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Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened a surge successful attacks against Iran connected Saturday (March 21, 2026), and Britain condemned Iran for targeting a associated U.K.-U.S. basal successful the Indian Ocean arsenic the warfare successful West Asia entered its 4th week.
The Iranian onslaught connected the Diego Garcia aerial basal — located astir 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometres) from Iran — suggested Tehran has successful its stockpile missiles that tin spell acold further than it had antecedently acknowledged.
Also connected Saturday (March 21, 2026), Iran's Natanz atomic enrichment installation was deed successful an airstrike, an authoritative Iranian quality bureau reported, saying determination was nary radiation leakage.
Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said successful a video connection that adjacent week, “the strength of the attacks” by Israel and the United States against Iran's ruling theocracy volition “increase significantly.” He spoke soon aft fragments from an Iranian rocket slammed into an bare kindergarten adjacent Tel Aviv.
Israeli service spokesperson Nadav Shoshani posted a video connected X of the kindergarten building; nary casualties were reported arsenic the spot was bare astatine the time.
Overnight and into the morning, Tehran, Iran's capital, saw dense airstrikes, residents said. In Iraq, a drone struck the quality work office successful Baghdad, sidesplitting an officer. No radical instantly claimed work for that attack.
Saudi Arabia said it downed 20 drones successful conscionable a mates of hours successful the country's eastbound region, location to large lipid installations. No injuries oregon harm were reported.
The attacks — and threats of much to travel — bespeak the Iran warfare shows nary motion of abating. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Japan's Kyodo quality work connected Friday (March 20, 2026) that Iran wanted “not a cease-fire, but a complete, broad and lasting extremity to the war.”
Iran's effort to deed the Diego Garcia aerial basal successful the Indian Ocean
U.K. officials person not fixed details of the attempted onslaught connected the water aerial basal connected Friday (March 20, 2026), which was unsuccessful.
Britain's Ministry of Defence said connected Saturday (March 21, 2026) that Iran's “lashing retired crossed the portion and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz " is simply a menace to British interests and British allies.
Britain has not participated successful U.S.-Israeli attacks connected Iran, but has allowed American bombers to usage U.K. bases to onslaught Iran's rocket sites.
On Friday (March 20, 2026), the British authorities said U.S. bombers tin besides usage U.K. bases, including Diego Garcia, successful operations to forestall Iran from attacking ships successful the Strait of Hormuz. Iran targeted the basal earlier that U.K. statement.
