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Today it was a turn of the Iranians to convey mixed messages.
President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised to neighbouring states for striking their territory,
just as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards,
or IRGC, said they had hit an American airbase in the United Arab Emirates and another in Bahrain.
Blasts were also heard in Qatar,
while Saudi Arabia said a ballistic missile fell near Prince Sultan airbase.
Iranian president, a relative moderate,
said that Iran's Interim Leadership Council had approved a suspension of attacks against neighbouring countries unless,
that is, they were used to attack Iran.
But Iran's parliamentary speaker warned any nations that host US bases will not enjoy peace.
Well, Joe Inwood has been following events on day eight of this conflict.