U.S. and Israeli airstrikes pound Iran for a tenth day. “Black rain”reportedin Tehran after Israeli strikes on oil facilities. Desalination plantstargetedin strikes. Oil prices soar; Bahrain and Kuwait oil companies declare force majeure. Iran’s retaliatory strikes continue to hit the Gulf.Record pace of strikes in U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign on Iran, according to Airwars, including twice as many as during the opening days of Israel’s war on Gaza. Iransaysoil tanker struck in Strait of Hormuz. IrannamesMojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader. President Donald Trumpblames Iranfor girls’ school bombing as more evidence emerges that it was the U.S. Trump says any end to the Iran war will bedecidedjointly with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. U.S.beginsusing British bases for operations tied to Iran war. Israeli raid in Lebanon leaves dozens dead. Israeli drone strike in Khan Youniskillsfather and daughter. Israeli strikeskillPalestinians in Central Gaza and Gaza City. Settlerattackkills three Palestinians in West Bank village. White House won’t rule out a draft. Trump settles the highly anticipated antitrust trial against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation. U.S. military kills six in latest Pacific vessel strike. Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is leading Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a new poll, as Gov. Janet Mills trails her.Trump-endorsed North Carolina Senate leader appears to have been ousted. Trump calls Mexico the “epicenter” of cartel violence at Shield of the Americas summit in Florida. Corpus Christi water crisisthreatensfuel supplies and major energy exports. Drone strikes on markets in Sudan’s Kordofankillat least 33. Nigerian troopskill45 bandits in clash in Katsina state. Russian missile and drone barragekillsat least 12 across Ukraine.

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U.S. and Israeli airstrikes pound Iran for a tenth day:The U.S. and Israel continued to bombard Iran on Monday, with reports of massive explosions in Tehran as well as cities in the south. The Israeli military said it had begun a “wide-scale wave of strikes…across Tehran, Isfahan, and southern Iran.” Explosions wereheardacross Tehran over the weekend as Israeli forces targeted Iranian infrastructure, including the campus of Imam Hussein University. Images circulating online showed fires and smoke near Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, with blasts shattering windows in the western part of the city and forcing some people to shelter in underground parking areas, residents told BBC. Airstrikes also damaged multiple buildings inside a complex housing Iran’s judiciary and Supreme Court near Arg Square in central Tehran’s historic government district.

“Black rain” reported in Tehran after Israeli strikes on oil facilities:Israeli attacks on fuel depots and other oil infrastructure in and around Tehran on Saturday caused massive fires to burn for hours in the capital. Roughly 30 large storage tanks at the country’s largest refinery were targeted, according to Israel’s Channel 14, and with major fires at the Shahr-e Rey refinery south of the capital and an explosion at the Fardis oil depot in Karaj. The strikes released large quantities of toxic hydrocarbons and industrial gases, which Iranian authoritiessaidare mixing with rainfall to produce highly acidic “black rain” capable of causing skin burns and respiratory distress. Dense smoke from fires darkened parts of the city, with reports describing conditions resembling a “nuclear winter” effect as sunlight is obscured by thick plumes. Authorities say oil-contaminated rainwater has coated rooftops and streets with oily soot that may carry heavy metals such as nickel and vanadium, raising concerns about long-term contamination of soil and water systems. The Iranian Red Crescent advised residents to protect exposed food and avoid contact with the corrosive rainfall. Iran threatened to attack oil facilities in neighboring countries in retaliation for Israel hitting at least five energy sites in and around Tehran. State media quoted a spokesperson for the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) accusing the U.S. and Israel of targeting civilians and fuel facilities, urging Gulf states to press them to stop. “If you can tolerate oil at more than $200 per barrel, continue this game,” the IRGC spokesperson said.

Oil prices soar then dip:Oil prices soared to nearly $120 a barrel with the war threatening production and shipping—crossing $100 for the first time since 2022 shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine—before going back down on Monday. French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that “the use of strategic reserves is an envisaged option.” He said G7 leaders could meet this week to coordinate a response to climbing energy prices. Global stock markets fell on Monday, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunging more than 5% and markets across Europe losing between 2% and 3%.

Bahrain and Kuwait oil companies declare force majeure:Bahrain’s national oil company on Monday declared force majeure for its shipments, releasing the company of its contractual obligations because of extraordinary circumstances. Kuwait’s Petroleum Corporation also declared force majeure after it implemented a reduction in crude oil production and refining throughput because of the conflict.The head of Kuwait’s national oil sectorsaidon Sunday the near halt in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz marks an unprecedented shift in regional geopolitics, noting that the waterway had never been closed to traffic in more than 80 years. He said there has been “five or six days of practically zero traffic through the Strait of Hormuz,” which is astonishing, given that the Strait accounts for 20% of the world’s oil supply.

Desalination plants targeted in strikes:Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran’s desalination plant on Qeshm Island in statements to the press over the weekend, calling the attack “a blatant and desperate crime” that disrupted water supplies to 30 villages and warned that targeting Iranian infrastructure would carry “grave consequences.” On Sunday, Bahrain’s Interior Ministrysaidan Iranian drone attack caused material damage to a water desalination plant in the Gulf country.

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