War in the Middle East: strikes resumed between Iran and the United States

After the attack on an American helicopter, the United States announced strikes « proportionnées » against Iran on the night of Tuesday June 9 to Wednesday June 10. According to the US military command for the Middle East, this mission “Was a proportionate response to unjustified Iranian aggressionâ€. Explosions were reported on Iran’s southern coast, on the island of Qeshm and the port city of Bandar-e Abbas, near the Strait of Hormuz. They were a response to the attack on an American helicopter attributed to Iran, reports franceinfo. These strikes targeted Iranian air defense systems, ground control posts and surveillance radar sites around the Strait of Hormuz.

In response, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards launched a drone attack on Wednesday June 10 against two American bases located in Bahrain and Jordan. Iran asked Gulf countries “To prevent the United States military and Israel from using their territory or facilities to plan, organize, execute or support hostile actions against Iran.”noted The World. Faced with this rise in tensions between Iran and the United States, the spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian, indicated that China was “deeply concerned about the current situation in Iranâ€. He asked the parties concerned to “Exhibit calm and restraint” pour “Stop escalating the conflict”. Beijing wishes “Concrete measures to ease tensions”but also “a global and lasting ceasefire”.

The possible agreement between Iran and the United States is weakened

After the breakdown of the ceasefire between Israel and Iran at the start of the week, these new strikes weaken progress towards an agreement between Iran and the United States, reports franceinfo. Before the American strikes, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had downplayed the incident involving the American helicopter. However, after the US strikes on the Strait of Hormuz, he asserted that the US military would not let “No attack or threat without responseâ€. If Donald Trump does not wish to resume the conflict in Iran, he is forced to act under penalty of losing his credibility. Since March, the President of the United States has repeated at least 38 times that an agreement was close with Iran and affirmed it again on the evening of Tuesday June 9.

Although allies in the war against Iran, the United States and Israel are in disagreement. Donald Trump particularly criticizes Benyamin Netanyahu for continuing to bomb Lebanon in the midst of negotiations. On the phone, he told her that he was « complètement cinglé »reports RFI. Despite a ceasefire agreement agreed between Israel and Lebanon, the Israeli army carried out new strikes in Tyre, in southern Lebanon, on Tuesday June 9. Iran has made any agreement with the United States conditional on a definitive end to hostilities in Lebanon. Tehran also indicated that it could end the truce to support Hezbollah. Since March 2, at least 3,666 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Lebanon, according to the latest figures from the Lebanese Health Ministry. At least 11,321 people were injured during this same period.