{"id":344951,"date":"2026-03-13T22:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/344951\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:47:15","slug":"donald-trump-threatens-iran-after-new-wave-of-attacks-on-gulf-states-and-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/344951\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump threatens Iran after new wave of attacks on Gulf states and Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran has launched multiple attacks on Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones at Saudi Arabia, following warnings from its new supreme leader about hosting American bases.<\/p>\n

The strikes were launched early Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened a major new retaliation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatch what happens to these deranged scumbags today,\u201d Mr Trump wrote in a social media post. \u201cIran\u2019s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments came the day after Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to \u201cnot refrain from avenging the blood\u201d of Iranians killed, and warned Gulf Arab nations to shut US bases, saying the notion of American protection was \u201cnothing more than a lie\u201d.<\/p>\n

A large explosion around noon rocked a Tehran square filled with demonstrators who were there for the annual Quds Day event in support of Palestinians, Iranian state television reported.<\/p>\n

The cause of the blast in Ferdowsi Square was not immediately known, but came shortly after Israel had warned people to clear the area because it planned a strike. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.<\/p>\n

Ongoing attacks did not deter thousands of people to take to the streets for Quds Day, with crowds chanting \u201cdeath to Israel\u201d and \u201cdeath to America\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"SmokeSmoke rises from a fire which, according to the authorities, was caused by a successful interception, at Dubai\u2019s Al Quoz Industrial area, United Arab Emirates (AP)\n<\/p>\n

Footage from the square showed people shouting \u201cGod is the greatest\u201d as smoke rose.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the US military\u2019s Central Command said that four of six crew members of an American KC-135 refuelling plane that went down in Iraq had been found dead and that recovery efforts were ongoing to find the other two.<\/p>\n

And a French soldier who was stationed in the north of the country was killed in an attack, the French president said on Friday.<\/p>\n

With growing global concerns about a possible energy crisis and no end to the war in sight, the price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, remained stubbornly over 100 dollars per barrel as Iran kept its stranglehold on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world\u2019s oil transits on its way from the Persian Gulf to the open seas.<\/p>\n

Brent prices have spiked as high as about 120 dollars per barrel and are currently some 40% higher than when Israel and the United States attacked Iran on February 28 to start the war.<\/p>\n

Update on UK operations in the Middle East, 12 March 2026. pic.twitter.com\/nf2OfCMBQv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ministry of Defence \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@DefenceHQ) March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Iran has been attacking ships that try to transit the strait, and Mr Khamenei\u2019s comments \u2014 his first to the public since being named to replace his father, who was killed during the first day of the conflict \u2014 said Iran would continue to block the waterway.<\/p>\n

In Turkey, Nato defences intercepted another ballistic missile fired from Iran, the third time since the war began.<\/p>\n

Residents in the southern city of Adana reported hearing a loud explosion and sirens sounding at Incirlik Air Base, which is used by US forces, in the early hours of the day.<\/p>\n

Turkey\u2019s Defence Ministry said that the missile was destroyed by Nato air defences deployed in the eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n

Iran has been attacking oil and other infrastructure around the Gulf region, and on Friday Saudi Arabia said that it had downed nearly 50 drones sent in multiple waves throughout the early morning hours.<\/p>\n

\"OfficersOfficers from Israel\u2019s Home Front Command inspect a house destroyed by an Iranian missile strike in Zarzir, northern Israel (Ariel Schalit\/AP)\n<\/p>\n

In Oman, two people were killed when two drones crashed in an industrial area in the region of Sohar, the Oman News Agency reported.<\/p>\n

Sirens also sounded in Bahrain warning of incoming fire, and in Dubai black smoke billowed from an industrial area after a blaze that authorities said was sparked by debris from an interception.<\/p>\n

A building at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) also sustained damage when hit with debris from what authorities described as a \u201csuccessful interception\u201d.<\/p>\n

The DIFC is an economic free zone for banks, capital traders and wealth managers, home to exclusive restaurants and nightclubs for the city-state\u2019s elite. Iran said earlier this week that it would target banks and financial institutions after an air strike hit a bank in Tehran.<\/p>\n

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Nearly 60 people were wounded in northern Israel after Hezbollah said it had fired rockets towards the area and at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon. Almost all the injuries were described as very minor.<\/p>\n

One person was killed in south-western Beirut in an Israeli strike, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, and another attack hit an apartment in the capital, leaving it engulfed in flames. Following the attacks, the Israeli army said it had been targeting a member of Iran-linked Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

In eastern Lebanon, a strike on an apartment wounded a local official with the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and killed his two sons, the state-run National News Agency reported. Israel for the past two years has targeted officials with the group, known as al-Jamaa al-Islamiya or the Islamic Group.<\/p>\n

More than 600 people have been killed in Lebanon since the fighting began, the Health Ministry has reported, and nearly 800,000 have been internally displaced, according to the UN refugee agency.<\/p>\n

Israel also said it had begun a wave of strikes on Iran targeting infrastructure. The military said the Israeli air force had hit more than 200 targets in Iran over the past 24 hours, including missile launchers, defence systems and weapons production sites.<\/p>\n

Before the blast in Tehran\u2019s Ferdowsi Square, Israel\u2019s military issued a warning on its Farsi-language X account that it would \u201cconduct operations\u201d there later in the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour presence in these areas puts your life at risk,\u201d the Israeli military said.<\/p>\n

Four Confirmed Deceased in Loss of U.S. KC-135 Over Iraq<\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla. \u2013 At approximately 2 pm ET on March 12, a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq. Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Iranian authorities say more than 1,300 people have been killed there, and Israel has reported 12 deaths. The US has lost at least seven soldiers while another eight have suffered severe injuries.<\/p>\n

In his Friday morning post, Mr Trump said that \u201cwe are totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them,\u201d Mr Trump said. \u201cWhat a great honor it is to do so!\u201d<\/p>\n

The US military said American forces have now struck more than 6,000 targets since the operation against Iran began, including more than 30 mine-laying vessels.<\/p>\n

On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said a French soldier was killed in an attack targeting Irbil in Iraq\u2019s northern Kurdish region.<\/p>\n

France earlier said six soldiers had been hurt in a drone strike in Irbil, where French troops are deployed as part of a multinational counter-terrorism mission supporting Iraqi forces in their fight against so-called Islamic State militants.<\/p>\n

In the same region, British officials said several US personnel suffered minor injuries on Wednesday when drone strikes hit a base in Irbil that houses both British and American troops.<\/p>\n

\"AA woman looks at a house destroyed by an Iranian missile strike in Zarzir, northern Israel (Ariel Schalit\/AP)\n<\/p>\n

Italy said that a base where it has troops in Irbil was also hit on Wednesday but that there were no injuries. The Italian contingent in the region trains local Kurdish troops at the request of the Iraqi government<\/p>\n

Recovery efforts were ongoing in western Iraq to try to find the other two crew of the American KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed after four bodies were recovered, the US military said.<\/p>\n

US Central Command said the crash was not related to friendly or hostile fire, and that two aircraft were involved, including one that landed safely.<\/p>\n

The KC-135 is the fourth publicly acknowledged aircraft to crash as part of the US military\u2019s operations against Iran. Last week, three American fighter jets were mistakenly downed by friendly Kuwaiti fire.<\/p>\n