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U.S. President Donald Trump connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) played down the interaction of rising lipid prices connected the American system and vowed to property up with the war, saying helium would halt Iran “from having atomic weapons”, adjacent arsenic U.S. and Israeli forces continued aerial strikes successful Iran and Tehran retaliated with rocket and drone attacks crossed the region.
Also read: West Asia warfare updates connected March 12, 2026
“The United States is the largest Oil Producer successful the World, by far, truthful erstwhile lipid prices spell up, we marque a batch of money. But, of acold greater involvement and value to me, arsenic President, is stopping an evil Empire, Iran, from having Nuclear Weapons, and destroying the Middle East and, indeed, the World,” Mr. Trump wrote successful a societal media post.
Mr. Trump had earlier said to deed “Iran harder 20 times more” if the travel of lipid done the Strait of Hormuz is blocked. He besides threatened to onslaught Iran’s energy grid. The Strait of Hormuz remains efficaciously closed.
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, responded to Mr. Trump connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026), saying if Iran’s energy grid is targeted, “the full portion volition spell dark”.
“Trump has said “we tin instrumentality isolated Iran’s electrical capableness wrong 1 hour, but we person not done it. Well, if they bash that, the full portion volition spell acheronian successful little than fractional an hr and acheronian provides ample accidental to hunt down US servicemen moving for safety,” Mr. Larijani, 1 of the apical officials successful complaint of moving the country, wrote successful a societal media post.
Iran connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) fired 5 salvos of missiles astatine Israel, Israeli officials said. Two tankers came nether onslaught adjacent Iraq successful the Gulf waters, with Iraqi authorities saying astatine slightest 1 unit subordinate was killed and 38 others were rescued. Drones besides deed substance tanks astatine Oman’s Salalah port, wherever operations were subsequently suspended.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said it struck an Iranian atomic installation wherever Tehran had built “critical capabilities successful the improvement of atomic weapons”. The installation was utilized for “the improvement of precocious explosives and for conducting delicate experiments arsenic portion of the AMAD Project,” said the IDF.
The IRGC said successful a connection that Thursday’s question of operations targeted Tel Aviv and “occupied al-Quds” (Jerusalem) arsenic good arsenic the bases of “American violent soldiers” successful the region.
The cognition was executed by firing much than 10 dense and formidable Khorramshahr missiles with multiple-warhead capabilities, Qadr missiles with multiple-warhead capabilities, Kheybar Shekan missiles with one-ton warheads, Hypersonic Fattah missiles with one-ton warheads, and loitering drones,” it added.
In a abstracted statement, the IRGC said it had struck a gathering constituent of American forces connected Sheikh Zayed Road and besides Ahmed al-Jaber Air Base successful Kuwait utilizing the Fattah hypersonic missile.
Iran’s Army spokesperson Brigadier General Akraminia, said the demolition of sections of the U.S. radar infrastructure has importantly improved operational conditions for Iranian forces. “With the elimination of portion of the enemy’s radar facilities astatine delicate centres, continuing the operations has go easier and we present person amended entree to important and delicate points,” helium was quoted arsenic saying by the authorities media.
