US Israel Iran War: Iran Confirms Death Of Revolutionary Guards Commander Tangsiri

The US president was also asked about an Iranian plan to charge toll fees through the Strait of Hormuz.

He said “I’d have to find out if that is true” but the US could shut that operation down vert fast.

“We could close that up in two minutes. We could close that up so fast, your head would spin,” he said.

Trump said Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain are fighting back against Iran.

“There was surprised to be hit. I was very surprised they got hit. And once they got hit, they started fighting very well. [We have] very strong communications, but all of those kind of people said, they’ve all been fighting,” he added.

A tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia has arrived at an oil refinery in Japan, according to the NHK national broadcaster, as the ongoing US-Israel attack on Iran continues to raise concerns about crude oil supplies.

The tanker was carrying about 100,000,000 litres of crude oil, and arrived at a petroleum wholesaler’s refinery in Ehime Prefecture’s Imabari City on Sunday, the report said.

The oil was transported along a route that bypassed the Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump said that Iran had agreed to allow 20 ships carrying oil through the Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday (March 30, 2026) morning and continuing over the next few days “out of a sign of respect.”

“I would only say that we’re doing extremely well in that negotiation but you never know with Iran because we negotiate with them and then we always have to blow them up,” Trump told reporters on Sunday (March 29) night board Air Force One as he flew to Washington

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday said that the US-Israel war had achieved regime change in Iran, even as he assured that he would “make a deal” with the Iranians.

“I think we’ll make a deal with them, pretty sure... but we’ve had regime change,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, citing the number of Iranian leaders killed in the month-long war.

“We’re dealing with different people than anybody’s dealt with before. It’s a whole different group of people. So I would consider that regime change,” Trump said.

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Petron Corp, the Philippines’ sole oil refinery, has secured nearly 2.5 million barrels of crude from Russia, out of “extreme necessity”, according to the AFP news agency.

In a report to the Philippine stock exchange, Petron said it had agreed to purchase Russian crude after seeing at least four million barrels in shipments cancelled since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The purchase came after the US eased sanctions on Russian oil tied to Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

“The purchases were undertaken strictly out of extreme necessity as an extraordinary emergency measure in response to unprecedented geopolitical and supply-chain disruptions and only after exhausting all commercially and operationally viable alternatives,” Petron said. “A refinery shutdown for failure to secure crude would lead to serious nationwide fuel shortages and sharp price spikes,” said the company, whose refinery accounts for about 30 percent of the country’s fuel needs.

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Indonesia’s foreign ministry has confirmed that all four of the victims were its nationals. It said the death and injuries happened due to “indirect artillery fire in the vicinity of the Indonesian UNIFIL contingent’s position near Adchit Al Qusayr”.

The ministry strongly condemned the incident and called for a thorough and transparent investigation.

“We are profoundly saddened by this loss,” it said. “The safety and security of UN peacekeepers must be fully respected at all times, in accordance with international law. Any harm to peacekeepers is unacceptable and undermines collective efforts to maintain peace and stability.”

UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel – an area that is at the heart of clashes between Israeli troops and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Israeli authorities say they intercepted two drones over the strategically important port city of Eilat in the south and claimed that they had come from Yemen.

Now, ever since the Houthis entered this conflict a couple of days ago, the Israeli military, and especially their air defences, have known they have now engaged on a third front, and have been looking southwards to see what has been coming from Yemen.

Asian shares mostly dipped in Monday (March 30, 2026) morning trading as worries continued about soaring oil prices and the potential for further escalation in the US war with Iran.

The drops in Asia follow the deep declines on Wall Street last Friday (March 27) that finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.

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Finance Minister Nicola Willis says inflation in New Zealand was likely to rise “much higher” this year and stay outside the central bank’s target range if the US-Israeli attack on Iran drags on.

She told reporters that the latest modelling by the Treasury department had inflation peaking higher than previously expected based on a scenario with “a longer conflict with deeper disruption to supply chains”.

“They think inflation will go much higher this year, and it will stay out of our target band,” Willis told reporters.

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Ministers from the G7 will hold talks on Monday to unpack the economic consequences of the war in West Asia, the French government said, as oil and gas prices continue to soar.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said the G7 meeting, to be held via videoconference, would include energy and finance ministers as well as central bank chiefs and the heads of other international agencies.

“There are already differences in the responses largely linked to differences in exposure to the crisis,” Lescure told a news conference on Friday, stressing that Asia was particularly exposed to the turmoil.

He added that the idea was to exchange views on the impact on financial markets and the economy, later telling local media it was the first time in half a century the G7 had used this format.

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The Israeli military says it is continuing its operations in the southern suburbs of Beirut and is ordering residents of seven areas to flee their homes.

These areas are Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry, Laylaki, Haddad, Borj el-Brajneh, Tawhidat al-Ghadir and Shiyah.

The military claimed it was targeting Hezbollah military sites in the areas, but did not offer evidence.

More than 300 petrol stations have shut in the Philippines, government monitors said, as the country faces fuel supply constraints due to the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran.

According to the Philippine National Police’s monitoring, 365 stations are closed as of today.

Fuel prices have more than doubled across the country since the war started on February 28.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for greater clarity from Donald Trump on the objectives of the war in Iran, while urging steps to de-escalate tensions.

“I want to see more certainty in what the objectives of the war are and I want to see a de-escalation,” Albanese said.

Australia has deployed aircraft to support the defence of the United Arab Emirates following a request, but has ruled out sending naval forces to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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The Israeli military said six soldiers were wounded in southern Lebanon in three separate incidents, with three sustaining serious injuries.

According to the military, two soldiers were wounded by anti-tank fire, three in a drone attack, and another in what it described as an operational accident.

Iran has restored electricity in parts of the capital and surrounding areas after strikes damaged sections of the power grid and briefly disrupted supply, the deputy energy minister said on Monday (March 30, 2026).

“Following last night’s enemy attack, the power grid in the provinces of Alborz and Tehran sustained damage and was affected,” said Mostafa Rajabi-Mashhadi in an interview with state television.

“The power network across Iran’s national electricity grid is stable; in Tehran and Alborz the problems have also been resolved,” he added.

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Iran confirmed on Monday that Revolutionary Guards naval commander Alireza Tangsiri had been killed, days after Israel said it targeted him in an air strike.

A statement carried by the Guards’ Sepah News website said Tangsiri "succumbed to severe injuries" following the attack.

The Israeli military said it launched a wave of strikes in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Monday (March 30, 2026), targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

“The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Beirut,” the military said in a brief statement.

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The Syrian army said it detected a large-scale drone attack targeting several of its bases near the Iraqi border at dawn, according to the state-run SANA news agency.

The military said most of the drones were shot down, but did not provide details on the impact of those that were not intercepted.

As reported by Al Jazeera, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has said that Tehran has “not had any direct negotiations with the US so far”.

“What has been discussed are messages we received through intermediaries stating that the US wants to negotiate,” Baghaei said in comments carried by the Tasnim news agency.

“I wonder how many people in America take the claims of American diplomacy seriously. Our task is clear, unlike the other side, which keeps changing its position. Iran has been clear about its position from the beginning, and we know very well what the framework is that we are considering. The material conveyed to us has been excessive and unreasonable requests. The meetings that Pakistan has are a framework that they established themselves and we did not participate in. It is good for the countries of the region to be concerned about ending the war, but they should be careful about which side started the war,” he reportedly said.

Hezbollah said it targeted a naval base in the northern Israeli city of Haifa with a "barrage of advanced missiles".

Earlier reports said a fire broke out at the city’s oil refinery following a missile strike, though it remains unclear whether the blaze was caused by a direct hit or falling debris.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said its ambassador will continue to work in Beirut, defying an order from Lebanon to leave the country.

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry last week withdrew accreditation for Iran’s ambassador-designate, Mohammad Reza Shibani, declaring him persona non grata and instructing him to depart by March 29.

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Spain had already said the U.S. could not use jointly operated military bases in the country for operations related to the war.

“This was made perfectly clear to the American military and forces from the very beginning. Therefore, neither the bases are authorized, nor, of course, is the use of Spanish airspace authorized for any actions related to the war in Iran,” Defense Minister Margarita Robles told reporters.

Spain’s government under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is Europe’s most critical voice against the war on Iran launched by the U.S. and Israel. “I think everyone knows Spain’s position. It’s very clear,” Robles said, calling the war “profoundly illegal and profoundly unjust.”

“I say to President Trump: no one can end the war in our region, in the Gulf, except you,” Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a speech Monday.

“I’m talking to you in the name of humanity and in the name of everyone who loves peace, and you are one of the people who love peace. I’m sending a direct message to you on behalf of the region. There are dangerous consequences in continuing this war any further. Please help us end the war, you’re capable of that,” he said.

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The U.S. president said on social media that his administration “is in serious discussions” with Iran to end military operations, but he threatened mass destruction of the country’s energy resources unless a deal is reached “shortly.”

“Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately ‘Open for Business,’ we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!),” Trump posted.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke by telephone Monday with European Council President Antonio Costa, who endorsed Pakistan’s peace efforts aimed at helping end the conflict in the Middle East.

A statement from Sharif’s office said the prime minister briefed Costa on his ongoing diplomatic initiatives.

It said the two leaders expressed concern over ongoing hostilities involving Iran and Gulf countries and their potential effect on the global economy and “stressed upon the need to resolve the crisis through dialogue and diplomacy.”

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ruled out deploying troops to Iran, distancing the UK from direct involvement in the conflict.

“This is not our war, and we’re not going to get drawn into it,” he said.

Starmer said the UK is taking “defensive action” to protect “British lives, British interests and, of course, our allies in the region”.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says it received a report of an attack off Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura.

A container vessel reported two “unknown projectiles” hit the water near the vessel, “each occurring within one hour of each other”, UKMTO said.