A new figure in the Iranian regime was killed. The head of intelligence of the Revolutionary Guards died on Monday, April 6, in American-Israeli strikes, according to the ideological army under the orders of the supreme leader. “Commander General Majid Khademi, the powerful and knowledgeable head of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, became a martyr in the criminal terrorist attack of the American-Zionist enemy (…) at dawn today,” the organization wrote on Telegram. Follow our live coverage.
Israel strikes Tehran. The Israeli army claimed on Monday morning to have completed a series of strikes on Tehran against “targets of the terrorist regime” Iranian. According to Iranian media, several residential areas of the Iranian capital were targeted and suffered damages. Part of Tehran is also deprived of gas after a strike on a university damaged a nearby gas installation, according to Iranian state TV Irib.
Iran launches new attacks and responds to American threats. Missiles and drones targeted Israel, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates on Monday morning. Iran also promised “even more devastating” retaliation in case of new American-Israeli attacks against civilian infrastructure and warned of possible “war crimes” after threats by US President Donald Trump to target civilian infrastructure in the country soon.
Highly anticipated press conference by Donald Trump. The US president will speak “with the army” at 7 pm, as the end of his ten-day ultimatum against Iran, scheduled for Monday night, has been postponed to Tuesday night. On Sunday, he threatened Iran, with insults, to target its vital infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.
Two dead in an Iranian strike on a building in Haifa. Israeli rescuers on Monday found the lifeless bodies of two people in the rubble of a building hit by an Iranian strike the day before in Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel, according to the army. Two other people remain missing.
Oil prices rise. Oil prices opened higher from Sunday to Monday night. The two main types of oil, WTI and Brent, were above the symbolic threshold of $110 (95 euros) per barrel, on a market still driven by tensions in Iran.
