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Iran has warned the US, UK and France against assisting Israel to deter Tehran’s strikes, saying that their bases and ships in the region will be targeted if they do so, according to Iranian Mehr state news agency.
Iran launched a counterattack against Israel after the latter’s Friday missile strikes.
The sides have been exchanging missile strikes since.
Israel launched what it calls Operation Rising Lion against Iran's nuclear facilities in the early hours of Friday. Iran said its retaliatory Operation True Promise III will continue as long as necessary.
U.S. ground-based air defense systems are helping shoot down the Iranian missiles targeted at Israel, NPR reported on Friday citing a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.