NEW: Loud bang heard in Dubai.

Source: Reuters

NOW: Loud bangs heard in

— Dubai
— Abu Dhabi
— Doha

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar:

Iran is a sovereign country. It is our brother, a friend, and very dear to us. But they made a decision. I was in Saudi Arabia at the time — I am talking about Saturday, two days ago. Immediately, they targeted some Gulf countries, claiming they were striking American bases. However, the details have now emerged. Airports were also targeted, and our infrastructure was damaged. A Pakistani brother was also martyred.

But I believe that for all those countries, if this counterattack had not happened against them immediately, we would have stood by them, and there would have been a collective voice against this action by Israel and America. But we are on the record. I think we are the only country that condemned it.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar:

We have a strategic mutual defense agreement with Saudi Arabia. The whole world is aware of it; it's a sovereign agreement, and we are bound by it.

Keeping that in mind, I immediately sensitized our brothers in the Iranian leadership from Saudi Arabia, urging them to please keep that in view.

They requested certain assurances, specifically asking me to inform them that their soil should not be used for any attacks. I secured and provided those assurances.

Alhamdulillah, you observed that there was minimal reaction against Saudi Arabia and Oman, while there was activity involving Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain.

IAEA Chief Grossi on Iran:

We don’t see a structured program to manufacture nuclear weapons.

Countries have either other information or political considerations, which are not for me to validate or invalidate.

Trump on Merz:

We will be talking a little bit about Iran today, he has been helping us out.

Trump on Iran:

They have no navy, they have no air force, they have no air detection, their radars were knocked out.

Just about everything has been knocked out.

Merz to Trump:

We are on the same page in terms of getting this terrible regime in Tehran away.

We will be talking about the day after.

Reporter: Did Israel and Netanyahu force your hand to attack Iran?

Trump: No. I might've forced their hand. It was my opinion that these lunatics were going to attack first.

Trump on Iran:

They are hitting countries that were neutral... and now those countries are all fighting against them.

Trump on Iran:

They are hitting only civilian places, hotels and apartments.

We are hitting them where it is much more appropriate.

Trump on Iran:

They no longer have air protection. They no longer have any detection facilities at all left.

They're gonna be in for a lot of hurt.

These are bad people.

Trump on Iran:

I guess there was another hit on the new leadership.

That looks like it was pretty substantial also.

Trump on Iran:

The worst case would be we do this and then somebody takes over who is as bad as the previous person right?

That could happen, we don't want that to happen.

Trump on Iran:

Most of the people I had in mind for leadership are dead.

We have another group and they also may be dead.

Trump on Iran:

We will see what happens but we first we have to finish off the military.

BREAKING: Trump on Spain:

Spain has been terrible.

I told Bessent to cut off all dealings with Spain.

BREAKING: Trump on Spain:

Spain told us that we can't use their bases and that is alright we don't need them.

If we want, we can just fly in and use it.

Nobody is going to tell us not to use it.

Trump on Spain:

We are going to cut off all trade with Spain.

We don't want anything to do with Spain.

Trump on Keir Starmer:

I am not happy with the UK either.

This is not Winston Churchill that we are dealing with.

Trump on Merz:

Merz is pretty much opposite to Merkel on immigration and energy.