Iran has warned all countries in the Gulf countries to expel all Americans from their territories and ensure the complete removal of all US military bases, directly linking American military presence to recent escalations as Tehran continues to attack regional bases.FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES

An Iranian MP of Parliament, quoted byTehran Times, said, “If the leaders of UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Turkey, and similar countries want to see an end to threat of Iranian missiles, they should expel the Americans from their territories and ensure the complete removal of all US military bases."

The warning came as the conflict between US-Israel and Iran entered its sixth day, as Tehran continued to launch missiles at Tel Aviv and military facilities in several Gulf countries, in retaliation for the coordinated US-Israeli strikes on February 28.

The death toll in Iran from the ongoing war with the United States and Israel has reached at least 1,230 people, according to Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs. Israel also announced multiple incoming attacks on Thursday, along with new strikes against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon.

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US struck an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka on Wednesday – which killed more than 80 people – describing it as an “atrocity at sea". He said the Iranian frigate Dena, a guest of the Indian navy with nearly 130 crew members, was struck without warning in international waters.

Later on Thursday, the Revolutionary Guards said they ​had hit a US tanker in the northern part of the Gulf, and the vessel was on fire. The Guards said in the statement carried by state media that in time of ​war, passage through the Strait of Hormuz would be under the control of the Islamic Republic.

Meanwhile, Republicans in Washington blocked a motion on Wednesday aimed at stopping the US air ​campaign against Iran and requiring that military action be authorised by Congress. The repeated air attacks on Tehran have forced the postponement of the funeral for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, killed by Israeli forces on Saturday in the first strikes of the war.

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