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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87515, member: 27"] Hundreds of Iranian civilians are dead, and the Supreme Leader's safety is in question after US and Israeli strikes hit Iran hard on Saturday. Iran's leadership status after the strikes [LIST] [*]Mohammad Fathali confirmed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Masoud Pezeshkian are unharmed. [*]Khamenei's standing as a global Shiite religious authority goes way beyond political rank. [*]Any harm directed at him would carry consequences that are neither predictable nor controllable. [*]Fathali warned that aggressor regimes would bear full responsibility for any such reckless move. [/LIST] Civilian toll and Iran's position on the attacks [LIST] [*]Iran's Ambassador to India called Saturday's strikes a flat-out violation of national sovereignty. [*]Hundreds of innocent Iranian civilians have reportedly been killed in the attacks. [*]More than 50 schoolgirls lost their lives at a girls' school in the city of Minab alone. [*]Fathali made clear that Iran neither started nor went looking for this war. [/LIST] Iran's response and self-defense framework [LIST] [*]A crushing, region-altering response against Israel is being promised by Tehran. [*]Article 51 of the United Nations Charter is the legal basis Iran is leaning on. [*]Prior backchannel diplomacy with the US broke down because Washington chose confrontation. [*]No backdoor negotiations are currently happening, per the ambassador. [/LIST] US military bases and regional countries [LIST] [*]All US military bases in the region become fair game if Iranian territory keeps getting hit. [*]Fathali warned regional countries not to let their airspace or land be used against Iran. [*]Tehran insists it has not launched any strikes against neighboring regional countries. [*]Preventing further aggression, not expanding the conflict, is the stated Iranian objective. [/LIST] Safety of Indian nationals in Iran [LIST] [*]No official reports of harm to Indian students or professionals in Iran have surfaced yet. [*]Iranian authorities have already pushed out safety advisories for all foreign nationals. [*]Full cooperation with the Indian government on any evacuation is something Iran has committed to. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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