Israeli Defense Minister Katz:

This regime must not appoint people who want to continue the program to destroy Israel.

Any senior governmental or military figure is in our sights.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

I express my appreciation to the proud and honorable people of Kurdistan who have stood by Iran during these historic days.

I share the grief of the families of the martyrs and the injured in these incidents.

The governor and the armed forces, as guardians of security, are duty-bound to decisively confront any separatist activities.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz:

We hope and expect that the Iranian people will take advantage of the operation to replace the regime.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz:

The understanding was that as long as Khamenei stands at the head of Iran, it will try to return to the same path of destroying Israel.

Therefore, the decision that was made is to thwart Khamenei.

We began preparing to carry out this objective in the middle of the year, and then the riots in Iran broke out, and we decided to move it forward.

Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir:

We are moving to a new phase in the fighting. We will deepen the damage to the Iranian regime.

We have additional surprising moves.

Houthi Leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi:

We affirm our support for Iran and its Muslim people, and we are ready to act at any moment.

The United States Department of State says it has suspended operations at its embassy in Kuwait City until further notice.

Biden's Secretary of State Blinken on Iran:

The Iranians put us in a position where we've used up a lot of interceptors to deal with defense, or even our offensive missiles to take out their launchers.

Or conversely, did they run out and we still have what we need?

I don't know the numbers here — I'm not privy to that — but it is something we have to be very attentive to because these things are not in infinite supply.

The production times are very long. And of course we're also using, in many cases, very expensive weapons to take down $20,000 drones. That's not a good equation if you keep that going over time.

Biden's Secretary of State Blinken on Iran:

What I'm worried about — one of the things I'm worried about — is we so deplete our arsenal and it takes a long time to rebuild it.

That puts us in a disadvantageous position when it comes to, say, a China or Russia.

Biden's Secretary of State Blinken on Iran:

It really should start with explaining to the American people why you're doing something, why it's necessary, why now?

Biden's Secretary of State Blinken on Iran:

I think Trump may simply declare victory. He'll say: got rid of the Ayatollah, we diminished or degraded or destroyed their nuclear program again.

We did the same thing to the missile program. We did the same thing to the Navy.

And as to the regime — well, over to the Iranian people. Good luck to them. Hope they succeed. And if they don't, it's their fault. If they do, we'll take the credit.

Wartime President Donald Trump posts on Truth Social.

Spain's Defence Minister Margarita Robles Fernández on Iranian missile that was fired on Türkiye:

The Spanish battery was not the one that shot down the missile, but it did provide enough information for that missile to be intercepted.

The Spanish battery is there, and there were Spanish soldiers at the base.

WATCH: Massive explosion showing the moment of U.S. / Israeli attack at Bushehr Air Base in Iran, filmed from very close range.

A chartered Air France evacuation flight from the UAE had to turn back mid-air after missiles were detected nearby, making the airspace unsafe.

Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

The situation is completely turning around.

The President of France, and the foolish Chancellor of Germany, who was so deceived, he too is now saying that this war must end as soon as possible, our economy is being damaged.

Well, didn't you know this would happen? Did you Europeans come and lay the groundwork for no reason just to force America into a war against Iran?

Iranian Army official:

We are aware of the enemy's equipment. We are aware of the enemy's ammunition.

The enemy himself is admitting today that a massive volume of its defensive ammunition is decreasing.
Meaning, in a few more days, American bases in the region will be defenseless.

In a few more days, in the occupied territories, areas will be defenseless.

Now, there are whispers in these same countries of the region, among Arab analysts of the region, that the Americans don't defend the Arab countries at all.

They mostly try to defend themselves and, if they can, the Zionist regime.

NEW: The U.S. is considering asking China to buy less oil from Russia and Iran and more from the U.S. ahead of a planned Trump–Xi summit in April.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may raise the idea with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in mid-March talks.

Source: WSJ