Iran War and beyond
(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Iran’s oil production and exports continue without interruption, a spokesperson for the parliamentary energy commission said on Tuesday, adding that daily life is going on as usual on Kharg island. – Iranian oil production and exports continue without interruption, official says
(Al Arabiya) Two medical staff were injured when shrapnel fell on an emergency medical centre in Kuwait on Tuesday, the health ministry said, as Iran pressed on with a campaign of attacks across the Gulf. – Two medical staff injured by shrapnel in Kuwait: Health ministry
(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Five Lebanese soldiers were wounded, two critically, in an Israeli air strike in the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army said on Tuesday, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. The soldiers, struck while travelling by car and motorcycle, were taken to hospital, it said in a post on X. – Lebanese army says five soldiers wounded in Israeli strike in south Lebanon
(Reuters/Al Arabiya) The head of a UN investigation said on Monday that an Israeli air strike on a prison last year was a war crime and warned of risks of further repression following the current US-Israeli bombings. More than 70 people were killed when Israel struck Tehran’s Evin prison last June during an air war with Iran, Iranian authorities have said. The jail, known for holding political prisoners, has also been damaged in the latest US-Israeli air strikes, raising fears for the detainees, who include a British couple. – UN report says Israeli strike on Iran prison in 2025 a war crime
(Al Arabiya) Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that the military had killed Iran’s security chief and the head of its Basij militia in airstrikes overnight. Katz said in a statement he had been informed by the military that Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani had been killed. Israel says Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani is killed, no confirmation from Iran
(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel’s military said on Tuesday it had killed the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force in a strike, while Israeli media reported Tehran’s national security chief was also targeted for assassination. “In a precise strike in Tehran: The IDF eliminated the Commander of the Basij Unit,” the Israeli military said. – Israel military says it killed Iran’s Basij paramilitary chief in strike
(Al Arabiya) US President Donald Trump said that Iran’s strikes against its neighbors were a surprise amid the ongoing regional tension. “They (Iran) weren’t supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East,” he said on Monday, commenting on Iran’s aggression attack its neighboring countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait. “Nobody expected that. We were shocked.” – Trump says ‘nobody expected’ Iran aggression on Gulf countries
(Al Arabiya) Kuwait’s interior ministry said on Monday it arrested 16 people — 14 Kuwaitis and two Lebanese nationals — affiliated with the banned Lebanon-based Hezbollah militia who had planned a “sabotage plot” in the Gulf nation. – Kuwait says arrested 16 people affiliated with Hezbollah over ‘sabotage plot’
(Reuters/Al Arabiya) President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday urged US diplomats abroad to push allies to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon-based Hezbollah as terrorist groups, citing elevated risk of attack, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. – Rubio tells US diplomats to push allies to blacklist IRGC and Hezbollah
(Reuters/Al Arabiya) The head of the International Maritime Organization has said that naval escorts through the Strait of Hormuz will not “100 percent guarantee” the safety of ships attempting to transit the waterway, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Military assistance was “not a long-term or sustainable solution” to opening up the strait, Arsenio Dominguez told FT. – IMO chief says escorts no guarantee of safe passage through Strait of Hormuz: Report
(Al Arabiya) The number of US troops wounded in the war against Iran has risen to about 200, the US military said on Monday, as the conflict entered its third week. The US military’s Central Command said the vast majority of those wounded had suffered minor injuries and 180 troops had already returned to duty. Ten of the injuries are serious, it said. – Number of US troops wounded in war against Iran rises to about 200
