June 8: Iran suspends 'Operation Nasr' after 'painful response' to Zionist regime over Lebanon aggression

By Press TV Website Staff

Iranian armed forces announced the suspension of "Operation Nasr" after giving a "painful response" to the Zionist regime for its acts of aggression against Lebanon.

It came after the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) carried out retaliatory missile strikes on the Nevatim and Tel Nof airbases and other targets in the occupied territories.

Iranian officials reaffirmed the country’s determination to defend its security and regional red lines, while resistance movements across the region welcomed the latest retaliatory strikes.

Key developments on day 101 of the war, the 61st day of the ceasefire:

• Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced the suspension of military operations against Israel, stating that a "painful response" has been delivered to the Zionist regime in support of the oppressed people of Lebanon.
• The IRGC targeted industrial sites deep inside the Israeli-occupied territories with a barrage of ballistic missiles in direct retaliation for the Tel Aviv regime's strikes on Iran's petrochemical industry.
• Israel carried out an airstrike on the Karun Petrochemical Company in Mahshahr, causing damage to a section of the facility, according to the deputy security and police affairs governor of Khuzestan province.
• Earlier during the day, sirens rang out across various cities in the central and southern parts of the Israeli-occupied territories after the IRGC launched a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes.
• The IRGC said the Zionist enemy carried out attacks on targets inside Iranian territory using air-launched ballistic missiles.
• Israel coordinated its early morning strikes on positions inside Iranian territory with the United States, contrary to White House claims of non-involvement in the attacks, an Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported.
• The IRGC carried out a strike targeting the headquarters of terrorist groups in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq.
• President Masoud Pezeshkian reaffirmed Iran’s unwavering stance in the face of any threat, saying the Islamic Republic will neither retreat nor hesitate in defending its national security and peace.
• Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the country’s strategy to put an end to the current US-Israeli aggression is to simultaneously pursue war and diplomacy to defend the rights of the Iranian nation.
• Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, warned the “evil coalition” of the United States and Israel that the entire region will turn into hell for them should they make another mistake. 
• Iran's Army Commander Major General Amir Hatami said the United States is responsible for the new Israeli aggression against Iran, warning that the country would escalate its retaliation if the enemy repeats its mischievous acts.
• The IRGC said the "Operation Nasr" targeted Israel's strategic Nevatim and Tel Nof airbases in retaliation for missile strikes on Iranian radar sites.
• Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, warned that the security of Lebanon is a “red line” of the Islamic Republic, warning that if US and Israeli attacks continue, Tehran’s retaliatory attacks will hit targets beyond the region.
• Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, said the United States bears responsibility for any escalation in the region, asserting that the Israeli regime does not carry out actions without prior coordination with Washington.
• Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on international affairs, issued an ultimatum to the Israeli regime and its backers, stating that any continued aggression will unleash a calculated chain of responses from the Axis of Resistance.
• Iran's judiciary said it has launched legal proceedings against 3,121 people for cooperating with the enemy, adding that more than 2,000 of the individuals have been detained.
• Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi decried as “fraudulent” the European Union’s move to impose sanctions on Iranian individuals and institutions over the situation in the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.
• Gharibabadi voiced Tehran’s objection to reports that the US could use Iran’s assets to compensate regional allies for war-related damages, saying the governments that placed their territory and facilities at the service of aggression against Iran are not in a position to demand reparations.
• Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said its forces managed to dismantle four terrorist cells in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan near the border with Pakistan and arrested more than a dozen militants before they could carry out any act of terror.
• The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas expressed gratitude over the latest Iranian missile strikes against the Israeli regime in defense of the Lebanese people and the Axis of Resistance.
• Yemeni armed forces on Monday morning launched a ballistic missile strike targeting the occupied Palestinian territories, forcing the Israeli regime to completely halt all flights at Ben Gurion International Airport while activating air raid sirens across Tel Aviv and central and southern occupied Palestine.
• Yemen and Palestinian resistance groups praised Iran’s missile strikes on Israeli-occupied territories, describing them as a confirmation that the era of Zionist arrogance has ended.
• Handala, a pro-Palestinian hacking group, threatened large-scale cyberattacks against the critical and military infrastructure of the enemies of the Palestinian cause and the countries allying themselves with them.
• Yemen's Armed Forces announced a total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, declaring all enemy movements "legitimate military targets" after claiming a precision missile strike on sensitive Israeli sites in Tel Aviv.
• Nasreddine Amer, Deputy Head of Ansarullah's Media Bureau, said the Yemeni resistance movement would resume its retaliatory missile operations in case the Tel Aviv regime renews its airstrikes against Lebanon, emphasizing that his fellow fighters would not allow Benjamin Netanyahu to bully West Asia.
• Russia’s Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, warned of efforts by the United States to rally support for a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that distorts facts about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.
• A draft resolution set to be tabled at the June 2026 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors – a copy of which is in the possession of the Press TV website – seeks to mount political pressure on Tehran over the unsubstantiated and long-discredited claim of "non-compliance" with ITS nuclear safeguards obligations.

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