Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised on Saturday to neighbouring countries for attacks launched in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes.

"I apologise... to the neighbouring countries that were attacked by Iran," he said in a speech broadcast by state TV, adding that they would not be targeted unless attacks were launched from their territories.

Pezeshkian said his country would not surrender to Israel and the United States as the war entered its second week and that "the enemies must take their wish for the surrender of the Iranian people to their graves".

"The interim leadership council agreed yesterday that no more attacks will be made on neighbouring countries and no missiles will be fired unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries," said Pezeshkian in a speech broadcast on state TV.

His apology came on the eve of an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the Arab League to discuss Iranian attacks on several of the group's members and hours after Saudi Arabia's defence minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, urged Tehran to "avoid miscalculation".

The Arab League meeting, to be held via videoconference, was requested by Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Egypt, said Hossam Zaki, the bloc's assistant secretary-general.

Pezeshkian's speech came after Israel's military said more than 80 fighter jets completed a wave of strikes on Iranian military sites, missile launchers and other targets in Tehran and central Iran and as Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, said it had suspended operations after an object was intercepted by air defence over the area. It has since resumed partial operations.

Saudi Arabia too said earlier in the day it stopped four drones attacking the country’s massive Shaybah oil field, the second attack within hours.

In one of the biggest raids announced by Israel since the regional war began on February 28, Israel Defence Forces said its jets hit a military academy of Iran's Revolutionary Guards that "was being used as an emergency asset".

It said the facility was being used for military operations, making it "a lawful military objective".

Other targets included an underground command centre and missile storage facility as well as launch sites, "in order to reduce the scope of fire directed at the territory of the State of Israel", it said.

Iranian state TV said loud explosions were heard in Tehran.

In Lebanon, official media reported on Saturday that clashes had erupted as Israeli forces attempted a landing operation along the Lebanon-Syria border, with militant group Hezbollah saying its fighters were involved.

If confirmed, the latest reported raid would be the deepest Israeli forces have reached inside Lebanon since special unit troops apprehended Hezbollah operative Imad Amhaz from the northern city of Batroun in November 2024. (Agencies)



Edited by Thomas McAlinden