Iran launches missile attacks on US base in Qatar

Editor’s note: This is a developing story. It has been updated with additional reporting by The Associated Press.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar , retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites but indicating it was prepared to step back from escalating tensions in the volatile region.

The U.S. was warned by Iran in advance, and there were no casualties, said President Donald Trump, who dismissed the attack as a “very weak response.”

“Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their ‘system,’ and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

Qatar condemned the attack on Al Udeid Air Base as “a flagrant violation” of its sovereignty, airspace and international law. Qatar said it intercepted all but one missile, though it was not clear if that missile caused any damage.

Iran said the volley matched the number of bombs dropped by the United States on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend. Iran also said it targeted the base because it was outside of populated areas.

Those comments, made immediately after the attack, suggested Iran wanted to de-escalate with the United States, something Trump himself said after the strikes early Sunday on Iran.

Qatar Maj. Gen. Shayeq Al Hajri said 19 missiles were fired at the base that is home to the Combined Air Operations Center, which provides command and control of air power across the region, as well as the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, the largest such wing in the world. Trump said 14 missiles were fired, 13 were knocked down and one was “set free” because it posed no threat.

Trump said Iran might be able to “proceed to Peace and Harmony” and said he would encourage Israel to do the same.

However, Israel’s war on Iran continued , with the Israeli military expanding its campaign Monday to target sites symbolic for the country’s theocracy.

Iran announced the attack on state television as martial music played. A caption on screen called it “a mighty and successful response” to ”America’s aggression.”

Just before the explosions, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on the social platform X: “We neither initiated the war nor seeking it. But we will not leave invasion to the great Iran without answer.”

Earlier reports that a missile was launched at a base housing American forces in Iraq were a false alarm, a senior U.S. military official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly, said debris from a malfunctioning Iranian missile targeting Israel had triggered an alert of an impending attack on the Ain al-Assad base.

Israel expands war to include symbolic targets

On the 11th day of the conflict, Israel and Iran traded airstrikes that have become a reality for civilians in both countries since Israel started the war to target Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iran struck Israel with a barrage of missiles and drones while Israel said it attacked “regime targets and government repression bodies in the heart of Tehran.”

But Israeli officials insisted they did not seek the overthrow of Iran’s government, their archenemy since the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The latest strikes unfolded only hours after Trump himself mentioned the possibility of regime change a day after inserting America into the war with its stealth-bomber strike on three Iranian nuclear sites.

“If the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” he asked on his Truth Social website.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later described Trump as “simply raising a question.”

The U.S. strikes over the weekend prompted fears of a wider regional conflict. Iran said the U.S. had crossed “a very big red line” with its risky gambit to strike with missiles and 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs .

Israel aims to wind down the war in the coming days, but that will depend on the Iranians, an Israeli official said on condition of anonymity to discuss high-level internal deliberations.

Israel’s preferred outcome is for Iran to agree to a ceasefire and reenter negotiations with the U.S. over its nuclear program, the official said. But Israel is prepared for the possibility of an extended low-intensity war of attrition or period of “quiet for quiet,” in which it would closely monitor Iran’s activities and strike if it identifies new threats.

Tehran strikes open new chapter of war

The Israeli military warned Iranians it would continue to attack military sites around Tehran as its focus shifted to include symbolic targets. The military issued the warning on the social platform X, though Iranians are struggling to access the outside world due to an internet shutdown.

In Tehran, Israel hit the headquarters of the military force that suppressed recent protests and blew open a gate at Evin prison, which is notorious for holding political activists. Iranian state television shared black-and-white surveillance footage of the strike at the facility known for holding dual nationals and Westerners often used by Iran as bargaining chips in negotiations with the West.

Evin also has specialized units for political prisoners run by the paramilitary, all-volunteer Revolutionary Guard, which answers only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The facility is the target of both U.S. and European Union sanctions.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in Iran or significant damage.

Iranian state television aired footage it said was shot inside Evin, with prisoners under control. However, the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran said many families of detainees “have expressed deep concern about the safety and condition of their loved ones” in the prison.

According to an Israeli official familiar with the government’s strategy, Israel is targeting these sites to put pressure on the Iranian administration but is not actively seeking to topple it. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal government deliberations.

The Israeli military also confirmed it struck roads around Iran’s Fordo enrichment facility to obstruct access to the site. The underground site was one of those hit in Sunday’s attack by the United States. The Israeli military did not elaborate.

In Vienna, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said he expected there to be heavy damage at the Fordo facility following Sunday’s U.S. airstrike there with sophisticated bunker-buster bombs.

Several Iranian officials, including Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, have claimed Iran removed nuclear material from targeted sites ahead of time.

This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo following U.S. airstrikes targeting the facility on Sunday. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran presses on attacking Israel

Iran described its Monday attack on Israel as a new wave of its “Operation True Promise 3,” saying it was targeting the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv, according to Iranian state television.

Explosions were also heard in Jerusalem, possibly from air defense systems in action, and Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency rescue service said there had been no reports of injuries.

In Israel, at least 24 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded in the war. Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 950 people and wounded 3,450 others, according to the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists.

The group, which has provided detailed casualty figures from Iranian unrest such as the protests surrounding the death of Masha Amini in 2022, said of those killed, it identified 380 civilians and 253 security force personnel.

Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writers Josef Federman in Jerusalem, Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad, Abby Sewell in Beirut, Elise Morton in London, Geir Moulson in Berlin, Ella Joyner in Brussels and Stephanie Liechtenstein in Vienna contributed to this report.

编者按：这是一则正在更新的新闻。美联社已对此事进行了补充报道。

阿联酋迪拜——伊朗周一向卡塔尔境内的一个美国军事基地发动了一次有限的导弹袭击，以报复美国轰炸其核设施，但也表明伊朗准备避免加剧这个动荡地区的紧张局势。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，伊朗事先已向美国发出警告，袭击没有造成人员伤亡，他还称此次袭击是“非常软弱的回应”。

“最重要的是，他们已经把所有仇恨都从他们的‘系统’中释放出来了，希望不会再有仇恨了，”特朗普在Truth Social上发帖说。

卡塔尔谴责对乌代德空军基地的袭击，称其“公然侵犯”了卡塔尔的主权、领空和国际法。卡塔尔表示，除一枚导弹外，其余导弹均被拦截，但目前尚不清楚这枚未被拦截的导弹是否造成任何损失。

伊朗方面表示，此次袭击的炸弹数量与美国周末对伊朗核设施投掷的炸弹数量相同。伊朗还称，之所以选择该基地作为袭击目标，是因为它位于人口稀少区之外。

这些在袭击发生后立即发表的评论表明，伊朗希望与美国缓和局势，而特朗普本人在周日早些时候对伊朗发动袭击后也表达了同样的观点。

卡塔尔少将谢赫·哈吉里表示，有19枚导弹射向了联合空中作战中心所在的基地。该中心负责指挥和控制整个地区的空中力量，同时也是全球规模最大的远征航空联队——第379远征航空联队的驻地。特朗普则称，有14枚导弹被发射，13枚被击落，还有一枚因为不构成威胁而被“放生”。

特朗普表示，伊朗或许能够“走向和平与和谐”，并表示他将鼓励以色列也这样做。

然而，以色列对伊朗的战争仍在继续，以色列军方周一扩大了军事行动，目标是对该国神权政治的象征性地点。

伊朗在国家电视台宣布了此次袭击，同时播放着激昂的进行曲。屏幕上的字幕称这是对“美国侵略”的“有力而成功的回应”。

就在爆炸发生前，伊朗总统马苏德·佩泽什基安在社交平台X上写道：“我们既没有发动战争，也没有寻求战争。但我们不会对伟大的伊朗遭受的入侵置之不理。”

一位美国高级军官表示，早前有关一枚导弹袭击驻伊美军基地的报道是虚惊一场。这位因未获授权公开置评而要求匿名的官员称，一枚原本瞄准以色列的伊朗导弹发生故障，碎片落入机舱，触发了针对阿萨德空军基地即将遭受袭击的警报。

以色列扩大战争范围，将象征性目标也纳入其中。

冲突爆发第 11 天，以色列和伊朗互相发动空袭，自以色列发动战争以打击德黑兰快速推进的核计划以来，空袭已成为两国平民的现实。

伊朗用导弹和无人机袭击了以色列，而以色列则表示，它袭击了“德黑兰市中心的政权目标和政府镇压机构”。

但以色列官员坚称，他们并不寻求推翻伊朗政府，自1979年伊朗伊斯兰革命以来，伊朗一直是他们的宿敌。

就在特朗普本人提及政权更迭的可能性几个小时后，最新的袭击就发生了。而就在前一天，特朗普用隐形轰炸机袭击了伊朗的三个核设施，将美国卷入了这场战争。

“如果伊朗现政权无法让伊朗再次伟大，为什么不会发生政权更迭呢？？？”他在自己的“真理社交”网站上问道。

白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特后来称特朗普“只是提出了一个问题”。

美国周末的空袭引发了人们对地区冲突可能扩大的担忧。伊朗表示，美国冒险使用导弹和3万磅重的钻地炸弹进行袭击，已经越过了“一条非常大的红线”。

一位不愿透露姓名的以色列官员表示，以色列的目标是在未来几天内结束战争，但这取决于伊朗方面，因为这是高层内部磋商。

这位官员表示，以色列希望伊朗同意停火，并就其核计划与美国重新展开谈判。但以色列也做好了应对旷日持久的低强度消耗战或“以静换静”时期的准备，届时以色列将密切监视伊朗的活动，并在发现新的威胁时予以打击。

德黑兰的袭击开启了战争的新篇章

以色列军方警告伊朗，随着打击目标转向包括象征性目标，以色列将继续袭击德黑兰周边的军事目标。军方通过社交平台X发布了这一警告，但由于互联网中断，伊朗民众难以与外界联系。

在德黑兰，以色列袭击了镇压近期抗议活动的军事部队总部，并炸开了以关押政治活动人士而臭名昭著的埃文监狱的大门。伊朗国家电视台播放了此次袭击的黑白监控录像，该监狱以关押双重国籍人士和西方人而闻名，这些人经常被伊朗用作与西方谈判的筹码。

埃文监狱还设有专门关押政治犯的监区，由准军事组织、全志愿组成的革命卫队管理，该卫队只对最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊负责。该监狱是美国和欧盟制裁的目标。

目前尚无伊朗方面人员伤亡或重大损失的报告。

伊朗国家电视台播放了据称是在埃文监狱内部拍摄的画面，画面显示囚犯处于控制之中。然而，总部位于华盛顿的伊朗人权组织阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼·博鲁曼德中心表示，许多被拘留者的家属“对亲人在监狱中的安全和状况深表担忧”。

一位熟悉以色列政府战略的官员表示，以色列针对这些目标是为了向伊朗政府施压，但并非积极寻求推翻伊朗政权。这位官员因涉及政府内部讨论而要求匿名。

以色列军方也证实，他们袭击了伊朗福尔多浓缩铀设施周围的道路，以阻止人员进入该设施。该地下设施是周日美国袭击的目标之一。以色列军方没有透露更多细节。

在维也纳，联合国核监督机构负责人表示，他预计福尔多核设施在周日美国使用先进的掩体炸弹进行空袭后将遭受严重破坏。

包括伊朗原子能组织发言人贝赫鲁兹·卡迈勒万迪在内的几位伊朗官员声称，伊朗已提前从目标地点移走了核材料。

这张由Planet Labs PBC提供的卫星图片显示了伊朗福尔多地下核浓缩设施在周日遭到美国空袭后的景象。（Planet Labs PBC via AP）

伊朗继续推进对以色列的攻击

据伊朗国家电视台报道，伊朗将周一袭击以色列的行动描述为“真正承诺行动3”的新一轮行动，并称其目标是以色列城市海法和特拉维夫。

耶路撒冷也听到了爆炸声，可能是防空系统在运作。以色列紧急救援组织“大卫之星”（Magen David Adom）表示，目前还没有人员伤亡的报告。

据总部位于华盛顿的人权活动人士组织称，以色列对伊朗的空袭已造成至少950人死亡，3450人受伤。

该组织曾提供伊朗动乱（例如 2022 年玛莎·阿米尼之死引发的抗议活动）的详细伤亡数字，并表示，在死者中，他们确认了 380 名平民和 253 名安全部队人员。

利德曼从以色列特拉维夫报道。美联社记者约瑟夫·费德曼（耶路撒冷）、卡西姆·阿卜杜勒-扎赫拉（巴格达）、艾比·休厄尔（贝鲁特）、伊莉丝·莫顿（伦敦）、盖尔·穆尔森（柏林）、埃拉·乔伊纳（布鲁塞尔）和斯蒂芬妮·利希滕斯坦（维也纳）对本报道亦有贡献。