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TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – A spokesperson of Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters has said that if the oil and energy infrastructures of the country are damaged, Iran will strike oil and energy infrastructures in the region that US benefits it.

Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing – and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-up It is not often that Keir Starmer’s allies believe he has Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch on the run – but on Iran, they think he is on the right side of history and public opinion. “It could be the making of him,” said Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs committee, who was first out of the blocks to say she thought Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran were illegal. “You’ve not had a British prime minister say no to an American president since Vietnam. This is a big deal.” Continue reading...

Starmer’s Hopes to Revive UK Economy Fade as Iran War Drags On  Bloomberg.com

Iran war: What is happening on day 15 of US-Israel attacks?  Al Jazeera

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The IRGC Aerospace Force commander has said that Iran fired 30 one- and two-ton ballistic missiles towards the occupied lands and territories on the eve of Night of Ghadr (Destiny), total of which were hit their targets.

Iran threatened Saturday to reduce US-linked oil facilities to "a pile of ashes" as the two-week-old Middle East war spilled over into a global oil price crisis. Iranian armed forces issued the warning after US President Donald Trump said he may decide to "wipe out" Iran's largest oil export hub on its Kharg Island. Waves of drone, missile and aerial bombing have displaced millions in the region and reportedly killed more than 1,200 people in Iran since the United States and Israel opened hostilities on February 28.

The Israel-U.S. War of Opportunity Against Iran Sets a Destructive Precedent  Haaretz

Kharg Island is the linchpin of Tehran’s oil industry

Iran war risks global food shock as fertiliser supplies cut  Financial Times

Iran’s is trying to create wedges between Gulf states and the US, but Trump is very comfortable on the ‘escalatory ladder’ In its current phase, the Israeli-US war against Iran and its proxies has become a proving ground for two competing concepts of military escalation, each of which threatens to become a trap. On one side, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have failed thus far in their ill-defined and shifting strategic aims. Despite killing Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and other key leaders in the opening salvo of the campaign, the clerical regime remains and Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium is unsecured. Airstrikes are intensifying and hitting a greater number of targets. Continue reading...

More than 2,000 Marines leave Japan for Middle East as Iran war intensifies  South China Morning Post

Why Kharg Island, Iran's "Crown Jewel", Is Key In Middle East War  NDTV

Trump also threatens to hit island’s oil infrastructure if Tehran does not allow passage for ships via Strait of Hormuz How have you been affected by the latest Middle East events? Here is the Guardian’s latest report on the crisis across the Middle East A missile has struck a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials told Associated Press. Continue reading...

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Trump claims US ‘way ahead of schedule’ in Iran war  Al Jazeera

Governor Newsom condemns and vows to fight Trump for exploiting Iran war crisis of his own making to harm California’s coastline  California State Portal | CA.gov

Iran war live: US bombs Iran’s Kharg Island, warns oil facilities next  Al Jazeera

Iran warns of retaliation against US-linked oil sites if energy sector attacked Iran warned that any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure would trigger retaliatory strikes on facilities in the region owned by companies with American shares or those cooperating with the United States, state media reported, citing Tehran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters. The statement came after US President Donald Trump said American forces had struck military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, which handles most of the country’s crude exports. Trump also threatened to target the island’s oil infrastructure if Iran continues blocking ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Kuwait National Guard says drone downed near vital security facility Kuwait’s National Guard said it shot down a drone near a site it is responsible for securing as part of measures to protect critical infrastructure. The guard said the interception was carried out to enhance security and safeguard vital facilities from potential threats, without providing further details about the drone or the location of the site. الحرس الوطني أسقط طائرة درون في احد مواقع المسؤولية pic.twitter.com/CDYaXXaWwY March 14, 2026

Fars: Kharg Island defence systems reactivated hour after US attack US President Donald Trump’s claim that American strikes destroyed air defences on Kharg Island was incorrect, Iran’s Fars News Agency quoted an informed source as saying. The report said that the island’s defence systems were reactivated about an hour after the attack. Trump earlier said US forces had “obliterated” military targets on the island, a key hub for Iran’s oil exports in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian source said the air defence network resumed operations shortly after the strike, disputing the extent of the damage reported by Washington. Video posted by US President Trump on Truth Social shows strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island, a key oil export hub in the Persian Gulf.