US Iran War highlights: Iran targets Amazon AWS in Bahrain, Dubai dismisses Oracle facilities reports

US Iran war LIVE: An attack on a highway bridge, known as “the highest bridge in the Middle East”, from the capital, Tehran, to the city of Karaj has injured many people, Iran’s Fars news agency reports.

US-Israeli strikes also targeted other areas in Karaj, located west of Tehran, the state media agency added further.

US Iran war LIVE: Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Thursday said that all of Iran's 7 million population stood ready to fight any US ground invasion of the Islamic Republic.

"Right now, in less than a week, a powerful national campaign sweeping the country has brought forward around 7 million Iranians who have already stepped up and declared they're ready to pick up arms and stand in defence of our nation," he wrote on X.

US Iran war LIVE: UK Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper stressed the "urgent need" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

During a meet with other countries regarding the Hormuz closure, the British leader said Iran's "recklessness" in blockading the waterway was “hitting our global economic security”.

US Iran war LIVE: Austria has stated that it has refused requests from the US to fly over its territory. This comes days after Spain and Italy also refused to allow Washington to use its bases in the Gulf region

US Iran war news LIVE: Oil climbed around 7% on Thursday, with Brent above $108 a barrel following US President Donald Trump's address to the nation regarding the ongoing conflict wiht Uran.

Europe’s diesel futures rose to more than $200 a barrel, the highest level since 2022, as the ongoing war and the effective closure of Hormuz cause fuel shortages.

US Treasury yields rose and global stocks slumped, underscoring concerns about stagflation, or higher inflation and slower economic growth.

US Iran war LIVE: In a statement shared by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran has stated that the attacks on Gulf nations since the war started were “just a warning.”

The statement, which comes after steel and aluminum plants were targeted in the UAE and Bahrain, stated that if Iranian industries are targeted, it will carry out a "much more painful response."

“These attacks are a warning, and if the attack on Iranian industries is repeated, the next response will be much more painful by attacking the main infrastructure of the occupation regime and the American economic industries in the region,” the statement said, as per Iranian state media.

US Iran war LIVE: As the war between US-Israel and Iran continues to escalate, Indian Navy chief Admiral DK Tripathi has stated that the disruptions caused by the war have caused major distress, especially with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

“Strait of Hormuz disruptions have caused severe economic impact, energy instability in region,” said the Navy chief as per news agency PTI.

US Iran war LIVE: Following US President Donald Trump's 'Stone Age' threat to Iran, Tehran has turned the jibe around and accused Washington of bringing crimes from the Stone Age to the modern world.

In a statement on the official X channel of the Iranian embassy in India, Tehran stated that it will not be "driven back to the Stone Age" by bombing from the US and Israel.

US Iran war LIVE: AFP journalists on site have stated that loud explosions were heard across the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Thursday.

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US Iran war LIVE: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz.

"Some people defend the idea of freeing the Strait of Hormuz by force via a military operation, a position sometimes expressed by the United States, although it has varied," Macron told reporters during a trip to South Korea.

"This was never the option we have supported because it is unrealistic," he added.

"It would take forever, and would expose all those who go through the strait to risks from the guardians of the revolution but also ballistic missiles," he said.

US Iran war LIVE: Iran is not looking to enrich uranium to the levels needed to build an atomic bomb, Tehran's envoy to the United Nations' atomic agency told AFP on Thursday.

Reza Najafi, Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, also said that US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic's Bushehr nuclear power plant constitute a "war crime" under international law.

Iran war LIVE: Iran on Thursday executed a man convicted of acting on behalf of Israel and the US during a wave of anti-establishment protests earlier this year, the judiciary said.

The Judiciary's Mizan Online website said, "Amir-Hossein Hatami, one of the enemy's terrorist elements involved in the unrest of Dey (January protests) ... was hanged at dawn today."

It stated that Hatami acted "against national security on behalf of the Zionist regime and the United States", including breaking into a "a military centre and destroying it in order to seize the weapons stored there" during the protests.

Iran war LIVE: Russia is ready to contribute to resolving the Iran conflict, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

Peskov told reporters that President Vladimir Putin is ready to talk to regional leaders and try and bring the conflict to an end.

"The president is continuing these contacts, and if our services are somehow required, we are, of course, ready to make our contribution to ensuring that the military situation transitions to a peaceful course as soon as possible," said Peskov.

Iran war LIVE: Iran's IRGC has stated that it will continue to monitor enemy movements in the region with great accuracy. In a video shared by state media, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s army has urged operational headquarters to track the movements of the US and Israel “moment by moment”, with an eye to countering a possible ground invasion.

Iran war LIVE: According to a local media report, South Korea is carefully considering whether to pay Iran fees to bring the Middle Eastern oil and gas.

Iran war LIVE: China on Thursday said that the US-Israeli strikes on Iran were the "root cause" of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, after American President Donald Trump called on affected nations to seize the narrow waterway.

"The root cause of interruptions to navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is the United States and Israel's illegal military operations against Iran," Beijing's foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said during a press briefing.

Iran war LIVE: Amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East and the exchange of threats between Iran and the US, Tehran's health ministry said that strikes have hit a century-old medical centre, news agency AFP reported.

Iran war LIVE: Australia will reportedly further cut fuel taxes to shield households from rising prices as the Iran war disrupts global supply chains.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a temporary pause in a sales tax increase on fuels on Thursday, cutting fuel excise by 5.7 Australian cents (3.9 US cents) a litre for three months.

Iran war LIVE: The US embassy in Baghdad warned on Thursday that pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq may attack the city in the coming day or two.

"Iraqi terrorist militia groups aligned with Iran may intend to conduct attacks in central Baghdad in the next 24-48 hours," the embassy said in a statement on X. It also urged Americans in the country to leave immediately.

Iran war LIVE: China has called for an 'immediate' halt to hostilities after Trump's threat to Iran in his address to the nation.

Iran war LIVE: Gulf states are reportedly considering new pipelines to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reported.

The development comes amid the increasing threats of Iran's control over the oil chokepoint. Officials and industry executives reportedly said that new pipelines might be the only way to reduce the vulnerability that the Gulf nations are facing amid the ongoing disruptions, even though such projects would take years to complete and would be expensive.

Iran war LIVE: South Korean president Lee Jae Myung urged citizens to "save every drop of fuel", ramping up an official call for energy conservation as the Iran conflict continues to escalate and leave a major impact on energy needs globally.

“I earnestly appeal to all citizens to actively participate in energy-saving movements in daily lives, such as taking public transportation and conserving electricity,” Lee said. “The current crisis is not a passing shower that quickly subsides, but rather a massive storm whose duration is uncertain, making it all the more severe.”

Iran war LIVE: India's defence minister Rajnath Singh said that the Indian navy is safely escorting the country's tanker through the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East region.

Iran war LIVE: Iran's military has vowed ‘crushing’ attacks against the United States and Israel after President Donald Trump issued a final warning to the Islamic Republic in his key address to the nation.

Trump warned that the US will hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ in the next two to three weeks and will take the country back to the ‘Stone Ages’.

Iran war LIVE: Oil prices surged back up on Thursday after President Donald Trump warned that the US would hit Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks.

Brent crude jumped as much as 6.9 per cent past $108 per barrel.