US Iran war | Sept 2 highlights: 'Going to sever Iran's ties to outside world' - US' fresh warning amid renewed tensions

Iran war LIVE updates: Kuwait on Wednesday said an Iranian drone attack caused a fire in a residential complex in the capital, but no casualties were reported. Authorities also added that the fire was extinguished and brought under control.

"A fire that broke out in a residential complex in the Capital Governorate has been brought under control. The complex had been targeted by a hostile drone launched as part of the nefarious Iranian aggression," Kuwait's official KUNA news agency said, quoting a fire department spokesman.

Iran war LIVE updates: Oil prices surged to a near-six-week high after the US and Iran exchanged strikes overnight, intensifying the Middle East conflict and renewing concerns over inflation.

Brent crude went up two per cent to $96.6 a barrel, triggering a drop in Asian markets and lifting global bond yields on worries of a near-term US rate hike, which could make emerging markets less attractive for global investors.

Iran war LIVE updates: Indian stock market indices Sensex and Nifty dropped sharply on opening on Wednesday, reacting to the international developments - the major escalation in the Iran-US conflict. While Sensex was down by nearly 700 points in the opening minute, Nifty plummeted 200 points.

In pre-opening trade, Sensex was at over 540 points down - at 76,397.24, while Nifty was down over 203 points - at 23,852.05.

Among the 30 Sensex firms, Only Sunpharma was in green in opening trade.

Iran war LIVE updates: IRGC Political Deputy General Javani called on Arab countries hosting US bases to expel US forces from their territories, warning that otherwise, Iran would deliver a firm response against any point in the region from which aggression against Iran is initiated, Press TV reported.

Iran war LIVE updates: A fire was reported at the US base in Erbil International Airport following an Iranian drone attack, Iran’s IRIB reported.

Iran war LIVE updates: Following US strikes that killed five and injured over 50 people, embassy of Iran in India said: "They turned a wedding into a funeral.

The flowers of love fell to the ground,

our bride’s white dress was stained with blood,

and they turned our laughter into tears and sorrow.

But this blood and this grief will never be forgotten.

We will never forget this crime, nor will we leave it unanswered."

Iran war LIVE updates: Following US attacks, Iran launched ballistic missiles at Jordan and claimed to have targeted a US base along Jordan's Gulf of Aqaba coast, Reuters reported, citing Iran's state television.

However, Jordan denied any significant damage, saying no injuries or casualties were reported. Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army spokesperson said that the country’s air defence systems dealt with 13 ballistic missiles from Iran and intercepted 10 successfully. It added that three missiles fell in remote areas away from populated centres.

The IRGC also said its ground forces carried out combined missile and drone attacks on US bases in Erbil in northern Iraq, killing several US personnel, as per Reuters.

Iran’s army said it targeted US forces at an air base in Washington-allied Bahrain, as Tehran launched strikes targeting American interests across the Middle East, AFP reported.

The Kuwaiti Army said on X that its air defenses intercepted drone attacks “following the criminal Iranian aggression.”

Iran war LIVE updates: Bahrain on Wednesday said there is a potential threat of attack and urged residents to remain clam.

In a post on X, Ministry of Interior said, “An alert of potential threat.The Ministry of Interior urged citizens and residents to remain calm, proceed to the nearest safe location, and follow news through official channels for the protection of public safety.”

Iran war LIVE updates: Iran said Wednesday that US strikes on its territory killed 11 people, AFP reported, citing state media, after a fresh attack in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.

"The Deputy Governor of Khuzestan Province for Security and Law Enforcement Affairs said that last night's US missile attack on three locations in the province left seven people dead and eight injured," state-run IRNA said.

It came after the Iranian Red Crescent said Tuesday that four people including a child were killed and more than 50 people wounded by a US attack at a wedding in southern Sirik county.

Iran war LIVE updates: Israel launched two airstrikes against al-Dubsha heights in Southern Lebanon, Iranian state media IRIB reported.

Iran war LIVE updates: Iran on Wednesday condemned the killing of five people at a wedding in a residential home in Kuhestak, Sirik and said that the cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that happened before.

Iran's foreign ministry of spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, in a post on X said, “The United States’ catalogue of atrocities against the nation of Iran is now complete: a residential home in Kuhestak, #Sirik, was brutally attacked tonight while families were celebrating a wedding. More than 50 innocent men, women and children were martyred or wounded.”

"This cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that preceded it in #Minab, #Lamerd, Qeshm and elsewhere nor from the strikes on military targets that were dressed in deceptive justifications."

Iran war LIVE updates: Iran’s Armed Forces Central Headquarters said Iran would “deliver crushing and devastating blows” against the “American enemy,” CNN reported, citing state broadcaster IRIB.

“The more the US military persists in its aggression in the region, the greater and heavier the losses it will have to endure,” it said.

Iran said on Tuesday that it had launched missiles toward Jordan and released video that it said showed the launches, according to CNN.

Iran war LIVE updates: Two oil supertankers were struck by unknown projectiles in quick succession while transiting the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz chokepoint, maritime security consultant Marisks said, Bloomberg reported.

The very large crude carrier Sidr, run by Saudi Arabia’s Bahri shipping company, was hit while sailing northeast of Khasab, Oman, the consultant said. The Senegal Prosperity, operated by Sinokor, was struck by three projectiles while traveling east of the same country, it said. Both were exiting the Persian Gulf, according to Marisks.

Iran war LIVE updates: United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran that “very little will be left of the nation," if it chooses to retaliate to the fresh US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz.

Following the fresh US attack, Iran launched counterstrikes at the US military base in Jordan, prompting Trump to issue another stark warning.

“If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The US president also claimed that Washington was in “almost total control” of the key maritime route, while adding that the Iranian economy was “collapsing” due to America's sanctions and “economic D-day” approach to the war.

Iran war LIVE updates: The US said Iran was trying to launch sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

“The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region,” CENTCOM said in a post.

Iran war LIVE updates: The latest strikes between the two countries come after US and Iran traded attacks overnight into Monday — marking the first exchange of fire between the two countries in over a month.

Iran said it fired missiles toward US military targets in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for a US strike on Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island.

Iran war LIVE updates: The United States military on Tuesday said it completed fresh strikes on Iran, saying it struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets as the Iran war escalated following a weekend exchange of fire.

U.S. forces struck IRGC targets "including air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites," the U.S. Central Command said on X.

An Axios report, citing U.S. officials, said the U.S. military attacked two Iranian government tankers in Tuesday's strikes.

Iran war LIVE updates: A US strike on Iran on Tuesday killed at least five and injured 50 people at a wedding near Sirik, a coastal area on the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported, citing Iranian Red Crescent reported. ​

The Mehr news agency said a 4-year-old child was among those killed, while the IRNA news agency, citing a provincial official, put the number of wounded at ⁠68.

US officials have yet to comment on the incident.

Iran war LIVE updates: Four commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from ten a day earlier and below the 10-day average of around 13, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

The four vessels that transited were one very large crude carrier, one Panamax tanker, one Kamsarmax carrier and one intermediate tanker, initial data from shiptracker Kpler showed at 0200 GMT.

The figures could change as some ships typically switch off transponders during the voyage.

Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is not trying to force Iran back to the negotiating table, which is said is “worthless” for Tehran.

He added that he likes his new position better, where Iran's economy is “totally collapsing” and the US has “almost total control” over Strait of Hormuz.

“They are just playing out the inevitable. When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?,” he wrote on Truth Social.

Iran war LIVE updates: Peru cuts ties with Iran, accusing Tehran of escalating Mideast war: foreign ministry

Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that they struck US bases with missiles and drones in Erbil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, AFP reported, citing Iranian state media.

The Guards said they "carried out a coordinated missile and drone attack on US bases in Erbil" that destroyed a maintenance centre, warehouses and the "guidance system of a US surveillance aerostat", according to a statement carried by the state-run IRNA.

Iran war LIVE updates: The US military attacked two Iranian government tankers as part of the round of strikes that took place on Tuesday, Axios reported, citing US officials.

This is the first time the US military has struck Iranian tankers in retaliation for Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz — rather than to prevent them from violating the naval blockade.