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英法德联合声明：若有必要将对伊朗采取防御行动

2026年3月2日 11:39 / 联合早报

德国总理默茨3月1日召开记者会说，他对伊朗神权政治可能终结有如释重负之感，但目前仍无法确定伊朗的局势是否能受到控制。 （法新社）

英国、法国、德国领导人星期天（3月1日）晚上发表联合声明说，如有必要，它们准备对伊朗采取“防御性行动”，以捍卫自身及波斯湾地区盟友的利益。

综合法新社和新华社报道，英法德三国领导人在联合声明中说，伊朗对区内各国，包括那些并未参与美国和以色列军事行动的国家“发动无差别和不成比例的导弹袭击”，他们对此表示震惊。

声明说：“我们将采取措施捍卫本国及区内盟友的利益，包括采取必要且适度的防御行动，从源头上摧毁伊朗发射导弹和无人机的能力。”

三国也同意就此与美国以及受袭地区的盟友合作。

此外，英国首相斯塔默1日晚发表声明说，英国已同意美国使用英国军事基地用于“特定且有限”的防御目的。他说，波斯湾地区国家已要求英国加大防御力度，英国已派出战机在该地区执行任务，并成功拦截了伊朗袭击，但彻底消除威胁需要“从源头摧毁导弹储存库或发射装置”。

斯塔默还说，英国并未参与对伊朗的打击行动。

英法德联合声明：若有必要将对伊朗采取防御行动

发布/2026年3月2日 11:39

德国总理默茨3月1日召开记者会说，他对伊朗神权政治可能终结有如释重负之感，但目前仍无法确定伊朗的局势是否能受到控制。 （法新社）

英国、法国、德国领导人星期天（3月1日）晚上发表联合声明说，如有必要，它们准备对伊朗采取“防御性行动”，以捍卫自身及波斯湾地区盟友的利益。

综合法新社和新华社报道，英法德三国领导人在联合声明中说，伊朗对区内各国，包括那些并未参与美国和以色列军事行动的国家“发动无差别和不成比例的导弹袭击”，他们对此表示震惊。

声明说：“我们将采取措施捍卫本国及区内盟友的利益，包括采取必要且适度的防御行动，从源头上摧毁伊朗发射导弹和无人机的能力。”

三国也同意就此与美国以及受袭地区的盟友合作。

此外，英国首相斯塔默1日晚发表声明说，英国已同意美国使用英国军事基地用于“特定且有限”的防御目的。他说，波斯湾地区国家已要求英国加大防御力度，英国已派出战机在该地区执行任务，并成功拦截了伊朗袭击，但彻底消除威胁需要“从源头摧毁导弹储存库或发射装置”。

斯塔默还说，英国并未参与对伊朗的打击行动。

U.S. forces launched a sweeping military assault on Iranian targets on Saturday, unleashing overwhelming air, sea and missile power in a coordinated operation with Israel.

The mission — dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” — began at 1:15 a.m. and struck more than 1,000 sites across Iran within its first 24 hours, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and dozens of senior regime officials were eliminated in the strikes.

The barrage featured B-2 stealth bombers, F-22 and F-16 fighter jets, A-10 attack aircraft, EA-18G electronic warfare planes, and an array of airborne early warning and communications platforms, CENTCOM said.

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A U.S. Navy ship launches Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles in support of Operation Epic Fury.(U.S. Central Command Public Affairs)

Missile defense systems, including Patriot interceptors and THAAD anti-ballistic missile defenses, were deployed as part of the operation.

Other assets included RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper drones, HIMARS rocket systems, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, guided-missile destroyers, refueling tankers, and C-17 and C-130 transport aircraft, CENTCOM said.

The command also released images of Tomahawk cruise missiles, as well as F-18 and F-35 fighter jets roaring into combat, according to Reuters.

CENTCOM additionally confirmed it deployed one-way attack drones in combat for the first time.

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Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones were also used in the attack.(U.S. Central Command Public Affairs)

The Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System — known as LUCAS — is modeled after Iran’s Shahed drones.

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“CENTCOM’s Task Force Scorpion Strike — for the first time in history — is using one-way attack drones in combat during Operation Epic Fury,” CENTCOM wrote on X. “These low-cost drones, modeled after Iran’s Shahed drones, are now delivering American-made retribution.”

Developed by Arizona-based engineering firm SpektreWorks, the LUCAS drone can be launched from catapults, vehicles or mobile ground platforms, according to Business Insider.

The drones cost roughly $35,000 each, Reuters reported.

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A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on Feb. 28, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.(Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

The strikes targeted command and control centers, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Joint Headquarters and Aerospace Forces Headquarters, integrated air defense systems, ballistic missile sites, Iranian Navy ships and submarines, anti-ship missile sites and military communications infrastructure, according to CENTCOM.

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Iran retaliated by launching waves of missiles across the Middle East, targeting major U.S. bases in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, Business Insider reported.

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Three U.S. service members were killed and five others were “seriously wounded” as part of Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM said Sunday morning. The joint military operation is expected to carry on for days.

CENTCOM did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Reuters and Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.

国际原子能机构2日讨论美以袭击伊朗

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国际原子能机构理事会定星期一（3月2日）在位于奥地利维也纳的机构总部召开特别会议，讨论美国和以色列袭击伊朗的相关问题。

新华社报道，国际原子能机构（IAEA）2月28日在官方网站公布这一消息，并说此次会议是应俄罗斯常驻维也纳代表团的请求召开，讨论“美国和以色列对伊朗领土发动军事打击相关事宜”。

2月28日，美国和以色列对伊朗发起联合军事打击，伊朗随后对以色列和美国在中东地区的军事目标进行回击。国际原子能机构敦促中东冲突各方保持克制，避免对本地区民众造成核安全风险。

国际原子能机构2日讨论美以袭击伊朗 | 联合早报

发布时间：2026年3月2日 11:46 / 来源：联合早报

国际原子能机构理事会定星期一（3月2日）在位于奥地利维也纳的机构总部召开特别会议，讨论美国和以色列袭击伊朗的相关问题。

新华社报道，国际原子能机构（IAEA）2月28日在官方网站公布这一消息，并说此次会议是应俄罗斯常驻维也纳代表团的请求召开，讨论“美国和以色列对伊朗领土发动军事打击相关事宜”。

2月28日，美国和以色列对伊朗发起联合军事打击，伊朗随后对以色列和美国在中东地区的军事目标进行回击。国际原子能机构敦促中东冲突各方保持克制，避免对本地区民众造成核安全风险。

SAN ANTONIO, TX – With hours to go until primary day in Texas, the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran is the latest flashpoint in Lone Star State’s high-stakes and combustible Senate showdown.

Republican Sen. John Cornyn and his two primary challengers are rallying around President Donald Trump’s decision to launch the attacks, which are now in their second day and resulted in the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Three American military members were also killed in the fighting.

But the two Democrats vying for their party’s nomination in a bid to try and flip the long-held Republican seat in right-leaning Texas are condemning the airstrikes on Iran.

This year’s Senate showdown in Texas is one of a handful across the country that could determine if Republicans hold their majority in the chamber in the midterm elections. The GOP currently controls the chamber 53-47.

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President Donald Trump announced strikes on Iran early Saturday, which eliminated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.(President Trump Via Truth Social/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“I think the President did the right thing. It’s amazing to me that President Trump is the only president in my lifetime that is willing to take this kind of decisive action in order to stop the halt of terrorism and also radical Islam,” Cornyn said Sunday in a Fox News Digital interview.

Cornyn praised the operation, saying “this was well planned and was very decisive.” But he added, “There’s still a lot more to be done, and unfortunately, Iran still has a lot of ability to inflict casualties on people in the region.”

The senator’s top primary rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, thanked Trump for his “courageous leadership.”

Paxton, a MAGA firebrand and longtime Trump supporter who has survived a slew of scandals over the past decade, said in a social media post that “President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury is yet another overwhelming and historic military success. Khamenei’s been killed and the terroristic regime threatening our troops and nation has been decimated.”

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Rep. Wesley Hunt, the Army veteran turned MAGA rising star, also praised the president, saying, “Trump did it again. PEACE THROUGH AMERICAN STRENGTH!”

“Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is DEAD, and now the people of Iran have a chance to be free,” added Hunt, a West Point graduate who flew Apache helicopters during his Army service who is in his second term representing a safe Republican district in the Houston-area.

Trump, whose clout over the GOP remains immense, has stayed neutral to date in the Republican primary. All three candidates, who have sought the president’s endorsement, were in attendance Friday as Trump held an event in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Trump has yet to make an endorsement in the closely-watched primary.(Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

“They’re in a little race together,” Trump said of Cornyn and Paxton. “You know that, right? A little bit of a race. It’s going to be an interesting one, right? They’re both great people, too.”

Trump also complimented Hunt, and said that all three contenders were engaged in an “interesting election.”

[DEMS’ POTENTIAL 2028 HOPEFULS COME OUT AGAINST US STRIKES ON IRAN]

The two major Democrats in the race, progressive firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett and rising Democratic Party star state Rep. James Talarico, are chastising Trump for not seeking congressional approval.

“CONGRESS, not the PRESIDENT, but CONGRESS has the EXCLUSIVE authority to declare war! Speaker Johnson needs to call us in IMMEDIATELY & it is time for the House & the Senate to pass a war powers resolution!” Crockett wrote on social media this weekend.

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The two Democrats in the race, Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico, sound decisively different from their GOP counterparts with regard to the strikes.(Stringer/Getty Images)

And Crockett, a vocal Trump critic and foil, asked, “Why is it that this President refuses to even pretend that he cares about following the law?! I’ve been stomping & telling people that this election is life or death!”

Talarico, taking to social media this weekend, emphasized, “No more forever wars.”

But he didn’t make specific comments about the military strikes during a campaign event Sunday in San Antonio, Texas.

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Cornyn criticized the Democratic candidates for not supporting the U.S. operation.

“When the President has, in an act of political courage, ordered the U.S. military, along with our ally Israel, to defeat the number one state sponsor of terrorism and to prevent them from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Whose side do they choose? They choose the Iranian side. It’s just mind-boggling to me,” he argued.

And the senator predicted, “this will continue to be an issue in the midterm elections, because I don’t think that’s what the American people want, to live in a new world where a nuclear-armed terrorist state can literally terrorize not just the region but the world.”

Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.

President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to “avenge” the deaths of three U.S. service members killed in action as the conflict involving Iran deepens across the Middle East.

“As one nation, we grieve for the true American patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation,” Trump said in a video statement posted on Truth Social.

“Even as we continue the righteous mission for which they gave their lives, we pray for the full recovery of the wounded and send our immense love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen.”

This map shows the targets of Iran’s retaliatory strikes.(Fox News)

The president struck a somber note, warning that “sadly, there will likely be more before it ends.”

“America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war,” Trump said. “Our resolve and likewise that of Israel has never been stronger.”

Trump’s remarks, his first public statement since the U.S.-Israel strikes that led to the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials, signaled a potentially prolonged confrontation.

“This wretched and vile man had the blood of hundreds and even thousands of Americans on his hands and was responsible for the slaughter of countless thousands of innocent people all across many countries,” Trump said.

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President Donald Trump delivers a nearly six-minute address providing an update on Operation Epic Fury on March 1, 2026.(Truth Social)

He said U.S. forces had struck “hundreds of targets” inside Iran, including key Revolutionary Guard facilities, air defense systems and naval assets. Trump said the U.S. “knocked out nine Iranian ships “in a matter of literally minutes.” Military operations, he added, would continue “until all of our objectives are achieved.”

He went on to issue a direct warning to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and military leadership, urging them to surrender in exchange for immunity or face “certain death.”

Ahead of the strikes, the U.S. military amassed what Trump previously called an “armada” in Iran’s backyard. Mapped out across the Persian Gulf and beyond, the deployment tells its own story, one of calculated pressure backed by credible capability.

At the center of the U.S. presence are two aircraft carrier strike groups — the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford — each supported by guided-missile destroyers and cruisers and capable of sustained air and missile operations.

More than a dozen additional U.S. warships are also operating in the region in support roles, according to defense officials.

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An F-35B with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), took off April 18 from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS America.(Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/U.S. Marine Corps)

Meanwhile, Tehran has vowed retaliation for the strikes.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared that avenging Khamenei’s killing is both a “legitimate duty and right,” and added that Tehran “will forcefully crush the enemy’s bases.”

The confrontation has already included missile and drone strikes launched by Iran against U.S. bases in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq, though U.S. Central Command has denied Tehran’s claims of successfully targeting American carriers.

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Demonstrators march during a protest against war in Iran in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(Angelina Katsanis/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The unfolding conflict has ignited reactions far beyond the Middle East, including anti-war protests in U.S. cities and heightened diplomatic tensions near American embassies, underscoring how quickly the crisis has expanded beyond the region.

In Austin, authorities are investigating a recent shooting as potentially an act of terrorism, further heightening concerns about spillover effects at home.

Meanwhile, federal and local law enforcement have boosted security as a precaution, though officials say no specific, credible threats have been identified.

中东局势：中国官方通报有公民在袭击中受伤

发布时间：2026年3月2日 07:47 / 来源：联合早报

中东局势升温，中国官方星期天（3月1日）通报，有中国公民在袭击中受伤，并敦促中国公民暂勿前往伊朗周边地区。

中国外交部领事司在“领事直通车”微信公众号说：“2月28日，美国、以色列对伊朗发动军事行动，伊朗军队对美国在中东地区的军事基地实施打击，伊朗部分周边国家关闭领空、国际航班停飞。已有中国公民在袭击中受伤，部分临时旅行人员滞留当地。”

中国外交部提醒中国公民密切关注形势变化，暂勿前往伊朗周边受到军事冲击的国家和地区。

外交部领事司也说：“已在上述国家和地区的中国公民进一步加强自身安全防范，避免前往军事设施、游行集会等敏感区域。如遇紧急情况，请及时报警并联系中国驻当地使领馆寻求协助。”

US gasoline prices to rise after attack on Iran, analysts warn

March 1, 2026 9:56 PM UTC / Reuters

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A Sheetz customer gets gasoline at a gas station in Plains, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Aimee Dilger

NEW YORK, March 1 (Reuters) – U.S. average retail gasoline prices are set to break above $3 a gallon on Monday for the first time in more than three months as the conflict between the United States and major oil producer Iran interrupts global oil flows, analysts said.

That’s potentially a major risk for President Donald Trump and his Republican Party leading into November’s midterm elections as price inflation remains a key concern for voters. Trump has repeatedly – and often falsely – claimed credit for lowering gasoline prices since returning to office last year.

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Average pump prices could surpass $3 per gallon on Monday for the first time this year, according to Patrick De Haan, an analyst at retail price tracker GasBuddy. Prices last broke above $3 nationwide in November 2025, according to GasBuddy data. They were as low as $2.85 a gallon in February.

“Oil will move first. Gasoline will follow — but gradually,” De Haan said in a blog post after the strikes on Iran.

Iran is one of the world’s top oil suppliers and its government has said it has closed navigation through the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. and Israeli air strikes that killed its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Hormuz is a critical chokepoint in the Middle East Gulf through which around a fifth of the world’s oil flows by tanker. At least three tankers have been damaged in the region, and major shippers have said they will avoid the strait.

Global benchmark Brent crude jumped 10% to about $80 a barrel over the counter on Sunday on the escalating impacts, and some analysts are predicting Brent could touch $100 as the Middle East plunges into a new war.

So far, the White House appears to be willing to accept the political risks from higher oil prices to pursue its foreign policy objectives, said Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, an energy consultancy.

“Their eyes are wide open to the risk, and I expect they will focus on shortening the amount of time Iran has to control the flow of energy through the Strait of Hormuz,” McNally said.

The White House could also signal a willingness to release oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to prevent prices from going too high, McNally said.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden had authorized a historic drawdown of the SPR in 2022 to address surging prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a move that Trump and other Republicans have sharply criticized.

The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

SEASONAL DEMAND

Gasoline prices in the United States were already ticking higher prior to the U.S. attack on Iran as refiners in recent weeks began making a costlier summer-grade fuel, mandated by environmental regulations to reduce air pollution in warmer weather, De Haan said.

Demand for gasoline also tends to peak in the United States during the summer vacation season.

“We were all set to rise to $3.10-$3.25 a gallon with a peaceful Persian Gulf. We’ll now get there very quickly and the action of the last 48 hours puts higher numbers in play,” said Tom Kloza, senior adviser for fuel supplier Gulf.

He said a $5 per barrel increase for crude should result in an increase of about 12 cents per gallon for gasoline and diesel, but that some suppliers had already pushed up wholesale prices by as much as 25 cents a gallon.

The rising prices represent a reversal of months’ worth of declines since the middle of last year driven mainly by high inventory levels and slack demand growth. Those big stockpile levels could provide a buffer to global market disruptions and temper the current price spikes.

U.S. gasoline stocks stood at 254.8 million barrels as of February 20, near the highest they have been since the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest available government data. Those stocks represent 30 days’ of supply.

“I expect a lot of (price) volatility tonight, but markets will likely start to settle down a bit after the first furious hour,” De Haan said.

Reporting by Shariq Khan in New York; editing by Richard Valdmanis

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