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Iran threatened connected Saturday (March 14, 2026) to trim U.S.-linked lipid facilities to “a heap of ashes” arsenic the two-week-old West Asia war spilled implicit into a planetary lipid terms crisis.
Iranian equipped forces issued the informing aft U.S. President Donald Trump said helium whitethorn determine to “wipe out” Iran’s largest lipid export hub connected its Kharg Island.
Iran-Israel warfare LIVE updates
Waves of drone, rocket and aerial bombing person displaced millions successful the portion and reportedly killed much than 1,200 radical successful Iran since the United States and Israel opened hostilities connected February 28.
Despite facing superior U.S. and Israeli firepower, Iran has retaliated with rocket and drone attacks against astatine slightest 10 countries.
Tehran has besides squeezed the satellite system by threatening to onslaught lipid tankers connected the Strait of Hormuz, bringing postulation to a virtual halt connected a way that usually carries 1 5th of planetary lipid supplies.
Crude lipid prices person surged much 40% since the warfare began.
Mr. Trump said connected Friday (March 13, 2026) U.S. forces had “totally obliterated” each subject targets connected Iran’s Kharg Island lipid export hub, describing it successful a societal media station arsenic “one of the astir almighty bombing raids successful the History of the Middle East.”
The U.S. person said helium had chosen not to “wipe out” lipid infrastructure connected the Iranian island, for now.
“However, should Iran, oregon anyone else, bash thing to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships done the Strait of Hormuz, I volition instantly reconsider this decision,” helium said.
Mr. Trump said the U.S. Navy would commencement escorting tankers done the Strait of Hormuz “very soon” to reconstruct lipid exports.
The Iranian subject responded that lipid and vigor infrastructure owned by US-linked firms would beryllium “immediately beryllium destroyed and turned into a heap of ashes” if the United States struck its lipid facilities, according to Iranian media.
U.S. and Israeli attacks person killed much than 1,200 radical successful Iran, according to wellness ministry figures that could not beryllium independently verified.
The UN exile bureau has estimated that up to 3.2 cardinal radical person been displaced wrong Iran since the warfare started.
Blasts deed Tehran
Heavy blasts shook Tehran precocious connected Friday (March 13) aft the United States vowed to measurement up aerial strikes.
Mr. Trump described Iran arsenic “totally defeated” and successful hunt of a woody helium was unwilling to consider.
According to the Pentagon, the U.S. and Israel person struck much than 15,000 targets successful Iran implicit the past 2 weeks.
Israel’s subject said it conducted 7,600 strikes connected the country, astir of them against its rocket programme.
Iran appears intent connected showing it volition travel done the warfare intact and successful control, contempt its ultimate person Ali Khamenei being killed astatine the commencement of the US-Israeli campaign.
Khamenei’s lad Mojtaba Khamenei was named the caller ultimate leader, but has been absent from nationalist presumption and said to beryllium wounded.
Within Iran, the Revolutionary Guards person warned of a beardown effect to immoderate anti-government protests, aft demonstrations successful January successful which respective 1000 radical were killed.
Iranian authorities person maintained an net blackout since the warfare started.
A drone struck the US embassy successful Baghdad connected Saturday, an Iraqi information authoritative and a information root said. An AFP writer saw fume rising from the complex.
The onslaught took spot soon aft 2 Iran-backed fighters were killed successful strikes connected Iraq’s capital, according to respective sources.
After 14 days of war, the United States is reportedly sending reinforcements that could unfastened up options beyond the airborne campaign.
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times said Friday the Pentagon had dispatched the Japan-based amphibious battle vessel USS Tripoli to the portion on with its complement of immoderate 2,500 Marines.
The U.S. subject has mislaid 13 unit since the warfare started.
They see six who were aboard a refuelling craft that crashed successful Iraq, an incidental that US officials said was not the effect of hostile fire.
Gulf countries are inactive being targeted by Iran.
Missiles intercepted
Qatar said it intercepted 2 missiles Saturday, aft blasts were heard successful the superior Doha and authorities said they had evacuated immoderate cardinal areas.
Interceptors were seen downing 2 projectiles implicit the Qatari capital’s downtown country and blasts were heard, according to AFP journalists.
Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said its forces had intercepted dozens of drones connected Friday.
Beyond the Gulf, Turkey said NATO forces changeable down a ballistic rocket launched from Iran -- the 3rd specified interception successful the war.
Lebanon has been drawn into the war, too, aft a Tehran-backed militant radical attacked Israel successful effect to the sidesplitting of Iran’s ultimate leader.
An Israeli onslaught successful confederate Lebanon killed a twelve doctors, paramedics and nurses astatine a healthcare clinic, Lebanese wellness authorities said Saturday.
According to the Lebanese authorities, astatine slightest 773 radical person been killed by Israeli attacks successful Lebanon aimed astatine wiping retired Iranian state Hezbollah.
