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Mideast War: US Orders More Missiles As Iran Rejects Peace Plan
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The US Department of Defence on Wednesday announced three agreements with defence contractors to boost the production of missiles and other components to replenish dwindling supplies used in the Middle East war.
The extensive use of interceptor missiles by the United States, Israel and Gulf states to counter Iranian retaliatory attacks has raised concerns about stockpile levels.
Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems agreed to a fourfold increase in the production of a key component known as “seeker heads” for THAAD, a high-altitude anti-missile system that has seen significant use in the Middle East.
The agreement puts the “industrial base on a wartime footing,” the Department of Defense said in a press release.
At the end of January, Lockheed Martin had already announced plans to accelerate its THAAD production from around 100 to about 400 units annually within a few years.
The Pentagon also announced a second agreement with Lockheed Martin to “accelerate” production of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), tactical ballistic missiles used for the first time against Iran. They succeed the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).
Lockheed Martin confirmed the order to quadruple output of the PrSM missiles, saying it builds on a previous $4.94 billion contract awarded by the US Army last year.
In a third deal, Honeywell Aerospace agreed to boost the production of “critical components for America’s munitions stockpile,” including navigation systems, according to a DoD press release.
This comes as Iranian state television, citing an unidentified senior official, reported that Iran had rejected a peace plan proposed by the United States to end the Middle East war.
Amid backchannel diplomacy, Iran is said to have dismissed the US proposal, signalling it will dictate the terms of any ceasefire.
“Iran has responded negatively to an American proposal aimed at ending the ongoing imposed war,” the official said, according to the English-language broadcaster Press TV.
“The end of the war will occur when Iran decides it should end, not when Trump envisions its conclusion.”
There has been no official Iranian statement on the reported peace plan.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who led pre-war talks with the United States, has yet to comment.
However, Iranian media outlets such as the Mehr and Tasnim agencies have picked up the Press TV report.
Earlier on Wednesday, two senior Pakistani officials said that — in an effort to mediate — Islamabad had conveyed to Iran a 15-point plan containing US proposals to end the nearly month-long war.
According to the same unidentified Iranian official cited by Press TV, Tehran has put forward its own five conditions for ending hostilities.
These include ending “aggression and assassinations” against the country and its leaders, establishing a robust mechanism guaranteeing that neither Israel nor the United States will resume the war, and compensation for the destruction caused, with a view to reconstruction.
Iran’s conditions also include a cessation of hostilities on all regional fronts and against all “resistance groups” — an implicit reference to the Tehran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
The official is also reported as saying that Tehran wants international recognition and guarantees of Iran’s rights to exercise its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, the key maritime route for global trade at the centre of the current war.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday claimed that they launched missile and drone attacks on United States military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait, in what they described as retaliation for fresh US strikes on Iran.
This development further escalated tensions in the Gulf, coming hours after Washington carried out a new wave of military attacks on Iranian targets following alleged attacks on commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
According to reports, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it carried out a joint operation against “US military facilities, including Bahrain’s Fifth Naval District at Bandar Salman and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.”
The Guards also claimed that they shot down a US MQ-9 drone during the operation, although the claim had not been independently verified.
Air raid sirens reportedly sounded in Bahrain and Kuwait as the attacks unfolded.
The Kuwaiti army said its air defence systems were confronting “hostile” missile and drone attacks, while authorities in Bahrain also confirmed the activation of air defence measures.
The latest strikes followed a fresh US military operation against Iran and Washington’s decision to revoke a licence that had allowed Tehran to sell oil.
The US said its action was in response to attacks on three commercial tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil shipping routes.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said more than 60 boats belonging to the Revolutionary Guards were among the targets hit during its operation.
Recall that CENTCOM is one of the unified combatant commands of the United States Armed Forces. Established in January 1983, it is responsible for directing and overseeing U.S. military operations and diplomatic partnerships across a vast, strategic area of the globe.
According to Investing, CENTCOM said in a statement, “The unwarranted aggression by Iranian forces is a clear and dangerous violation of the ceasefire and undermines freedom of navigation.”
The body of 39-year-old Anastasia Berezovskaya, a Ukrainian national wanted by authorities in Monaco concerning the recent bombing, has been found dead near Kyiv in Ukraine with gunshot wounds to the head.
The June 29 blast targeted Ukrainian business tycoon Vadym Yermolayev, injuring him, his partner, and a child. An international manhunt was launched after the attack, while Interpol issued a Red Notice.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) confirmed the death of Berezovskaya on Tuesday, days after the country’s law enforcement agencies, led by the National Police, began a pre-trial investigation into her participation.
The probe revealed the suspect arrived in Ukraine on July 1 and spoke with her family and two men. The first is an ex-law enforcement officer; the second works at the Military Directorate of the Internal Affairs Ministry.
The SBU noted that the individuals were possibly involved in the attempted murder in Monaco, as both men had repeatedly made transfers to Berezovskaya’s crypto and bank accounts.
During search actions, an employee of the GUR MOU (Ukraine’s military intelligence service) reported the killing of Berezovskaya, which he claimed to have committed together with another defendant.
The latter, according to the SBU, disclosed that he did not inform his superiors about his contacts with Berezovskaya, the transfer of funds to her, and any other actions he took, and acted on his own accord.
Also, a basement room in the form of a “torture chamber” was discovered amid a raid of the former law enforcement officer’s home. The suspects are being held on suspicion of murder in a premeditated conspiracy.
Ukraine said its relevant agencies are working with the Principality of Monaco and the Prosecutor General’s Office, while continuing to identify all the culprits and other persons involved in the attempted homicide.
US forces launched “powerful” strikes on Tuesday against Iran in response to attacks on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said.
“The US strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz” and will “impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping,” US Central Command said in a post on X.
“Iran’s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire,” it added.
A ceasefire took effect on April 8, but sporadic violence has continued in the Gulf region, including attacks on ships by Tehran’s forces and US strikes on Iran.
Tuesday’s strikes were the first by US forces on Iran since a series of air raids late last month that Washington also said were in response to attacks on commercial vessels by Tehran’s forces.
AFP
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