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Tehran vowed on Sunday to kill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a US-Israeli war over Iran threatens oil supplies in the Gulf.
“The IRGC vows to hunt down and kill ‘child killer’ Netanyahu if he is still alive,” Iran’s IRNA news agency said in a post on X, referring to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel in turn targeted key members of Iran’s leadership over the weekend.
The Israel Defense Forces said they had “eliminated” two senior Iranian intelligence officers from the “Khatam al-Anbiya” emergency command.
Late Saturday, the IDF hit the primary research center of the Iranian Space Agency and an air defense system production factory, the IDF said in a post on X.
Iran continued to retaliate against targets around the region. Israeli emergency services reported a “recent missile barrage” in central Israel, but said there were no injuries.
Israeli security forces inspect damage to cars after a rocket strike in Holon, Tel Aviv district on March 15, 2026. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images) /
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Meanwhile, oil-loading operations at the United Arab Emirates’ port of Fujairah resumed on Sunday, according to media reports, after a day earlier was interrupted by a fire caused by debris from an intercepted drone.
A spokesman for Abu Dhabi’s state oil giant, ADNOC, which operates in Fujairah, directed CNBC to the Fujairah media office, which did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.
The ongoing war has effectively shut down energy supplies moving through the narrow Strait of Hormuz that separates Iran and the UAE.
On Friday, Brent crude futures closed above $100 per barrel for the second straight day and the global oil benchmark is up more than 40% since the war in Iran began.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had directed the US Central Command to carry out a first-ever bombing campaign against military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island. Trump threatened further attacks on Iran’s oil export hub even as he repeatedly urged allies to deploy warships to help the US defend the Strait of Hormuz.
Kharg Island has been thrust into the global spotlight as it is considered one of Iran’s most sensitive economic targets. The terminal handles about 90% of the country’s crude exports and has a loading capacity of approximately 7 million barrels per day.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghi said on social media that his country was “ready to form a committee with countries in the region to investigate the targets attacked. Our attacks only target American bases and interests in the region.”
In a Telegram post on Sunday, Araghchi said: “We have never targeted any civilian or residential areas in countries in the region” and that “occupying Kharg Island is a bigger mistake than attacking it.”
The impact of the war is now affecting major events in the Gulf region as well. Formula 1 has said it has canceled the upcoming Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April.
“Although alternatives are being considered, no alternatives will be made in April,” Formula 1 said in a post on X.
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