Smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran on 8 March 2026. (Photo: Reuters)US-Israel-Iran War Live updates: The IRGC said that it targeted the Bazan Group oil refinery in Haifa Bay using Kheibar Shekan solid-fuel ballistic missiles. "IRGC hits Haifa refinery in response to Israeli regime's attack on Tehran refinery," Iran's Mehr news agency reported. Air raid sirens had sounded earlier on Saturday in the area of Haifa, but there have been no reports in Israel of anything being hit, Reuters said.
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Israel’s attacks on Iran’s oil facilities were an escalation in the war and “we will see additional escalations in the coming days.”
Israel launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran on March 8, targeting fuel infrastructure in Tehran. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said the attacks targeted fuel storage complexes linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
"Guided by IDF intelligence, the IAF struck these complexes, where the Iranian terrorist regime would distribute fuel to multiple military entities in Iran. The strike significantly deepens the damage to the military infrastructure of the Iranian terrorist regime," IDF wrote on X.
The latest strikes come as the war increasingly spills beyond Iran and Israel into the wider Gulf region. Countries across the Persian Gulf reported aerial attacks and interceptions on March 8. In Kuwait, authorities said a government building and a fuel depot were struck. The United Arab Emirates said its air defence systems were responding to an incoming threat.
Bahrain said Iranian attacks had also caused damage to civilian infrastructure. "Iranian aggression indiscriminately attacked civilian targets and caused material damage to a water desalination plant following a drone attack," the interior ministry said in a statement on X.
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Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: Sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke in Tehran after a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: Israeli forces struck several fuel storage complexes Belonging to the IRGC in Tehran guided by IDF intelligence.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: Ahmad Alamolhoda, a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts, has said that the election for the next leader has been held and the leader has been elected.
He has said that now all depends on the head of the Secretariat of the Assembly of Experts, Hosseini Bushehri, who is currently responsible for publicly announcing the decision, the semi-official Mehr news agency reports.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: Iran’s parliament speaker said Sunday oil prices will continue to soar, inflicting pain on the global economy as long as the war in the Middle East goes on. Oil prices have soared since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, reaching its highest levels since 2023.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude jumped 8.5% to $92.69 on Friday — up from nearly $70 a barrel just late last week. Meanwhile, benchmark U.S. crude climbed 12.2%, to $90.90 a barrel on Friday.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: It is reported to have broken out at a government site operated by the Public Institution for Social Security in Kuwait. In a social media post, the department said: "The main building of the organization was targeted, resulting in material damage to the building." The fire appears to be under control now.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: C-RAM is a land based Phalanx naval defense system on a trailer in the Green Zone, firing 20 millimeter tungsten rounds at incoming Iranian drones.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: Following Israel's attacks on Iran's oil facilities, Tehran Governor slashed the fuel quota for residents. Fuel quota with personal card has been reduced from 30 litres per day to 20 litres , said an official quoted by Fars new agency. The official was also quoted as saying that people should not worry about fuel as disruptions in fuel supply will be resolved quickly, promising to revert the measure after “two or three days”.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: Iran has the capacity to sustain a high-intensity conflict for at least six more months, according to a senior official from the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), offering a sharply different assessment from recent claims by Donald Trump that Tehran’s military capabilities have been severely weakened.
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Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates:The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has warned civilians to take precautions, saying rain could become toxic after explosions at oil facilities. Such rain could cause chemical burns to the skin and damage to the lungs, it said.
According to Al Jazeera, the agency gave the following instructions:
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: Oman Air has cancelled flights to and from Amman, Dubai, Bahrain, Doha, Dammam, Kuwait, Copenhagen, Baghdad and Khasab “due to ongoing regional airspace closures”.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: The sky over Iran’s capital was blanketed with smoke Sunday morning, hours after Israeli strikes hit oil facilities in Tehran, Associated Press footage showed.
Fars news agency reported that Saturday’s strikes hit four oil storage facilities and an oil production transfer center in Tehran and Alborz. Four tanker drivers in the center were killed, it reported.
The strikes sent up pillars of fire that could be seen in AP video as a glow against the Saturday night sky.
Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates: US President Donald Trump said it would be "inconsequential" if Russia had provided Iran with information to help target US military personnel and assets in the Middle East. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while travelling to Miami, Trump downplayed reports that Moscow may have shared intelligence with Tehran. Trump attended the transfer of six US Army reservists who were killed in a drone strike in Kuwait, a day after the United States and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran.
He did not confirm reports that US intelligence officials believe Russia may have passed targeting information to Iran. But he said that even if such information-sharing had taken place, it had not altered the course of the war. "If you take a look at what has happened to Iran in the last week, if they are getting information, it is not helping them much," Trump said. "They would say we do it against them."
