Iran Labels US Response as ‘Insufficient’, Threatens Regional Data Centers

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A senior Iranian official, Mohsen Rezaei of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has stated the latest U.S. response to their proposal to end the war as “insufficient”, with threats to attack regional data centers if fighting intensifies. Meanwhile, Israel’s former attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, took the witness stand in corruption cases against Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister. Elsewhere in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is on high alert following Houthi warnings of new strikes after an attack on Riyadh’s airport that killed 12 people, and Israeli attacks on Gaza continue, leading to residents returning to rubble.

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