Trump warns Iran he may strike 'every power plant' as deadline to reopen Hormuz nears

Airlines in Asia are cutting flights, carrying extra fuel from home airports and increasing refueling stops as the ongoing war on Iran has shortened jet fuel supply in some countries and led to soaring prices.

European carriers are preparing for similar disruptions after Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz cut off about 21% of global seaborne jet fuel supply, according to global data and analytics firm Kpler.

Previous oil shocks drove up prices, but this one is also impacting physical supply, forcing governments, airlines and airports to consider fuel rationing.

"In my conversation with airlines, they are very concerned about what the future looks like, because we do not know when the war will end and we don't know when the supply chain, the feedstock, will come from the Gulf area," Shukor Yusof, founder of aviation consultancy Endau Analytics, told Reuters.

Reuters contributed to this report.

An Iranian drone strike hit a home in Iraq’s Kurdish region, killing two people, according to authorities.

The drone struck the house in the village of Zargazawi in Irbil province early Tuesday, the Counter Terrorism Directorate of the northern Kurdish region said in a statement.

Officials in Iraq denounced the attack, calling it a violation of international law.

This comes as Iranian forces and allied militias targeted areas across northern Kurdistan with a series of drones, rockets, and missiles.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The King Fahd Causeway, a key bridge linking Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, has been closed over threats from Iran, according to the King Fahd Causeway Authority.

The authority said on X that vehicle movements had been suspended “as a precautionary measure” due to Iranian attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

The bridge is the only road link connecting Bahrain — home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet — to the Arabian Peninsula.

This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iranian civilian infrastructure if it fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that one of seven Malaysian commercial vessels stranded in the Strait of Hormuz was allowed by Iran to pass and is now headed to its destination.

This comes after diplomatic talks with Iranian officials led by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the ministry said.

The ministry said Malaysia’s government reaffirmed its support for safe and open sea routes under international law.

The statement also called for continued dialogue to maintain peace and stability in the region.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against Iranian civilian infrastructure "unhelpful" and "not necessary."

"Unhelpful because more military action’s not necessary," Luxon told Radio New Zealand on Tuesday.

"I think the bottom line is that the focus needs to be on not seeing this conflict expand any further,” he continued.

Luxon added, "We got threats from the president over the weekend. Any of those actions including bombing bridges and reservoirs and civilian infrastructure would be unacceptable as well."

The prime minister said New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ message to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a meeting in Washington scheduled for this week would be to de-escalate the conflict.

Peters would "certainly be encouraging the U.S. and Iran to de-escalate quickly," Luxon said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

An Iranian official on Tuesday called on youths in the country to form human chains around power plants ahead of potential strikes threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Alireza Rahimi, identified by Iranian state television as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Youth and Adolescents, made the comments in a video message broadcasted early Tuesday.

"I invite all young people, athletes, artists, students and university students and their professors," he said.

He urged people to gather Tuesday at 2 p.m. "around the power plants that are our national assets and capital, regardless of any taste or political viewpoint, belong to the future of Iran and to the Iranian youth."

Iran has previously formed human-chain demonstrations, also known as human shields, around its nuclear sites during times of escalated tensions with Western nations.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The Iranian regime is increasingly using persecution and arrest of family members and property seizures as tools to silence dissenting voices, as the war with the United States and Israel rages on, sources tell The Associated Press.

Amid a pervasive internet shutdown, those overseas play a critical role in monitoring events taking place during the government crackdown on any domestic protest or dissent.

Authorities have warned the Iranian public against speaking to the media, and now are engaging in a concerted strategy of harassing and imprisoning family members in Iran as well.

A new anti-espionage law approved last year allows for the seizure of property of those who are deemed to support Iran's enemies. More than 200 such cases have been brought before courts under this legal regimen.

Critics of the regime are frequently branded "traitors", "agents of Israel", or "mercenaries."

Meanwhile, the fractured Iranian opposition is attempting to organize in an effort to bring about a political transition in Iran.

At least 15 U.S. military service members were injured during an Iranian missile attack in Kuwait, according to reports.

The Americans were injured during an Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base overnight, two U.S. officials told CBS News.

Most have returned to duty, one official told the news outlet.

A group is teens accused of setting fire to a Jewish charity ambulance in the United Kingdom was likely radicalized beyond Islam, an expect said.

Four teens are charged with destroying four ambulances belonging to the the Jewish volunteer organization Hatzola outside a synagogue in London, last month.

Shortly after the arson, Ashab al-Yamin (the Islamic Movement of the People of the Right) took to its Telegram channel to claim responsibility for the attack.

Haras Rafiq, vice president of policy at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), told The Jerusalem Post that the suspects may not subscribe to Islam but that "they are operating within a climate shaped by it, and advancing outcomes that Islamist ideology seeks to normalize.”

“We’re now facing youngsters who have ascribed to this groupthink of the West, America, Israel the UK establishment, is at war with Islam and Muslims,” he said. "They have a hatred of Israel, they have a hatred of the U.S., they dislike and probably have a hatred of the UK establishment and the West in general because they’ve been indoctrinated to this political ideological worldview. And they’re probably not even Islamist by the true sense of wanting to set up a utopian Islamist state and enforce a version of Sharia as state law and to spread that around the world.”

President Donald Trump will reportedly host a Passover holiday reception for Jewish community leaders at the White House, with a former Israeli soldier who was held by Hamas in attendance.

Reportedly attending the event will be Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli soldier who was released after 584 days of captivity in Gaza, The Times of Israel reported.

At the time of his release, Alexander was the last living American citizen held hostage in Gaza.

Israel will partially reopen school on Sunday pursuant to military assessment, according to reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved an Education Ministry plan to open the schools, The Times of Israel reported.

The move comes amid the war with Iran that has left the country’s 2.5 million children stuck at home for five weeks since the outbreak of hostilities, the newspaper reported.

In most of the country, which is still at risk of rocket and missile attacks, studies will be held in bomb shelters.

Netanyahu also rejected a proposal to designate the wartime period as vacation time for teachers and to have them work instead during the summer break.

The Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in southwest Iran has been evacuated amid threats by President Donald Trump to bomb Iranian energy infrastructure, including power plants and bridges.

The zone’s public relations office said all personnel was ordered to evacuate by the region’s emergency command committee, Iran International reported.

Trump's threats came amid Tehran's reluctance to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He set a Tuesday night deadline before warning of dire consequences.

After killing Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel is now hunting Tehran's ballistic missile teams.

For almost every day of the war with Iran, Israeli warplanes have been hunting and striking ballistic missile teams and targets, the Jerusalem Post reported.

"The air force is hovering above Iran all the time," IDF Hatzerim Air Force Base Chief Brig. Gen. 'R' told the Post.

At times, Iran has managed to fire off a small number of missiles, but other times either the Israeli air force destroys a missile team or it prevents the team from getting off its missiles while the team is distracted by trying to avoid being struck, the newspaper reported.

"When even one ballistic missile hits, we have seen what it does," the military chief said. "The harm to the home front needs to be kept within proportions. We also have incredible air defense systems."

U.S. stocks saw an uptick Monday, ahead of a deadline that President Donald Trump has set to bomb Iranian power plants.

The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, coming off its first winning week in the last six. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 165 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%.

Oil prices also rose amid uncertainty about what will happen in the U.S. war.

On Monday, Tehran rejected a ceasefire proposal and instead said it wants a permanent end to the war.

President Trump has given Iran a deadline of Tuesday 8 p.m. Eastern time to reopen to Strait of Hormuz.

“The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night,” Trump said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Russia has provided Iran with a list of 55 critical energy infrastructure targets within Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported.

The list, which the newspaper obtained from a source close to Ukrainian intelligence, targeted sites based on three categories according to their strategic importance: Critical production facilities, urban and industrial energy hubs and local infrastructure.

Russia reportedly told Tehran that damaging even a few central components could trigger prolonged energy collapse, which could result in mass blackouts and technical failures, the report said.

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said he met with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Huckabee thanked Israel and its intelligence agencies for their assistance in helping U.S. forces rescue two airmen who were shot down over Iran.

"Just met w/ @IsraeliPM to thank @Israel on behalf of American ppl for unprecedented assistance to US Military & Intel agencies who conducted a historic rescue mission of our air crew in Iran," Huckabee wrote on X. "US SF carried out brilliant op. @IDF & Mossad were helpful partners in the mission."

Iran said it lost four army officers who were killed while engaging U.S. forces who were trying to rescue a downed American Air Force pilot.

"In the early hours of Sunday, these army officers engaged in direct combat with enemy fighter jets, helicopters, armed drones, and support aircraft in the Mahyar area of Isfahan, opening fire at the aerial targets. After a shoulder-fired missile struck one of the attacking aircraft, they were targeted by other enemy aircraft and killed," its army said in a statement.

The officers were identified as Brigadier General Masoud Zare, Colonel Moein Heidari, Colonel Seyyed Saeid Mousavi, and Lieutenant Milad Salarvand, London-based Iran International reported.

Two relatives of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani are being held in a federal facility in Texas following their arrest.

Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, identified as Soleimani’s niece, and her daughter were arrested in Los Angeles and are now being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a facility in Pearsall, Texas.

Both were taken into custody after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their green cards.

While living in the U.S., Afshar "promoted Iranian regime propaganda, celebrated attacks against American soldiers and military facilities in the Middle East, praised the new Iranian Supreme Leader, denounced America as the 'Great Satan,' and voiced her unflinching support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terrorist organization," the State Department said.

"[Afshar] pushed this propaganda for Iran’s terrorist regime while enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles, as attested to by her frequent posting on her recently deleted Instagram account," the department said.

Claims from Iran that it attacked and struck a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship with missiles are false, authorities said.

The Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck the USS Tripoli, forcing it to withdraw from the region to the southern Indian Ocean, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said.

"FACT: USS Tripoli has not been attacked and continues to sail in the Arabian Sea in support of Operation Epic Fury," a CENTCOM post on X states.

"The America-class amphibious assault ship serves as the flagship for the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group / 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit composed of about 3,500 Sailors and Marines in addition to transport and strike fighter aircraft, as well as amphibious assault and tactical assets."