Strikes after sorry

NEIGHBOURS POUNDED | A day after apologising to the Gulf countries, Iran clears ‘misconceptions’ and continues attacks

- Agencies

Iran launched missile and drone attacks on several Gulf states on Sunday, a day after President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised to neighbouring countries for earlier strikes and said Tehran would avoid targeting them unless their territory was used for attacks against Iran.

"The enemy has had misconceptions about my words," Pezeshkian said in a video statement on Sunday. "When we are attacked, we have no choice but to respond. The more pressure they impose on us, the stronger our response will naturally be. Our Iran, our country, will not bow easily in the face of bullying, oppression or aggression - and it never has," he added.

Explosions and air-defence interceptions were reported across Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, underscoring the widening regional fallout from the war involving Iran, the US and Israel.