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04:34
Trump Warns Of Dire Consequences As Iran Hits Qatari Gas Hub For Second Time
US President Donald Trump on social media late on March 18 warned Tehran with dire penalties if it retaliated a second time for an Israeli assault on Iran’s large South Pars fuel subject, an necessary a part of the nation’s Gulf power infrastructure.
As Trump’s feedback had been posted onTruth Social,Iran, in actual fact, did retaliate once more, focusing on Qatar’s principal fuel hub, Ras Laffan, for a second time in 24 hours, inflicting fires and “extensive damage” each occasions.
It was not instantly clear if Trump knew about Iran’s second strike on the Qatari website when his feedback had been posted to social media or the precise timing of the 2 occasions.
US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office on the White House on March 18.
Trump vowed that there can be no additional Israeli assaults on South Pars, until “Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar.”
“In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before.”
“I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatars LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so,” he mentioned.
Trump additionally mentioned that Washington didn’t know prematurely in regards to the Israeli strike on South Pars after Israeli media reported the assault was carried out by Israeli forces with US consent.
“Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran,” Trump mentioned. “The United States knew nothing about this particular attack. …”
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03:03
Saudis ‘Reserve Right’ To Take Military Action Against Iran, Top Diplomat Says
Saudi Arabia’s international minister on March 19 mentioned the dominion “reserves the right” to behave militarily in opposition to Iran after Riyadh was focused by Iranian ballistic missiles.
Prince Faisal bin Farhan informed a news convention that any belief with Tehran has been shattered and that stress from Iran will “backfire” because the Islamic republic continues to retaliate for the US-Israeli air strikes with missile and drone launches in opposition to Gulf Arab states.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan at ministerial assembly in Riyadh, on March 19.
Tehran accused Israel of placing its amenities within the big South Pars fuel subject on March 18 in a significant escalation within the warfare. Iran has vowed to assault oil and fuel targets all through the Gulf, instantly firing missiles at Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
In the harshest feedback to return out of the Saudis for the reason that begin of thte warfare, the international minister accused Iran of hostile actions in opposition to its neighbors — instantly and thru its many regional proxies.
He mentioned the latest assaults had been lengthy deliberate by Tehran and weren’t in response to the South Pars assault.
“This pressure from Iran will backfire politically and morally and certainly we reserve the right to take military actions if deemed necessary,” Farhan informed reporters following a gathering of the area’s high diplomats in Riyadh.
Interceptors had been fired from close to the Riyadh resort the place the convention was held across the time international ministers from a couple of dozen international locations — together with Turkey, the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, and Syria — gathered for a gathering on the Iran warfare.
With reporting by Reuters
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01:42
Macron Calls For Suspension Of Attacks Oil, Gas Sites In Middle East
French President Emmanuel Macron known as for a suspension of assaults on oil and fuel amenities within the Middle East, following talks with US President Donald Trump and the Qatari emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. “It is in our common interest to implement, without delay, a moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, particularly energy and water supply facilities,”Macron mentioned on X.”Civilian populations and their essential needs, as well as the security of energy supplies, must be protected from military escalation,” he added. The French president mentioned he had spoken with Al Thani and Trump “following the strikes that hit gas production facilities in Iran and Qatar” on March 18. US and Israeli air strikes have hit Iranian targets, whereas Tehran has retaliated with launches in opposition to power infrastructure within the area.
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00:54
Israeli Media Report IDF Attacks Iranian Navy In Caspian Sea
Israeli media are reporting that the nation’s air power has focused Iranian naval vessels within the Caspian Sea for the primary time.
The TV channel N12 on March 19describedan “unusual attack” within the northern Iranian port metropolis of Bandar, citing Israeli safety sources.
The news web site ynet and broadcaster Kan 11 are also reporting an assault by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Iranian naval targets.
Iranian Navy ships within the Caspian Sea throughout a 2024 train.
Israel’s army didn’t instantly touch upon the studies, though the IDF mentioned it had struck websites in northern Iran for the primary time.
US President Donald Trump just lately mentioned the US army had destroyed Iran’s total navy.
Iran’s Northern Fleet relies in Bandar Anzali.
N12 quoted a safety supply as saying, “We attacked an Iranian naval vessel, this is a dramatic event.”
This is the primary time the Israeli army has attacked the Iranian navy on such a distant website — some 1,300 kilometers from Israel — the report cited officers as saying.
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22:45
18.3.2026
Iran Condemned By EU After Executing Swedish Citizen Charged With Spying For Israel
Iran has executed a Swedish citizen, the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm mentioned on March 18, prompting condemnation from Sweden and EU international coverage chief Kaja Kallas.
Swedish officers didn’t title the particular person, who had been arrested in June of 2025.
But earlier, the Mizan Online news company, which is run by Iran’s judiciary, mentioned a person named Kouroush Keyvani was executed for spying for Israel. It mentioned he was arrested throughout Iran’s 12-day warfare with Israel in June 2025.
Keyvani, an Iranian nationwide, had additionally obtained Swedish citizenship in 2019.
Sweden had repeatedly raised his case with Tehran, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard mentioned.
Since his arrest, “we have done everything in our power to try to change this situation. We have been in contact at various levels, both in Stockholm and in Tehran,” Stenergard mentioned.
“The death penalty is an inhumane, cruel, and irreversible punishment. Sweden, together with the rest of the EU, condemns its application in all circumstances,” she mentioned.
She added that authorized proceedings main as much as the execution didn’t meet the requirements of due course of.
Kallas mentioned: “The appalling human rights situation in Iran and the alarming increase in executions are intolerable and show the regime’s true colors.”
Keyvani was the third particular person executed by Iran on espionage costs this 12 months. The Norway-based Iran Human Rights monitoring group mentioned at the least 13 individuals had been executed final 12 months on spying-related costs.
Western governments and rights teams of soundly condemned Tehran for executions carried out after questionable authorized proceedings.
Iran executed greater than 2,500 individuals in 2025 for varied crimes in what the UN human rights watchdog known as a “dramatic escalation” and Amnesty International known as a”horrifying assault”on the precise to life.
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22:18
18.3.2026
Save The Children Says War Delaying Deliveries Of Life-Saving Medicines
The Save the Children assist group mentioned the warfare in Iran has disrupted transport of essential medical provides for greater than 400,000 kids.
“The conflict in the Middle East and wider region is obstructing key delivery routes for humanitarian supplies, delaying life-saving medical shipments for at least 410,000 children in three countries” and “the global impact will only grow,”it mentioned in an announcement.
Save The Children assist group says the warfare is delaying the supply of life-saving medicines (file picture).
“The escalating conflict is having dire ripple effects on global aid supplies due to disruptions to key air, sea, and land routes, with shipping costs estimated by Save the Children to skyrocket about 10-50 percent to reroute aid in some cases,” it added.
Aid deliveries hit by the delays had been set for supply to households in Sudan, Yemen, and Afghanistan, the group added.
It mentioned {that a} consignment for Sudan is at present caught within the United Arab Emirates as a result of the essential Strait of Hormuz is sort of fully blocked to transport.
A separate cargo destined for Yemen is caught in Dubai and now should be transported by land.
“Lifesaving aid is being delayed around the world, costs are soaring as a result of the fuel price increases at a time when governments are cutting vital foreign aid budgets, and families in some of the worlds most fragile places risk losing the support they depend on,” mentioned Willem Zuidema, the group’s international provide chain director.
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21:48
18.3.2026
Message Attributed To Khamenei Says Killing of Senior Officials Will Have ‘A Price’
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei (file picture)
Messages attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei have responded to the recentkillings of senior Iranian figures.
RFE/RL’s Radio Fardareportsthat Iranian media have printed two written messages they mentioned had been from Mojtaba Khamenei, the countrys newly appointed supreme chief, expressing condolences over the deaths of main officers, together with Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij pro-government militia.
One message printed on his Telegram account, based on Reuters, warned that Iran was prone to retaliate, saying “every drop of spilled blood comes at a price, and the criminal murderers of these martyrs will soon have to pay it,”
Sincebeing namedas the Islamic republic’s third supreme chief on March 8, no photographs or recordings of Khamenei have been launched, with solely written statements circulated by state media.
US President Donald Trumpsaidthis week that it was unclear whether or not Khamenei was alive, whereas Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth prompt he might have been badly disfigured.
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20:53
18.3.2026
South Pars Strikes May Signal Shift To Energy Targets, Says Analyst
Gregory Brew, a historian of Iranian oil and a senior analyst at Eurasia Group, has been talking to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda in regards to the air strikes on the South Pars subject. According to him the event might sign a possible shift in focusing on.
Gregory Brew
The assault…signifies Israels willingness to hit features of Irans power infrastructure, after which, in fact, Irans willingness to retaliate in opposition to different power targets,” he said.
It’s unclear if “Israel goes to start out focusing on power infrastructure extra broadly — this might be a warning shot, a prelude to a extra important marketing campaign,” he added.
He noted that it is also uncertain whether Irans retaliation against Persian Gulf energy targets would be sufficient to deter further attacks, given that its capabilities have been degraded.
“We should wait and see however this does recommend that with out de-escalation , probably led by President Trump, this warfare goes to proceed and will very nicely escalate to a degree the place power turns into a extra distinguished goal,” he said.
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20:25
18.3.2026
Gulf Energy Infrastructure Hit After South Pars Attack
Ras Laffan is Qatar’s main gas hub. (file photo)
Following an attack on the South Pars gas field on March 18, subsequent incidents have disrupted energy infrastructure across the Middle East.
The strike on South Pars — which is shared by Iran and Qatar — caused fires and reduced output at the worlds largest gas reserve, prompting Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps to warn Persian Gulf states to evacuate key oil and gas facilities, including Qatars main gas hub Ras Laffan.
Qatar later reported a fire at Ras Laffan after an alleged Iranian attack, with emergency crews deployed to contain the blaze.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia said it intercepted ballistic missiles targeting Riyadh and destroyed a drone heading toward a gas facility, with no reported casualties.
The fallout has also affected Iraq, where authorities confirmed on March 18 that gas imports from Iran have been completely halted, creating a 3,100-megawatt shortfall in Iraq’s electricity grid.
The crisis has been compounded by disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which have hindered regional oil and gas exports.
Iraqi and Kurdistan regional authorities, however, have since partially resumed exports of crude oil from Kirkuk fields in the north of the country via Turkeys Ceyhan port.
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19:09
18.3.2026
Spanish PM Says Middle East War Wont Distract From Support For Ukraine
Spansh Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands during a joint press conference in Madrid on March 18.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says that the war in the Middle East would not distract his country from supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russias invasion.
“We can not deny that the disaster within the Middle East is monopolizing dialog and exactly for that purpose, I need to say to the federal government of Ukraine that nothing and nobody will make us overlook what is occurring in Ukraine,” Sanchez mentioned at a joint press convention with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Madrid on March 18.
We will hold our assist for the Ukrainian individuals with the identical depth, he added.
A day earlier, Zelenskyy informed the BBC he had a really unhealthy feeling in regards to the influence of the Middle East battle on the warfare in Ukraine, saying peace negotiations had been being consistently postponed on account of one purpose — warfare in Iran.
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