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🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 Iran, quant à lui, said the targeting of Dimona was a retaliatory measure against Israeli strikes on its Natanz nuclear facility, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) saying the forces had also targeted other cities in southern Israel as well as military sites in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. After the Natanz attack, the head of the UN nuclear surveillance, Rafael Grossi, reiterated his call for “military restraint to avoid any risk of nuclear accident”. The Natanz facility houses underground centrifuges used to enrich uranium for Iran's disputed nuclear program; it suffered damage in the June 2025 war. The Israeli military denied being behind the Natanz strike, but said it struck a facility at a Tehran university that it said was being used to develop nuclear weapons components for Iran's ballistic missile program. The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it was facing air attacks after Iran warned it against authorizing strikes from its territory on disputed islands near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has choked off the vital waterway, which carries a fifth of the world's peacetime crude oil trade. The impasse has pushed up crude oil prices, with Brent North Sea crude now trading above $105 a barrel, as the long-term consequences for the global economy become an acute concern. A joint statement by the leaders of several countries – including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, South Korea, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, condemned the “de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces”. “We express our willingness to contribute to the appropriate efforts to ensure a safe passage through the strait”, they said. Trump called NATO allies “cowards" and urged them to secure the strait. On Sunday, Japan said it may consider deploying its army for demining in the Strait of Hormuz, if a ceasefire is reached. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Toshimitsu Motegi, said “If there were to be a complete ceasefire, hypothetically speaking, then things like demining could happen”. “It's purely hypothetical, but if a ceasefire was established and the naval mines created an obstacle, then I think it would be something to consider”, Motegi told Japanese television. Japan's military actions are limited under its pacifist post-war constitution, but the 2015 security legislation allows Japan to use its self-defense forces abroad if an attack, including against a close security partner, threatens Japan's survival and no other means are available to deal with it. #trump#stopthefire#hormuz#japan#iran#tehran#attack 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸