israeli military operations against the Islamic Republic.
Since the start of the war, Iran has fired more than 400 ballistic missiles and nearly 1,000 drones at Gulf Arab states, according to regional governments, targeting US military bases and civilian infrastructure across Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan and Oman. The IRGC said it had struck at least 27 bases in the Middle East where US troops are deployed, as well as military facilities in Israel. Hezbollah entered the conflict on 2 March, launching rockets and missiles at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The conflict has also reached Cyprus. A drone struck RAF Akrotiri — the British Sovereign Base Area on the island’s southern coast — in the early hours of 2 March, triggering a military response from several European allies. Britain, France, Greece and Italy have all deployed naval and air assets to the island, while Cyprus Police arrested two suspects on terrorism charges in Larnaca, with authorities linking them to Iran and possibly the IRGC.
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