Israel launches more strikes on Tehran as Iran continues attacks on Gulf oil facilities
NPR • • world
Key Points:
- Israel conducted additional strikes near Tehran early Friday amid the ongoing war with Iran, coinciding with the Persian New Year celebrations.
- President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly disagreed over Israel's recent bombing of Iran's South Pars gas field; Trump urged Israel to avoid further attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure, which Netanyahu agreed to honor.
- Iran retaliated by targeting multiple Gulf energy sites, including Kuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery and Qatar's Ras Laffan, escalating the conflict's impact on regional energy markets.
- Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a rare statement demanding that Iran's enemies have their security stripped, following the killing of several top Iranian officials by Israeli strikes.
- The European Union called for
