The joint US-Israeli offensive is seeking an armed uprising in Iran using a Kurdish fighting force, reports this evening suggest.

It is thought that since 2024 thousands of volunteers in western Iran have been armed with weapons ready for a rebellion which could begin within a matter of days.

It follows US targeting of west Iran in recent days in an attempt to destabilise the region ahead of a possible on-ground rebellion.

American and Israeli forces have been asked to provide air cover, according to ITV News, when the Kurds begin their uprising.

It comes after President Donald Trump admitted he will not hesitate to deploy US troops in Iran ‘if they were necessary’.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday seemed to dismiss the notion of Reza Pahlavi taking over as the next leader of Iran.

‘Some people like him, and we haven’t been thinking too much about that,’ he said of the exiled shah.

But, Trump said, ‘It would seem to me that somebody from within might maybe be more appropriate — I’ve said that.’

‘He looks like a very nice person, but it would seem to me that somebody that’s there, that’s currently popular, if there’s such a person.’

US House Speaker Mike Johnson responded to some of his colleagues push to hold a vote to restrict President Donald Trump from continuing to strike Iran.

‘The idea that a few colleagues here would try to move a war powers motion and resolution to the floor right now is dangerous,’

‘Imagine a scenario where Congress would vote to tell the commander in chief that he was no longer allowed to complete this mission, that would be a very dangerous thing.’

Johnson said he is supportive of the Iran strikes and believes Trump acted within his legal authority, saying Iran’s ballistic missile program posed an ‘imminent and serious threat.’

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations cast doubt about the prospect of negotiations with the United States on Tuesday, three days after the US and Israel launched joint strikes on the country.

‘For the time being we are very doubtful about the usefulness of negotiation,’ Ali Bahreini, ambassador of the Iranian mission to the UN in Geneva, told reporters.

President Donald Trump urged Americans in the Middle East to register with the State Department Tuesday night.

‘Since the launch of Operation Epic Fury, more than 9,000 Americans have safely returned home from the Middle East,’ he wrote on his Truth Social page.

Trump then explained that the State Department ‘will identify where you are, and provide travel options to you.’

‘We are already chartering flights, free of charge, and booking commercial options, which we expect will become increasingly available as time goes on.’

The US State Department said early Wednesday it has authorized non-emergency American government personnel and family members to evacuate in Saudi Arabia and Oman should they choose.

‘There has been an ongoing threat of drone and missile attacks from Iran and significant disruptions to commercial flights,’ the State Department said in its advisory on Oman.

It also said terrorism is a threat to Americans in Oman, particularly at cultural and religious locations, markets, entertainment venues, transportation hubs and other gathering places.

The travel advisory level for Oman is at “reconsider travel,” but along its border with Yemen to the south and southwest, the Department of State advises, “Do Not Travel” due to ‘terrorism and armed conflict.’

The travel advisory level for Oman is at ‘reconsider travel,’ but along its border with Yemen, the State Department advises, ‘Do Not Travel’ due to ‘terrorism and armed conflict.’

Mojtaba Khamenei, the favorite to become the new Supreme Leader of Iran, was repeatedly treated for impotency at hospitals in the UK, according to a secret US intelligence document.

On Tuesday, Mojtaba, 56, was reportedly preparing to be named successor to his father Ali Khamenei, who was killed along with 48 other senior regime officials in America and Israel‘s ongoing Operation Epic Fury.

According to a classified briefing sent by the State Department to the US Embassy in London in 2008, and later released by WikiLeaks, Mojtaba was placed under pressure by his family to produce heirs.

The United Arab Emirates has been subjected to more than 1,000 attacks from Iran, according to the nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The ministry said these attacks outnumber those ‘suffered by all other targeted countries,’ adding that the nation ‘has not participated in the war and has not permitted the use of its territory, territorial waters, or airspace in any attack against Iran.’

‘In this regard, the UAE affirms its right to self-defense, as guaranteed by international law and the Charter of the United Nations,’ the ministry said in a statement.

CNN’s Erin Burnett was forced to take cover as air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv.

Three paramedics were killed and another six were injured while trying to rescue people in Lebanon, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus announced on social media.

‘The risk that more health workers will count among the casualties is high. This must be avoided at all costs, so paramedics, doctors and nurses can be allowed to carry out their life-saving work, which is especially needed in times of crisis,’ he posted on X.

‘Warring parties must abide by international humanitarian law and protect health workers, facilities and patients,’ he continued.

‘I call for the utmost restraint and for voices of wisdom and peace to rise above sound of bombings. Peace is the best medicine.’