00:50 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has confirmed that it carried out a coordinated attack on Israel with Hezbollah.
In a statement to Nour News, the IRGC said the attack involved the launch of missiles against Tel Aviv, as well as the “occupied territories of Jerusalem, Haifa," and US bases in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Earlier, a senior Israeli defence official said Iran and Hezbollah had carried out a joint missile strike on northern Israel.
00:30 Alerts also blared in the north, where Hezbollah has fired drones and rockets into Israel.
Israel’s military said shortly after midnight that it was working to intercept missiles launched from Iran.
00:10 UAE air defence systems have successfully intercepted six ballistic missiles, seven cruise missiles, and 39 drones launched from Iran on Wednesday, the country’s defence ministry said in a statement.
Since the start of the “brazen Iranian aggression," UAE air defences have neutralized a total of 268 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, and 1,514 drones, it added.
The ministry said these repeated attacks have resulted in six deaths and wounded 131.
23:35 Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations earlier addressed the UN Security Council after it voted in favour of a draft resolution sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council demanding that Tehran stop its retaliatory attacks against US allies in the Gulf.
“The decision is a clear injustice against my country, which is the main victim of a clear and unambiguous act of aggression,” Amir Saeid Iravani said.
The decision distorts the facts on the ground and ignores the root causes of the current crisis, he added.
"The attack on us began with the assassination of the supreme leader and officials, which led to the deaths of thousands of victims."
Iravani said more than 1,348 civilians have been killed and more than 17,000 injured since the US and Israel launched their joint attack on 28 February.
More than 19,000 civilian sites, including homes and hospitals, were also damaged, he said.
23:25 The Kuwaiti army said a short while ago that national air defence systems were responding to hostile missile and drone attacks.
Qatar’s defence ministry said that Iran launched nine ballistic missiles and several drones at its territory.
In a post on X, it said that the armed forces “successfully intercepted all drones” and eight missiles, while the remaining one fell into an uninhabited area.
Oman’s civil defence is working on containing a fire in fuel tanks at the port in Salalah, Oman’s state news agency reported on Wednesday, after drones struck oil storage facilities there.
The state news agency, citing Oman’s civil defence, said that containing the fire “might take time,” without providing further details.
Earlier on Wednesday, Oman’s state TV said that drones struck fuel tanks in the port. Citing an energy ministry official, the report stated that there has been no disruption to the continuity of oil supplies or petroleum derivatives in the country.
British maritime security firm Ambrey told Reuters that no damage to merchant vessels was reported. Meanwhile, Maersk told Reuters that all operations at the port had been paused until further notice.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Oman’s sultan in a phone call that the incident will be investigated, Iranian media reported.
22:30 The UN Security Council adopted on Wednesday a Gulf-Jordanian draft resolution condemning Iranian attacks on Gulf states and Jordan and demanding their cessation.
Resolution 2817 was adopted by a vote of 13 in favour, with Russia and China abstaining. No country voted against it.
The Security Council condemned Iran's attacks on residential areas and civilian infrastructure in the Gulf and Jordan, and the resulting casualties and damage, deeming them a violation of international law and a threat to international peace.
The Security Council demanded an immediate end to Iranian attacks on countries in the region.
The resolution also condemns any action or threat by Iran aimed at closing, obstructing, or interfering in any way with international navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Following the adoption of the resolution, Bahrain's representative to the UN said, "The adoption of this resolution sends a message from the Security Council that Iranian aggression is unacceptable."
Jamal Al-Ruwaie emphasized, "The security and stability of the region are an integral part of global peace. We, along with the Gulf states, affirm our right to defend ourselves."
20:30 Ambassadors from the Gulf countries have spoken to reporters ahead of a Security Council vote later on a draft resolution which demands Iran immediately cease its attacks, including through proxies, on them and Jordan.
Collectively, over the last 12 days, they say they have been targeted with 950 Iranian missiles and 2,500 drones, most of which have been intercepted.
The ambassadors stated that these attacks were targeted not at military locations, but at residential buildings, airports, energy installations, and other critical civilian infrastructure.
The Gulf nations have more than 90 countries co-sponsoring their resolution.
Qatari Ambassador to the UN Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani said if the Security Council failed to pass the draft, it would send a dangerous signal that attacks against uninvolved neighbours carry no consequences.
She also warned that Iran’s threats to its territory “impacts deeply the foundation of understanding” upon which their bilateral relations were built.
Clearly, the region feels betrayed after engaging in intense diplomacy to prevent an attack by the US and Israel, only to come under fire themselves.
These nations now say they do not want escalation, but also will not hesitate to defend themselves.
22:00 The International Energy Agency's announcement on Wednesday of a record release of oil from strategic reserves failed to ease supply concerns, with crude prices pushing higher and global equities mostly dropping.
Brent North Sea Crude: UP 4.8 percent at $91.98 per barrel.
19:40 Ninety-one children, nearly one in seven dead, were among the 634 people killed by Israeli fire since fighting broke out last week, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.
At least 47 women have been killed and more than 1,500 people wounded.
That is up from 570 people the ministry reported killed as of Tuesday.
People gather in front of a building targeted by an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre. AFP
More than 800,000 people have been displaced, mostly from southern Lebanon and the capital’s southern suburbs, according to the Lebanese government, which is strapped for cash and has struggled to secure adequate shelter and aid for evacuees.
Israel’s widespread strikes in Lebanon are intensifying, while Hezbollah vows to keep firing missiles and drones into Israel.
Residents of the Christian Lebanese border village of Qlayaa mourn over the coffin of their village's priest, Father Pierre al-Rahi, during his funeral on March 11, 2026. AFP
19:30 Some 2,733 of these “trajectories” came from Israel, along with 323 air attacks, while 1,387 came from Lebanon, United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the UN Security Council.
Each of those approximately 4,120 firings from both Israel and Hezbollah could represent multiple projectiles, he added.
Lacroix noted several incidents jeopardizing the safety and security of UNIFIL positions and peacekeepers, including serious injuries to a Ghanaian soldier.
Israeli airstrikes hit towns in southern Lebanon. Photo courtesy of Quds news.
19:20 When asked on Wednesday if a preliminary determination has been made into responsibility for the strike that killed more than 165 people, mostly children, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded that “the investigation is still ongoing.”
Trump was later asked, as he left the White House, about a report in The New York Times that a preliminary military probe had found the US was responsible for striking the school because of a targeting mistake.
When asked if he took responsibility for the airstrike as the commander-in-chief of US forces, Trump responded by saying, “I don’t know about it.”
He did not say anything more.
18:30 There were no deaths or injuries reported after a US embassy operations centre at Baghdad’s airport was hit by a drone launched by Iraq-based Iranian proxies, a State Department official said.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because an investigation into the attack is still ongoing, said Wednesday that the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre “was targeted by Iran-backed terrorist militias overnight.” The actual US embassy compound in Baghdad was not struck in the attack.
The official condemned the strike and said the US was in close contact with Iraqi authorities “regarding steps to protect US personnel and facilities.”
The US embassy headquarters in Iraq is pictured in Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone". AFP
18:00 “In such challenging times,” Thailand’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, “respect for the Charter of the United Nations and principles of international law, such as the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, becomes imperative.”
The ministry’s statement also called for immediate de-escalation of tensions and negotiations among all parties.
Authorities were searching for three missing crew members from the Thai cargo ship, which was set ablaze off the coast of Oman, after 20 others were rescued by the Omani navy, according to Thailand’s Marine Department.
At least 12 incidents have been confirmed involving vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the war began, according to two global trackers.
The International Maritime Organization says at least seven mariners have been killed.
17:45 Witnesses in Tehran said they heard loud airstrikes, explosions, and heavy fire by anti-aircraft batteries, which sent people running for shelters. They could also hear the buzzing of drones overhead. They spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid reprisal.
16:30 Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, discussed the draft resolution submitted to the UN Security Council addressing the rapidly evolving developments in the region during a phone call focused on efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East.
The UNSC is expected to vote later today on two draft resolutions related to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
The first draft, submitted by Bahrain, condemns the Iranian attacks targeting Gulf countries and Jordan.
Russia, in turn, has submitted a counter-draft condemning all attacks on civilians and calling on all sides to cease hostilities and return to negotiations.
16:19 Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned of a long "war of attrition," as the conflict with the United States and Israel presses on.
"They (the enemies) must consider the possibility that they will be engaged in a long-term war of attrition that will destroy the entire American economy and the world economy, and will cause all of its military capabilities to be eroded to the point of destruction," Ali Fadavi, advisor to the Guards' Commander-in-Chief, told state television.
US-Israeli airstrike targets the city of Bushehr in Iran. Photo courtesy of Quds news.
16:17 US financial service group Citi asked its Dubai employees to evacuate their offices "due to heightened security concerns" as Iran threatened to strike US and Israel-linked banks.
Employees were asked to evacuate Citi offices in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and in Oud Metha, a source with knowledge of the evacuations told AFP, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive topics.
Employees at two other companies in DIFC also told AFP their offices had been evacuated as a precaution following Iran's threats.
16:14 Switzerland said it was temporarily closing its embassy in Tehran due to the war, but was maintaining its "open line" of communication between the United States and Iran.
The foreign ministry "has decided to temporarily close the Swiss embassy in Tehran," but "as part of its good offices, Switzerland will continue to maintain an open line of communication between the United States and Iran, in consultation with the two countries," it said in a statement.
For decades, neutral Switzerland has played a key role in maintaining basic diplomatic contacts between Iran and the United States.
15:39 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had struck a Liberia-flagged vessel, which they said was Israeli-owned, as well as a Thai bulk carrier in the Strait of Hormuz after they ignored warnings to stop.
"The Israeli-owned Express Rome ship, flying the Liberian flag, and the container ship Mayuree Naree, were hit by Iranian projectiles and stopped after ignoring the warnings of the IRGC naval forces," the Guards said in a statement carried by Iran's ISNA news agency.
Guards Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri said in a post on X that "any vessel intending to pass must get permission from Iran."
Ships wait offshore in the Strait of Hormuz off Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates. AP
15:14 US B-1 bombers were seen flying back to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire this morning after what appears to be the first bombing run conducted by the US Air Force from a British airbase since the start of the war on Iran.
Photographs taken by Reuters around 7 am show the B-1s, which can carry 75,000kg worth of munitions, returning from an overnight mission.
Permission for the US bombing of Iran from UK bases was initially refused by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who then changed his mind on the second day of the conflict, saying the bases could be used to strike Iranian missile launch sites.
Long-range photography showed bombs being prepared for loading on Tuesday. Eleven B-1s and 3 B-52 bombers have been deployed to Fairford, which is a home base for US Air Force bombers in Europe.
15:00 Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was injured in the 28 February attack that killed six of his family members, including his father, Tehran’s ambassador to Cyprus, Alireza Salarian, told the Guardian.
“I have heard that he was injured in his legs, hand, and arm … I think he is in the hospital because he is injured.”
"It was the 10th day of the holy month of Ramadan, said the ambassador, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was at his residence with several members of his family, including Mojtaba’s wife, Zahra, who was also killed in the attack."
Ali Khamenei’s wife, their daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter’s 14-month-old baby were also killed in the US-Israeli attack.
“They were inside their house near the presidential office," said Salarian.
Earlier this morning, Yousef Pezeshkian, a top government adviser and the son of Iran’s president, said Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded but stopped short of explaining how. "Thank God, he is safe and sound,” he said in a post on his Telegram channel.
Earlier this week, Iranian state TV described the regime’s new leader as a “wounded veteran of the Ramadan war” but did not specify his injuries.
A banner depicting Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is displayed on the side of a highway in Tehran. AFP
14:30 Iran's military said any ships belonging to the United States, Israel, or their allies passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz will be targeted.
"Any vessel whose oil cargo or the vessel itself belongs to the United States, the Zionist regime or their hostile allies will be considered legitimate targets," said the military's central operational command, Khatam Al-Anbiya, in a statement carried by state TV.
It reiterated that Iran's armed forces "will not allow a single litre of oil to transit" through the strait, adding that the "closure of this strait is the result of conditions imposed by the US and the Zionist regime."
"Any vessel that intends to pass through must obtain permission from Iran," the IRGC Navy Commander Ali Reza Tangsiri said in a post on X.
14:15 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted several US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for the US-Israeli war. "Key infrastructure at the US base at Mina Salman port, the nerve centre of the US Fifth Fleet... was hit by Iranian missiles and drones," the Guards said on their website Sepah News, referring to US installations in Bahrain.
"At the same time. Camp Patriot (in Kuwait), including equipment hangars, accommodation and assembly centres for American soldiers at the Mohammed Al-Ahmad and Ali Al-Salem naval bases, also suffered heavy losses," they said, adding that they also attacked the Camp Buehring base in Kuwait.
14:06 Romania’s top defence body approved the US request to increase its use of airbases to aid its war on Iran.
President Nicusor Dan said the agreement would allow for the temporary deployment of more US troops, military equipment for refuelling planes, and defensive equipment such as satellite communication and monitoring equipment.
14:00 The US embassy in Baghdad urged US citizens to leave Iraq, citing the risk of attacks and kidnappings.
“There have been attacks against US citizens and US interests in Iraq, and Americans face the risk of kidnapping,” the statement said. “American businesses, hotels frequented by foreigners, and other facilities in Iraq, including those with US ties, have been attacked.”
Iraq’s airspace is closed, but land borders are open for crossing into Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
“Americans should strongly consider departing via one of these overland routes if they believe it is safe to do so,” the statement said.
13:51 Spain government on Tuesday decided to remove its ambassador to Israel, according to the official state gazette published today.
Spain's embassy in Tel Aviv will be led by a charge d'affaires, a source at the Foreign Ministry said.
Spain has pledged to keep opposing the war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran. Madrid has refused to let the US army use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.
13:40 A Thai bulk carrier travelling in the crucial Strait of Hormuz was attacked, with 20 crew members rescued so far, the Thai navy said.
Photos shared by the Royal Thai Navy showed heavy black smoke billowing from the hull and superstructure of the Thai-registered Mayuree Naree, with life rafts floating in the water.
The vessel "was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz" after departing Khalifa port in the United Arab Emirates, the navy said in a statement.
"The specific details and cause of the attack are currently under investigation," it added.
The Omani navy had rescued 20 sailors, and "efforts are currently underway to rescue the remaining three crew members," it said.
It was not immediately clear whether the incident was one of three commercial ships that the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre earlier said had been hit in the Gulf.
Ship-tracking websites showed the Mayuree Naree just off the Omani coast in the Strait of Hormuz, moving slowly at little more than one knot.
13:29 Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the conflict in the Middle East with his UAE counterpart, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Kremlin says.
“The leaders continued to exchange views on the dangerously deteriorating situation in the Middle East, which is having serious consequences for Iran and Arab countries,” the Kremlin said in the statement.
“The Russian president stressed the need to stop further escalation of the conflict and resolve it through negotiations,” it said.
13:22 Iran accuses the US and Israel of hitting a maritime ambulance in the Strait of Hormuz.
13:21 Dutch airline KLM cancelled all flights to Dubai until 28 March.
"Due to ongoing unrest in the Middle East, KLM has decided to cancel all flights to Dubai up to and including March 28," said a company statement.
"The safety of our passengers and crew is always our top priority," it added.
Global airlines are grappling with the effects of the war in the Middle East, as fuel prices soar and customers reassess their travel plans.
13:17 Israel pressed its attacks across Lebanon, hitting an apartment building in central Beirut, in the second targeting of the heart of the capital since the war began.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) said "the enemy targeted an apartment in the Aisha Bakkar area" in central Beirut, a densely populated neighbourhood close to one of the city's biggest shopping malls.
AFPTV's live broadcast showed the sound of an airstrike followed by a fireball erupting in an apartment within a multi-storey residential building in Beirut.
Israel has killed 570 people in Lebanon and displaced 780,000 others, with more than 120,000 staying in government shelters.
13:12 Israel-US attacks on Iran have been damaging historical monuments in Tehran and Isfahan.
A group of Iranians formed a human shield around the historic Chehel Sotoun Palace, a Safavid-era cultural landmark in Isfahan and a UNESCO World Heritage site, to condemn the attacks, the IRNA news agency reported.
A group of Iranians formed a human chain around the historic Chehel Sotoun palace in Isfahan to condemn the US-Israeli attacks on Iran's cultural and historical sites. pic.twitter.com/OJOddHglK0
— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) March 11, 2026
The US-Israeli strikes have already hit the Golestan Palace in Tehran and the Falak‑ol‑Aflak Citadel.
13:03 Iran's joint military command announced it would start targeting banks and financial institutions in the Middle East. That would put at risk Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, home to many international financial institutions, as well as Saudi Arabia and the island kingdom of Bahrain.
The Iranian threat did not identify any specifically. It came after a Tehran location of Bank Sepah, the state-owned financial institution, came under attack early today, killing staffers there.
13:00 Iran is holding funerals for senior military officials and others killed in the latest US-Israeli strikes.
Iranian state television aired footage of people gathered at Enqelab Square in Tehran, Iran’s capital, even as Israeli airstrikes targeted the city.
Among those being honoured were Lt. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, and Lt. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, who led the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
12:57 Egypt’s foreign minister called for Iran to stop its attacks in Arab countries and warned that it should avoid “comprehensive chaos” in the Middle East.
Badr Abdelatty’s comments on Wednesday came in a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to the foreign ministry.
12:51 Saudi air defences intercepted seven ballistic missiles and 24 drones overnight and into this morning, the Ministry of Defence said in a series of posts on social media.
Drone and missile interceptions happened across several regions, the ministry said.
Six ballistic missiles launched toward the Prince Sultan Air Base were intercepted, the ministry said. Seven drones heading towards an oil field in the southeast of the country near the border with the United Arab Emirates were intercepted.
"Two drones heading towards the Shaybah oil field were intercepted and destroyed," the ministry said.
Another five drones were intercepted and destroyed, the ministry said in separate posts.
12:44 At least 17 US military, diplomatic and air defence sites across the Middle East have been damaged since the war began, according to a New York Times analysis based on satellite imagery, verified videos, and official statements.
The strikes have hit 11 US military bases or installations across Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, and Jordan. Several sites, including Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Camp Buehring in Kuwait, and the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, have been struck multiple times, the report said.
Satellite images also show damage to air defence radar systems and communications infrastructure across the region, some valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
12:32 Japan says it will begin withdrawing part of the oil reserve on 16 March.
"Without waiting for a formal decision on coordinated international stock releases with the IEA, Japan has decided to take the lead in easing supply and demand in the international energy market by releasing strategic reserves as early as the 16th of this month," Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said.
Japan has been working with other nations, including the Group of Seven major economies and members of the International Energy Agency (IEA), on a possible coordinated release of oil to offset rising crude prices due to the Middle East conflict.
But Takaichi said Tokyo needed to act quickly to minimize the impact of the international energy crisis on its economy.
"Given Japan's exceptionally high dependence on the Middle East (for oil) and as we will be severely impacted, we plan to utilise Japan's strategic petroleum reserves," she said.
Germany and Austria also said they are releasing parts of their oil reserves to counter high energy prices.
12:16 Iranian army forces said they targeted the Israeli military intelligence organization known as "Aman," Unit 8200, the Green Pine radar, and the submarine command building at the Haifa naval base with drone attacks.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched overnight its "most intense and heaviest operation," according to Iranian state media.
The wave of attacks, which Iran said was aimed at US and Israeli targets, included some three hours of missile launches, including the firing of a "Khorramshahr," a type of medium-range ballistic missile, state media reported.
"We continue to carry out our continuous attacks with purpose and power, and in the continuation of the war, we only think about the complete surrender of the enemy," the IRGC added.
"We will end the war when the shadow of war is lifted from the country."
12:10 The war raging in much of the Middle East must be stopped before it engulfs the entire region at increasing cost to the global economy, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
"The whole world will pay the price of the US–Israeli war on Iran," he added.
"This war must be stopped before it becomes bigger and completely engulfs the region in flames," he said, warning that if it continued, "there will be more loss of life and property, and the cost to the global economy."
12:09 The UK government has banned an annual pro-Palestinian march planned for Sunday, which London police claim is organized by a group "supportive of the Iranian regime."
Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said she had approved the rare police request to prevent what it calls "serious public disorder" if the Al-Quds Day march and counter-protests had gone ahead.
It is the first time a protest march has been banned since 2012, but a static demonstration will be permitted, according to London's Metropolitan police.
12:08 Israel killed 570 people in Lebanon since the US-Israeli war on Iran spread to the country on 2 March, the health ministry said.
The ministry provided a demographic breakdown of those killed, reporting that 439 of them were men, 45 women, and 86 children.
The toll includes 14 healthcare workers, the ministry said.
12:05 In a new toll, the Iranian Red Crescent reported that 19,734 civilian buildings have been damaged, including 77 medical centres, 65 educational institutions, and 16 facilities affiliated with the Red Crescent.
11:55 The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the Iran war has already cost the 27-nation bloc’s citizens around 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in energy imports and warned Europe must resist the temptation to buy Russian oil and gas again.
“Gas prices have risen by 50%, and oil prices have risen by 27%. If you translate that into euros, the 10 days of war have already cost European taxpayers an additional 3 billion euros in fossil fuel imports,” she said.
“That is the price of our dependency,” she told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, France, noting the price of European renewables and nuclear energy has remained steady.
Von der Leyen rejected calls for the EU to return to buying Russian energy, which the bloc has stopped doing since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
11:50 A court in Sri Lanka has ordered a hospital to hand over the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a US submarine attack off the island nation’s southern coast.
Galle National Hospital Director Ranga Sabapathige said he received the order from the Galle magistrate to return the bodies to Iranian officials.
The Iranian officials will travel today from the capital Colombo to Galle for the transfer, he said.
11:46 According to Oman News Agency, citing a security source, one drone was intercepted while another fell into the sea off the coast near Duqm, with no injuries or damage reported.
In Bahrain, four explosions were heard after air raid sirens were activated, Reuters reported.
The development comes as Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs announced that several empty aircraft were relocated from Bahrain International Airport to other airports as a precaution.
11:45 Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, a close ally of Donald Trump, said the US-Israeli war on Iran violates international law.
Meloni, in an address to the Italian Senate, described a broader international crisis “in which threats are becoming increasingly terrifying and unilateral interventions outside the confines of international law are multiplying.”
She said that the “American and Israeli intervention against the Iranian regime” should be understood as part of that broader crisis.
Meloni also condemned the US-Israeli missile strike on a school in Iran, calling for those responsible to be identified.
The United States and Israel have conducted a deadly missile attack on a school, killing at least 168 girls aged between 7 and 11.
"On behalf of the government, I express my firm condemnation of the massacre of girls at the school in Minab, southern Iran," the far-right leader told the Italian Senate.
11:29 According to FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, US President Donald Trump said that Iran is "welcome" to participate in the upcoming World Cup in North America, despite the ongoing war.
The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes, has thrown into doubt Iran's participation at this summer's men's football World Cup, jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
During a meeting to discuss preparations for the competition, "we also spoke about the current situation in Iran," Infantino, the head of world football's governing body, wrote on Instagram.
"During the discussions, President Trump reiterated that the Iranian team is, of course, welcome to compete in the tournament in the United States," he wrote.
Trump's remarks to Infantino are a stark contrast to his comments to Politico last week, when he said "I really don't care" if Iran plays at the World Cup.
11:20 The UAE Ministry of Defence says it is "currently responding to incoming missile and drone attacks from Iran."
11:19 As many as 150 US troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
"Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, approximately 140 US service members have been wounded over 10 days of sustained attacks," said chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell.
The casualty figure has not been previously reported. Before Reuters publicized the figure, the Pentagon had only disclosed eight US personnel seriously injured.
11:18 Iran's military vowed to launch strikes against US and Israeli economic targets in the region, including banks, after overnight attacks reportedly hit an Iranian bank.
"The enemy has given us free rein to target economic centres and banks belonging to the United States and the Zionist regime," said the military's central operational command, Khatam Al-Anbiya, in a statement carried by state TV.
Iranian media said US and Israeli strikes hit a bank in Tehran overnight, killing an unspecified number of employees.
11:00 Russia said its consulate in the Iranian city of Isfahan was damaged in US-Israeli airstrikes on the central Iranian city.
The state-run Tass news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying there were “no casualties or serious injuries” in the strike Sunday, which targeted the nearby governor’s office in the city.
10:56 An Israeli air strike killed seven people and wounded 18 others in an east Lebanon town, the Lebanese health ministry said.
"The Israeli enemy's air strikes this morning on the Bekaa resulted in the following toll in Tamnin al-Tahta: seven martyrs and 18 wounded," the ministry said.
Earlier, an Israeli strike hit an apartment building in the Aisha Bakkar area in central Beirut, a densely populated neighbourhood close to one of the city's biggest shopping malls.
Moreover, the health ministry said that "successive raids launched by the Israeli enemy" on the southern town of Qana in the Tyre district killed five people and wounded five others.
A strike on Zalaya in the southeast killed one, the ministry added.
Lebanese authorities said Tuesday that 570 people were killed due to Israeli aggression, while 759,300 people had been registered as displaced, with 122,600 staying in shelters.
10:51 Iranian protesters will be treated as enemies if they support Tehran's foes, the country's top police officer warned.
"If anyone comes forward in line with the wishes of the enemy, we will no longer see them as merely a protester, we will see them as an enemy," said national police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan in comments aired by state broadcaster IRIB.
"And we will do to them what we do to an enemy. We will deal with them in the same way we deal with enemies," he added.
"All our forces are also ready, with their hands on the trigger, prepared to defend their revolution."
10:45 European stock markets opened lower, with Frankfurt losing more than one percent following gains yesterday as uncertainty over the war persisted.
Asian stock markets rallied, with Seoul up more than five percent and Tokyo ending with a gain of 2.9 percent. US stocks had spent much of Tuesday in positive territory but finished mostly lower.
10:43 Another ship came under attack in the Arab Gulf, the British army’s Maritime Trade Operations centre said.
A bulk carrier was hit by a projectile at a distance from the United Arab Emirates.
“There is no report of any environmental impact,” the centre said. “The crew are reported safe and well.”
It was the third attack reported today.
10:41 Energy ministers of the G7 said they "stand ready" to take "all necessary measures" in coordination with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to tackle the rise in crude oil prices due to the Middle East war.
The IEA has proposed its largest-ever release of oil reserves to counter soaring crude prices driven by the war, the Wall Street Journal reported, prompting oil prices to stabilize.
It proposes the release of about 300 million to 400 million barrels from its stockpile, the largest in its history.
France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure said G7 heads of state would discuss reserves in a meeting at 1400 GMT.
10:33 Some tankers, believed to be linked to Iran, are continuing to get through the Strait of Hormuz.
Some of the ships getting through are so-called “dark” transits, meaning they are not turning on their Automatic Identification System tracks, which show where vessels are.
The security firm Neptune P2P Group claimed that seven ships had passed through the strait since 8 March. Of those, five were linked to Iranian-associated shipping, it said.
The commodity-tracking firm Kpler said Iran has restarted crude exports through its Jask oil terminal on the Gulf of Oman.
10:32 A projectile hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, setting the vessel ablaze after the United States targeted Iranian minelaying vessels that could target the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre, run by the British military, said the vessel had been hit just north of Oman in the strait.
It said the crew was evacuating the ship.
Iran did not immediately claim the attack, though it has been targeting ships in and around the strait, disrupting a waterway that sees a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded pass through it.
The UKMTO earlier reported on another attack targeting a vessel off Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.
10:30 Two Iranian drones struck near Dubai International Airport on Wednesday and wounded four people, authorities said.
The Dubai Media Office, which states on behalf of the city-state’s government, said the attack caused “minor injuries to two Ghanaian nationals and one Bangladeshi national, and moderate injuries to one Indian national.”
Saudi Arabia's defence ministry said on X that it intercepted two drones heading towards the Shaybah oil field in the southeast of the country.
In later posts, it reported a further five interceptions of drones heading towards the oil field.
Several blasts rang out across the Qatari capital Doha, AFP correspondents said.
"The security threat level is high," the interior ministry posted on X, urging "everyone to adhere to staying at home, not going out, and staying away from windows and open areas to preserve public safety."
10:06 Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is "safe and sound" despite reports of an injury during the US-Israeli strikes, said the son of the Iranian president.
"I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections. They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound," said Yousef Pezeshkian, who is also a government adviser, in a post on his Telegram channel.
State television had called Khamenei a "wounded veteran of the Ramadan war" but never specified his injury.
10:02 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that at least two missiles targeted a United States base in Kuwait, according to Iranian news agencies Fars and Mehr.
"The American base in Arifjan was... hit by firing 2 missiles by the IRGC Ground Force missile unit," the Guards said, Fars and Mehr reported, referring to Camp Arifjan located south of Kuwait City.
10:00 The United States said it was striking Iranian ships capable of mining the crucial Strait of Hormuz and threatened escalation with Tehran.
The US Navy posted video footage of Iranian boats blasted by missiles and other projectiles as it claimed it had destroyed 16 minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint to the Gulf through which one-fifth of the world's oil passes.
"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," President Donald Trump wrote on social media.
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