Tehran’s top security official has warned the US president to be careful, after threats to hit the Islamic Republic “twenty times harder”
Source: X/Iranian_RCS
Iran’s top security official has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s threats after he vowed to strike Iran “twenty times harder” if it continues to threaten the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the US-Israeli attacks.
The strikes have killed at least 1,332 civilians across Iran since Washington and West Jerusalem began their attack more than a week ago, the Iranian Red Crescent has reported.
Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani branded Trump’s threats “empty,” writing on Telegram: “Even those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian nation. Be careful not to be eliminated!”
Trump has strongly criticized Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who was elected as Iran’s supreme leader following the killing of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has threatened to assassinate anyone who takes the post.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who held a phone call with Trump on Monday, said the escalating conflict risks entirely choking off the region’s oil exports through the now “de-facto closed” Strait of Hormuz. RT has assessed the impact of $100 oil, and the subsequent rise in Urals oil, for Russia.
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• The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reportedly promised full freedom of passage to ships from any Arab or European country that expels US and Israeli ambassadors.
• The price of Russian Urals oil has surged to a premium over Brent, which which peaked at over $120 on Monday. Trump has dismissed the spike as “a very small price to pay” for the war against Iran.
• As of Tuesday, the US-Israeli attacks have killed over 1,300 Iranian civilians, according to official data from Iran.
• The deadliest attack yet was a strike on a girls’ school in Minab in southern Iran that killed 168 children. Multiple media outlets have concluded from available footage that the school was hit by a US Tomahawk missile. Trump has dismissed the reports, insisting that Tehran is to blame.
• The US-Israeli strikes on oil facilities near Tehran have produced a “black rain” of toxic oil and soot, with residents reporting breathing difficulties. Online images and footage show thick smog over the capital, as Iran’s Red Crescent Society warns that the rain could be “highly dangerous and acidic.”
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• At least 13 Israelis have been killed in the crossfire so far. Iran’s retaliatory strikes on US bases in the region have killed at least four in the UAE, one in Bahrain, six in Kuwait, and two in Saudi Arabia.Follow our live coverage below for continuous updates.
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11 March 2026
00:37 GMT
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have launched multiple Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missiles during the 37th wave of its “True Promise 4” retaliatory strikes, which lasted over three hours.
The targets allegedly included an Israeli satellite communications center south of Tel Aviv and other military installations in Be’er Ya’akov, West Jerusalem, and Haifa, along with US bases in Erbil, Iraq, and the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
“Targeted and powerful attacks will continue until the set objectives are achieved,” the IRGC said. “In this battle, we think only of the complete surrender of the enemy.”
Press TV shared a video purportedly showing the latest launches, but there has been no immediate comment from US or Israeli officials about any damage or casualties.
- 00:02 GMT
Kuwait’s air defense systems have successfully intercepted and destroyed at least four hostile drones that breached the country’s airspace, while a fifth crashed outside the threat zone, according to defense ministry spokesman Colonel Staff Saud Abdulaziz al-Attwan.
“The Kuwaiti Armed Forces affirm that they are on full alert and readiness to deal with any threats and to confront anything that aims to undermine the country’s security, ensuring the preservation of its sovereignty, security, stability, and the protection of its national interests and capabilities,” the statement said, without specifying who launched the drones or what their intended targets were.
بيان رقم (24) صادر عن المتحدث الرسمي لوزارة الدفاعالعقيد الركن سعود عبدالعزيز العطوان تصدّت القوات المسلحة الكويتية منذ فجر اليوم الثلاثاء الموافق 10 مارس 2026 وحتى منتصف الليل، لموجةٍ من الأهداف الجوية المعادية التي اخترقت أجواء البلاد. حيث رصدت منظومات الدفاع الجويعدد… pic.twitter.com/Z1nLJDzrxN
— KUWAIT ARMY — الجيش الكويتي (@KuwaitArmyGHQ) March 10, 2026
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10 March 2026
23:54 GMT
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense announced that security forces are actively combating waves of missiles and drones launched toward the kingdom, successfully intercepting multiple aerial threats.
Two drones heading toward the Shaybah oilfield were reportedly detected and destroyed before reaching the facility. Later, security forces intercepted two additional drones in Hafar Al-Batin and six ballistic missiles launched toward Prince Sultan Air Base. All were destroyed with no casualties reported, according to officials.
The attacks come as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed earlier that it had been targeting radar systems at Prince Sultan Air Base, which hosts US forces and has come under repeated attack.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud spoke by phone about “how to reinforce Saudi Arabia’s defense as Iran continues its baseless aggression against civilian targets,” the US State Department said.
- 23:48 GMT
Israel has urged the Iranian people to rise up against their government, calling itself their “best ally” and framing the ongoing military campaign as a “historic war for liberty.”
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you to remove the Ayatollah regime and gain your freedom,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s office wrote in a post on X. “Together with the United States, we are hitting the Tyrants of Tehran harder than ever.”
The message claimed that Israeli forces are “doing our best not to harm the People of Iran,” even as the number of casualties has exceeded 1,300 people and the IDF launched yet another massive bombing raid on Tehran. The deadliest attack yet was a strike on a girls’ school in Minab in southern Iran that killed 168 children.
“We are your ally. Your best ally… You asked for help and help has arrived,” the statement continued. “In the coming days we will create the conditions for you to grasp your destiny… Be ready to seize the moment!”
- 23:34 GMT
The US dropped more than $5.6 billion worth of bombs and missiles on Iran in just the first two days of Operation Epic Fury, according to Pentagon estimates shared with Congress this week and reported by CBS News.
It is unclear if the number includes hundreds of interceptor missiles deployed to contain Iran’s retaliatory strikes. The full costs, including reported damage to US military installations in the region, are much higher and continue to grow as the war enters its 12th day.
- 22:56 GMT
The US Central Command claims to have eliminated multiple Iranian naval vessels, “including 16 minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz,” after President Trump vowed to deal with the threat “quickly and violently.”
“If for any reason mines were placed, and they are not removed forthwith, the Military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social earlier on Tuesday.
U.S. forces eliminated multiple Iranian naval vessels, March 10, including 16 minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/371unKYiJs
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 10, 2026
- 22:27 GMT
Israel will need a massive injection of funds to maintain its war effort against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have announced in a joint address.
“The costly campaign requires a special budget with the addition of tens of billions of shekels for the war effort,” Netanyahu said, adding that the ongoing Operation Roaring Lion “costs money, a lot of money.”
Smotrich announced that in order to push forward more military funding, the government is setting aside contentious initiatives, such as the haredi ultra-Orthodox draft bill, and other reforms until a broader agreement can be reached.
According to Bloomberg, the defense budget supplement could reach nearly 40 billion shekels ($13 billion), roughly 2% of GDP. The funds are intended to replenish military inventories and cover the costs of reservists, with over 100,000 called up since late February.
- 22:09 GMT
Multiple explosions have been heard in the Iranian capital after the Israeli army announced a “massive” new wave of attacks, according to Al Jazeera.
- 21:47 GMT
Shortly after Israel launched the latest bombing raid on Tehran, the Israeli Home Front Command warned residents of retaliatory strikes and urged them to seek shelter in a “protected space and remain there until further notice.”
“A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the IDF said.
- 21:22 GMT
The Pentagon has published a new video showing US forces striking multiple Iranian vessels and boats. “US forces are degrading the Iranian regime’s ability to project power at sea and harass international shipping,” CENTCOM said in a post on X.
U.S. forces are degrading the Iranian regime's ability to project power at sea and harass international shipping. For years, Iranian forces have threatened freedom of navigation in waters essential to American, regional and global security and prosperity. pic.twitter.com/gIBN02mowh
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 10, 2026
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10 March 2026
07:11 GMT
A US-Israeli attack has hit residential blocks in Resalat Square in Tehran, killing at least 40 people, Tasnim and Al Jazeera have reported. According to Tasnim, Iranian rescue forces are continuing to search the area.
- 07:11 GMT
Fars news agency has released a clip purporting to show first responders pulling a dead one-year-old girl from the rubble in Tehran.
- 07:11 GMT
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has told PBS News that talks with the US on settling the conflict may be off the table. He also suggested that disruptions in the oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz are not Iran’s fault.
“The transportation of oil has been slowed down or stopped not because of us, because of the attacks and aggression made by Israelis and Americans against us,” he said. “They have made the whole region insecure.”
- 07:11 GMT
US-Israeli strikes have damaged another Iranian school in Khomein, central Iran, Fars reports, adding that several surrounding residential buildings were also affected. The outlet did not report any casualties.
- 07:12 GMT
The Iranian Red Crescent has released a video of first responders extricating victims of the strike on Resalat Square in Tehran.
در این ویدیو #امدادگران#هلال_احمر جان چند نفر از هموطنان را که در یک طبقه از ساختمان #مسکونی به دنبال حملات امروز رژیم صهیونیستی و آمریکایی در میدان رسالت گرفتار و محروح شده بودند، #نجات می دهند. pic.twitter.com/EG9QeDn58Y
— جمعیت هلالاحمر ایران (@Iranian_RCS) March 9, 2026
- 07:39 GMT
Trump has not ruled out the prospect of the US seizing Iranian oil. Speaking to NBC News, the US president declined to answer a question on the matter, but noted that “certainly people have talked about it.”
- 07:50 GMT
Israeli hospitals have taken a total of 2,339 injured people since the start of the conflict, the Health Ministry has said, adding that 95 are now undergoing treatment.
- 08:12 GMT
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held a phone call on Monday, following reports of an Iranian missile falling in Türkiye. According to Tehran’s readout of the call, Pezeshkian said the reports are aimed at “creating discord” between Iran and the “friendly and brotherly country of Türkiye.”
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“Iran has always declared its readiness to reduce tension in the region, provided that the airspace, land, and waters of our neighbors are not used to attack the people of Iran,” the statement read.
The Turkish readout of the call stated that Erdogan does not approve of “unlawful interventions” against Iran or “Iran’s targeting of the brotherly countries in the region,” adding that the strikes benefit no one.
- 08:29 GMT
The Pentagon spent $5.6 billion worth of munitions during the first two days of the war with Iran, the Washington Post reports, citing sources, adding that the figures underscore concerns of the conflict chipping away at combat readiness.
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The previous large-scale US military involvement in the Middle East – the invasion of Iraq in 2003 – cost an estimated $3 trillion.
- 08:49 GMT
Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s top oil exporter and fourth-largest company, has sounded the alarm over potential “catastrophic consequences” caused by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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