Iran’s president accused the U.S. of acting as “a proxy for Israel” in aggression against Iran, claiming Israel “manufactures an Iranian threat” to divert attention from Palestinian issues and aims to “fight Iran to the last American soldier and taxpayer dollar,” questioning if “‘America First’ [is] truly among U.S. priorities.”
Iran’s President Pezeshkian, in a letter to the American people, says Iran harbors no enmity toward ordinary Americans, calls portraying Iran as a threat “inconsistent with history and current facts,” and warns attacks on Iran’s infrastructure would have consequences beyond its borders
Violent explosions rocked the Mobarakeh steel complex in Isfahan, amid reports of simultaneous airstrikes also targeting the Khuzestan steel complex and the Sefidasht steel complex in Boroujeh, Iran.
The U.S. and Israel have coordinated major operations set to take place in the coming days, sources tell Kan News
Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition - Financial Times
French counterterrorism prosecutors said on Wednesday that a foiled bomb plot against a Bank of America office in Paris appeared to be linked to a pro-Iranian group known as Harakat al-Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia.Police were alerted last week to a propaganda video, circulated by the group, that targeted the Jewish community in Europe and the French headquarters of Bank of America.
Iranian state media say an airport in Kashan in Isfahan province was struck Wednesday afternoon, with officials reporting hits also in Shahreza, Aran, Bidgol and Najafabad
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will release an important letter addressed to the American people in the coming hours, Iran's state broadcaster IRIB reported
CBS, citing a White House official: Trump will assert in his speech that the US military is achieving or exceeding the stated objectives of its operations in Iran.
UAE Ministry of Defense: Air defenses are currently dealing with Iranian missile and drone attacks.
Authorities in Dubai confirm that the sounds heard in various areas of the emirate are the result of successful interceptions by air defenses. They urge the public to obtain information from official sources.
In a letter to the UN Security Council, UAE is invoking Chapter 7 of the UN charter (commonly referred as 'use of force') seeking “immediate action” in order to “ensure the safe and secure navigation and navigational rights and freedoms in and around the Strait of Hormuz.”
2 hour agoCENTCOM says US forces have now struck more than 12,300 targets in Iran, damaging or destroying over 155 vessels
US has lost 16 MQ-9 Reaper drones since the war on Iran began, including two more this week near Isfahan, sources told @JimLaPorta. A single Reaper drone can cost around $30 million. The remotely piloted aircraft are used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions but also can deliver precision strikes.
Launches from Iran detected towards the center and Jerusalem area
Trump has raised with SecState Rubio and other top aides the possibility of withdrawing from NATO if allies don’t help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials said. He has discussed leaving NATO, or at least potentially finding ways to weaken the U.S. commitment
Financial Times, citing sources: Amazon's cloud computing center in Bahrain was damaged in an Iranian attack
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard: The situation in the Strait of Hormuz is completely under our control, and it will not be opened by a decision from the American president.
Trump told Reuters: I don't care about nuclear materials, we will monitor them via satellite.
5 hour agoAccording to messages received from citizens, locations in the east and west of Tehran were targeted at around 5:00 PM. Photo received from 'Chitgar Lake', 5:06 PM, Wednesday, April 12, Iran Tehran
British Defence: Air Force shot down more than 10 Iranian drones in the region overnight
6 hour agoTrump claims this morning that Iran has asked for a ceasefire
At least six explosive drone attacks reported on the Iranian Kurdish PAK Peshmerga base at 11:20. - @PAKenglishh
More than 800 ships are stranded in the Gulf waters due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Ministry of Defense announced that UAE air defenses intercepted five ballistic missiles and 35 drones launched from Iran on Wednesday, April 1, 2026
UAE air defenses engaged Iranian ballistic and cruise missiles and UAVs
Keir Starmer says the UK will convene 35 countries to discuss the diplomatic and political measures needed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and UK military planners will meet as well
UAE MOFA: "Recent reporting suggesting a shift in the UAE’s posture is misleading. The UAE maintains a defensive posture focused on protecting its sovereignty, its people, and its infrastructure, and reserves its right to self-defence in response to ongoing unlawful and unprovoked attacks."
Reuters, quoting a Malaysian government spokesperson: Some of our ships are waiting to cross the Strait of Hormuz and will not pay any transit fees.
The Israeli army announces the end of a large-scale wave of airstrikes targeting Iranian regime infrastructure in Tehran.
QatarEnergy said a fuel oil tanker was hit by a missile in the northern territorial waters of Qatar early on Wednesday. The company said no crew members were injured and there was no impact on the environment
Israeli Channel 12: Iran has launched 9 missiles towards Israel in 7 separate salvos since this morning.
The latest Iranian missile fired at central Israel was intercepted, according to the Israeli army. Rescue forces are responding to reports of possible fragments that hit several areas, though no injuries are reported
Iranian media: Explosions heard in the central city of Isfahan
12 hour agoMissiles were launched towards Tel Aviv area
12 hour agoOil losses reach nearly 3%, with Brent crude falling below $100 a barrel amid optimism about an end to the war in Iran.
12 hour agoOne more wave of ballistic missile launches detected from Iran towards Israel
Houthis: We bombed sensitive targets of the Israeli in southern Palestine with a barrage of ballistic missiles
MDA: 6 injured in Bnei Brak
Fire and Rescue: missile debris impact sites in Bnei Brak, Holon and Petah Tikva
Missile from Yemen intercepted, no reports of casualties
15 hour agoFires reported in Bahrain as smoke rises over Hamala. Images circulating online show thick black smoke rising over western Bahrain, with multiple plumes visible across the Hamala area. Bahrain’s interior ministry says it is working to extinguish a fire at a business facility following what they described as an Iranian attack. Footage suggests an active blaze in a built-up area, though the exact site remains unclear
Trump: "We will leave Iran in two to three weeks"
21 hour agoAshab al-Kahf (a front group for IRGC-controlled Iraqi Shia militias, primarily Nujaba and KH) has issued a warning that they will start targeting "American and Israeli interests" in Bahrain starting on April 1
The White House said on Tuesday that the U.S. military was prepared to thwart any attacks by Iran, responding to threats by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against U.S. companies in the region
22 hour agoIran FM: I receive messages from Witkoff directly, as before, but this does not mean we’re negotiating… We’ve not sent any response to 15 US proposals, nor have we offered any proposals or conditions of our own… We’ve not yet made any decision regarding negotiations
Iran’s major steel plant, “Mobarakeh Steel Industries” complex in Isfahan, was targeted in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes for the second time in a week, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news reports. Additional reports of strikes also on "Ahvaz Steel" complex in Ahvaz, western Iran
Deputy Governor of Bushehr: The city's meteorological radar facilities are completely out of service due to an American-Israeli attack.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military campaign against Iran is "coming to an end," NBC reports
Emirates Airlines: Iranian citizens are no longer allowed to enter or transit through the airline.
Reports suggest that the Natanz nuclear facility has been struck by U.S. airstrikes
1 day agoThe USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier is deploying to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike groups in the region, according to U.S. officials. - WSJ
1 day agoUAE President Mohamed bin Zayed received a phone call from Russia's President Vladimir Putin today, Emirati state media said. During the call, the two leaders discussed the escalating war in the region and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, stating the "negative repercussions" to the global economy.
