US And Israel Hit A Crucial Facility In Iran: Chronicle Of The War
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(Updated) Allied precision air strikes.
The US-Israeli operation against Iran continues in the Middle East.
The Charter97.org website is following developments throughout the ninth day of the war.
23:40 Talk of taking control of Iranian oil is "too early," US President Donald Trump told NBC television.
Speaking about this, he cited the situation in Venezuela, where after the takeover of dictator Nicolas Maduro, the US received more than 80 million barrels of oil from the republic.
"Look at Venezuela. People have thought about it, but it's too early to talk about it," he said.
22:59 Donald Trump was interviewed on CBS television, and among other things said: "The war is very close to the end, more or less."
The US president said the fighting is "way ahead of schedule". Earlier, the White House suggested the war could last more than a month.
Trump said Iran had "no navy, no communications, they have no air force" and had "a scattering of missiles" left.
22:32 US President Donald Trump has held a conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Russian agencies reported, citing Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov.
According to him, "the emphasis was naturally placed on the situation around the conflict with Iran and on the ongoing trilateral talks on the Ukrainian settlement with the participation of US representatives."
The conversation reportedly lasted about an hour.
21:37 The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador and asked for an explanation about the ballistic missile fired toward Turkey, CNN Turk reported, citing a source in the ministry.
21:19 Trump will hold an unscheduled press conference in a few hours - it will be the first since the war with Iran began.
20:22 The Israel Defense Forces says a search and rescue operation is underway in the central part of the country after aerial targets were launched from Lebanon.
Authorities did not specify where exactly it was hit. According to rescue services, two victims, aged between 30 and 40, are known to be injured; they have minor injuries.
In parallel to the shelling from Lebanon, the IDF reported the launch of a new wave of rockets from Iran. Civilians have been advised to proceed to shelters.
19:52 Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei on his election as Iran's supreme leader, a post previously held by his late father.
The dictator assured that Minsk "highly values the partnership relations with Tehran and attaches great importance to further expansion of contacts at all levels," wished Mojtabeh Khamenei "health, wisdom and success in his mission," and the people of Iran "peace, courage and unity."
19:44 U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to consider options to curb rising oil prices as early as Monday, March 9, sources told Reuters.
19:06 U.S. officials intercepted an encrypted transmission from Iran believed to be intended to activate sleeper agents outside the country. ABC News reported the news, citing an alert sent out to law enforcement agencies.
18.25 Trump said ships waiting in the Strait of Hormuz should "be brave" and go through the waterway despite tensions with Iran.
In an interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Sunday, Trump said: "There's nothing to be afraid of. They don't have a navy, we've sunk all their ships."
17.25 The U.S. has deployed four B-1 Lancer strategic bombers to Fairford Air Base in England. The planes have arrived to prepare for strikes on Iran. The British Defense Ministry confirmed the arrival of the U.S. bombers.
16.50 Saudi oil giant Aramco has begun cutting production at two of its oil fields, Reuters reported. Some oil supplies have been diverted to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.
16.35 Ukraine has received 11 requests for Shahed protection from the United States, Europe and Iran's neighbors. Kiev has already responded to some of the requests with concrete solutions and support. This was announced on Monday, March 9, by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
16.20 France is planning a "purely defensive" mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Emmanuel Macron said this while in Cyprus.
15.50 Turkey's Defense Ministry reported that a ballistic missile launched from Iran was destroyed by "NATO missile defense assets" after the missile entered Turkish airspace.
The Turkish military said the debris fell in a desert area in the southeastern city of Gaziantep, with no injuries.
15.40 The Iranian port of Bandar Abbas has again come under aerial attack. U.S. Central Command reported three warships were hit.
15.30 U.S. Central Command released a video showing the destruction of missile launchers inside Iran.
14:39 A large oil tanker has passed through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in days, despite tensions in the region. The Shenlong vessel, operated by a Greek company, is carrying about one million barrels of Saudi oil, Bloomberg reported. According to the agency, the tanker temporarily turned off its transponder while passing through the strait and only started transmitting again off the coast of India, BILD reported.
13:19 Israel has launched missile strikes on Lebanon. As Al Jazeera Arabic reported, Israel is launching airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
The Times of Israel correspondent publishes footage of what is believed to be an attack on Al-Qard al-Hasan, an NPO linked to Hezbollah. The IDF said ground troops are now in Lebanon to locate Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Prior to their entry, rocket attacks were used in the territory. Israeli media reports that a car bomb exploded in the attack on southern Lebanon. It is also reported that Israel bombed a Russian cultural center in Lebanon.
11:52 Donald Trump says the current rise in oil prices is a "very small price to pay" for security for the U.S. and the world.
"The short-term rise in oil prices, which will come down quickly after the Iranian nuclear threat is destroyed, is a very small price to pay for security and peace for the U.S. and the world. Only fools think otherwise!" - he wrote.
10:31 The publication Iran International reported the elimination of Ali Hashemi, deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Isfahan. It is noted that he was killed on March 8 during US and Israeli airstrikes.
8:59 The IDF Air Force, under military intelligence targeting, completed another wave of strikes on Iranian regime infrastructure in several areas of Iran. In the strikes, Israeli aircraft attacked a rocket engine factory and several long-range ballistic missile launchers. At the same time, the IDF continues to deepen the targeting of military infrastructure.
The targets hit include the headquarters of the Internal Security Forces in Isfahan, bases of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij.
8:41 Ukraine has sent experts and interceptor drones to protect US bases in Jordan.
In a statement by Vladimir Zelensky, Ukraine promptly responded to a March 5 U.S. request and the next day sent a team of experts with advanced technology to counter Iranian drones.
8:24 U.S. and Israeli authorities have discussed the possibility of sending special forces to Iran "at a later stage of the war" to "seize its stockpile of highly enriched uranium" and other nuclear fuel. This was reported by Axios on Sunday, March 8, citing four sources, adding that it remains unclear whether it would be a US, Israeli or joint mission.
"This is likely to happen only after both countries are convinced that the Iranian military can no longer pose a serious threat to the forces involved," the piece said.
8:22 A nuclear facility in Iran's Isfahan province has been severely damaged by US and Israeli strikes. This was reported by the Iranian news agency ISNA with reference to the National Nuclear Security Center.
According to the report, no information about radiation contamination has been received so far.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reportedly been informed about the incident.
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