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In a surprise move, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian apologized to neighboring countries for attacks launched amid the war with the United States and Israel, declaring that the Islamic Republic will cease fire.
Pezeshkian said, “I apologize… to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran,” in a speech broadcast by Iranian state TV.
“The interim leadership council agreed yesterday that no more attacks will be made on neighboring countries and no missiles will be fired unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries,” he added.
Iran has launched hundreds of missiles and drones at neighboring countries, especially in the Gulf, since the start of the war, targeting mainly military facilities hosting or supporting the U.S. military, but also attacking energy facilities and infrastructure.
Around the same time Pezeshkian made his remarks, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that its naval forces carried out overnight a massive attack on Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.
Al Dhafra is considered critical for the operations of the U.S. military in the Middle East. It hosts advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft.
The air base, which is located around 32 kilometers to the south of the Emirate capital of Abu Dhabi, took heavy losses in previous missile and drone strikes, and the guards said that the latest attack destroyed command center for American aerial warfare, satellite communication center, early warning radars, and fire control radars.
Despite the Iranian decision to ceasefire against neighboring countries, sirens sounded during the day in Bahrain. Saudi Arabia also said it destroyed drones headed toward its vast Shaybah oil field and shot down a ballistic missile launched toward Prince Sultan Air Base, which hosts U.S. forces.
In the UAE, several blasts were heard and a video posted online showed a drone impacting Dubai International Airport. The Emirate government said that it had activated air defenses. Passengers waiting for flights at the airport found themselves ushered down into train tunnels at the sprawling airfield after the alert sounded.
The latest wave of Islamic Republic strikes was likely a response to U.S. attacks from these countries. A video posted to social networks even showed what appears to be American M142 HIMARS systems launching missiles at the Islamic Republic from an area near Manama, the capital of Bahrain.
Unless the U.S. also ceasefire military operations in countries neighboring Iran, the Islamic Republic will not likely halt its attacks completely.
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