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Israel’s weekend attacks on Iran’s oil depots prompted concern inside the Trump administration.
- On the ground: Israel has started a “wide-scale wave” of strikesagainst what it says is regime infrastructure in three areas of Iran. Turkey said NATO air defenses shot down another Iranian missileas it entered Turkish airspace, and Gulf nations also reported overnight attacks.
- Oil prices soar: G7 nations “are not there yet”on releasing oil reserves, according to France’s finance minister, with oil surging past $100 per barrel for the first time since 2022. Meanwhile, Bahrain’s national oil company declared force majeure as the war continues to threaten energy sites.
- Iran’s new leader: Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba Khamenei has been named the next supreme leader. US President Donald Trump previously said Mojtaba would be an “unacceptable” choice and Israel vowed to target any successor.
- School strike: New video appears to confirm a US airstrike targeted a naval base next to an Iranian school. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US was “still investigating” while Trump cast blame on Iran.
Erdogan warns Iran against “provocative steps” after missile enters Turkish airspace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Iran against any further “provocative steps” after an Iranian ballistic missile entered Turkish airspace.
He urged Iran to refrain from any actions that “cast a shadow over our thousand-year neighborly and brotherly ties,” saying it was continuing to take “extremely wrong and provocative steps” despite “sincere warnings” from Turkey.
His remarks, reported by state news agency Anadolu, came after a ballistic missile fired from Iran entered Turkish airspace before being neutralized by NATO air and missile defense assets in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Turkey’s defense ministry said on X that debris from the missile fell on vacant land in Gaziantep in south-central Turkey, and that there were no casualties or injuries.
Erdogan said Turkish forces have been on alert since the start of the conflict and that Turkey is monitoring its airspace around the clock using F-16s, airborne early warning aircraft and tanker planes.
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France to deploy 10 warships and aircraft carrier as defensive measure, Macron says
By Pierre Bairin and Michael Rios
French President Emmanuel Macron has said his country will deploy eight frigates, two amphibious helicopter carriers and the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea as a defensive measure.
“Our objective is to maintain a strictly defensive posture, standing alongside all countries attacked by Iran in its retaliation, to ensure our credibility, and to contribute to regional de-escalation,” Macron said in Cyprus.
Speaking later to troops aboard the Charles de Gaulle, the president said France would also work to preserve freedom of navigation and potentially restore movement in the Strait of Hormuz.
“We are not participating in an ongoing conflict, and we are operating within this framework. Your presence here today demonstrates France’s strength, that of a power for balance and peace alongside its friends,” he said.
Trump calls elevation of Mojtaba Khamenei to supreme leader a “big mistake”
President Donald Trump told NBC News in an interview today that the elevation of Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, to be the the next supreme leader of Iran is a “big mistake.”
“I think they made a big mistake,” Trump said. “I don’t know if it’s going to last. I think they made a mistake.”
The president has previously said Mojtaba would be an “unacceptable” choice and Israel vowed to target any successor.
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At least 192 Iranian students and teachers killed by US-Israeli strikes, state media says
The joint US-Israeli military assault in Iran has killed at least 192 students and teachers, Iranian state media reported citing the education ministry.
The figure emerged as media reports indicated a US strike on an Iranian base next to an elementary school in southern Iran likely killed 168 school children last week – in the single deadliest attack so far. The White House – which has not ruled out that US military personnel launched the strike – is “still investigating” the attack, US Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday.
A further 154 teachers and student have been injured since the US and Israel launched strikes on Tehran on February 28, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) said late Sunday. Sixty-six schools have been damaged or destroyed, the agency added.
On Monday, at least 15 students were killed at Payam-e Noor University in Tehran, according to Iran’s semi-official news agency ISNA.
Over the weekend, a senior UN humanitarian official warned the “tolerance for the killing of children seems to be expanding.”
“When the killing of children… doesn’t dominate the moral conversation of our time, I think something has shifted,” James Elder, the global spokesperson for the UN’s children’s agency, said in a video on Instagram Sunday. “The killing of a single child should stop us cold.”
It has now been nine days since the US and Israel first launched their attacks on Iran, prompting retaliation from Tehran and escalating tensions in the region significantly.
Israel has also been bombarding Lebanon since last Monday, killing hundreds and injuring more than a thousand, according to the country’s health ministry.
Earlier today, a priest in south Lebanon was killed by Israeli tank fire, according to Lebanon’s state National News Agency (NNA).
As the conflict continues, here’s what we know about the death toll in the region since the war began on February 28:
Iran: At least 1,205 civilians have been killed in Iran since the US and Israel began attacking the country, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The total includes 194 children. Another 187 members of the military have also been killed during this time, HRANA said.
Lebanon: At least 486 people have been killed in Lebanon since Israel began strikes on the country last week, the country’s health ministry said today. Two Israeli soldiers were also killed in southern Lebanon early Sunday morning, according to the Israeli military.
Iraq: Thirteen members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces have been killed in US-Israeli strikes on the country, the Iran-backed militia told CNN. Another three Iranian Kurdish fighters and one security member of the Kurdistan Regional Government have also been killed in the conflict, the groups and KRG confirmed to CNN.
Kuwait: At least 12 people have been killed in Kuwait, including six US service members, two Kuwaiti service members, and two Kuwaiti security personnel, according to CENTCOM, Kuwait’s army and the country’s interior ministry.
Israel: At least 11 people have been killed by strikes in Israel since the war began, according to Israel’s emergency services Magen David Adom. Nine of these people were killed in a direct missile hit on a residential building on the city of Beit Shemesh, MDA said.
UAE: At least three people were killed by Iranian drones in the United Arab Emirates, according to the country’s defense ministry. A Pakistani national was also killed in Dubai after debris from a missile intercepted by air defenses fell into a neighborhood, Pakistan’s embassy in the United Arab Emirates said Sunday.
Saudi Arabia: Two people were killed after a military projectile struck a residential facility in the city of Al-Kharj, Saudi Civil Defense said. A US service member has also died from their injuries after an attack on US troops in Saudi Arabia on the second day of the war.
Bahrain: One person was killed after debris from an intercepted missile sparked a fire on a “foreign vessel” in Bahrain’s Salman Industrial City, Bahraini state media said last Monday.
Oman: An Indian national was killed after an unmanned boat attacked an oil tanker he was working on 52 nautical miles off the Omani coast, the Oman News Agency reported.
CNN’s Charbel Mallo, Lauren Kent, Nechirvan Mando, Aqeel Najim, Haley Britzky, Ruba Alhenawi, Jessie Yeung, Sophie Tanno, Mostafa Salem, Abbas Al Lawati, Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, Tamar Michaelis, Michelle Velez, Hanna Park, Rhea Mogul, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Antoinette Radford, Eyad Kourdi and Ayushi Shah contributed to this reporting.
The Iranian Red Crescent said Monday that thousands of civilian structures across Iran have been damaged since the US and Israel launched strikes on the country.
The humanitarian organization’s president, Pirhossein Kolivand, said a total of 13,785 civilian units had been affected. Of those, 11,293 were residential buildings, while 2,383 were commercial properties.
Educational facilities, including 65 schools, had also been damaged, Kolivand said.
The Iranian Red Crescent did not provide details on the locations of the damaged structures or the extent of the destruction at individual sites.
Trump will hold news conference tonight as war enters second week
President Donald Trump says he will convene a press conference Monday evening as the war in Iran enters a second week. It’s his first formal question-and-answer session since the conflict began.
Writing on Truth Social, Trump said he would hold the event at the ballroom of his golf club in Florida.
“I will hold a News Conference from a Doral Ballroom at approximately 5:30 P.M.,” Trump wrote.
He said he had been taking “many important meetings and phone calls taking place today” while he is in Florida.
Trump was seen driving a golf cart Sunday while spending the weekend in South Florida.
