Iran’s army vows response to strikes on residential areas, urges exposure of ‘US-Zionist hiding places’

By Reuters 11 March 2026, 7:40 am

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Motorbikes drive past a billboard depicting Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (center) handing the country’s flag to his son and successor Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei (right) as the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini stands at left, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, March 10, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran will respond to recent US-Israeli strikes in residential areas, a news outlet affiliated with Tehran’s military quotes the armed forces spokesperson as saying, after the heaviest strikes on the country since the war started.

Abolfazl Shekarchi also urged regional countries and fellow Muslims to indicate “US-Zionist hiding places” to maximize the precision and impact of Iranian strikes while minimizing harm to civilians, who he said are “used as human shields.”