Portraits of Hezbollah's late leaders Hassan Nasrallah, right, and his cousin, Hashem Safieddine, are seen, as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, is seen, as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Monsignor Simon Khoury inspects a damaged house following an Iranian missile strike in Shefaram, Israel, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A firefighter battles flames at a damaged workshop after an alert of incoming missiles in Petah Tikva, Israel, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A woman holds a banner showing portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to him, during a campaign in support of the government at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Residents and Israeli security forces inspect a site struck by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva, Israel, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Portraits of Hezbollah's late leaders Hassan Nasrallah, right, and his cousin, Hashem Safieddine, are seen, as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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A portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, is seen, as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Israeli authorities inspect a damaged house following an Iranian missile strike in Haifa, Israel, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Monsignor Simon Khoury inspects a damaged house following an Iranian missile strike in Shefaram, Israel, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Members of the Basij paramilitary force stand at a checkpoint in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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A firefighter battles flames at a damaged workshop after an alert of incoming missiles in Petah Tikva, Israel, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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A woman holds a banner showing portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to him, during a campaign in support of the government at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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People cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Residents and Israeli security forces inspect a site struck by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva, Israel, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. strikes hit a city Tuesday that is home to one of ±õ°ù²¹²Ô’s main nuclear sites, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran attacked a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.
The attacks were testament to the more than a month after the U.S. and Israel launched their first strikes. The conflict has left more than 3,000 dead and caused major disruptions to the world’s supply of oil and natural gas. On Tuesday, the in the U.S. shot past $4 a gallon — just another sign of the war’s effects far beyond the Middle East.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has vacillated between insisting there is progress in diplomatic talks with Iran and , shared footage of the attack on Isfahan. The central city is home to one of three nuclear enrichment sites attacked by the U.S. in a 12-day war in June, and analysts believe much of ±õ°ù²¹²Ô’s highly enriched uranium is likely stored there.
The war is roiling oil markets
±õ°ù²¹²Ô’s , the waterway leading our of Persian Gulf through which a fifth of the world’s oil is transported during peacetime, has , as have Tehran's attacks on regional energy infrastructure. That has shaken stock markets around the world and pushed up the cost of many basic goods.
Spot prices of Brent crude, the international standard, hovered around $106 a barrel Tuesday, up more than 45% since the war started Feb. 28.
Trump warned this week that if a ceasefire is not reached “shortly,†and if the strait is not reopened, the U.S. would broaden its offensive, including by attacking the oil export hub and possibly .
Israel and the US launch a new wave of strikes on Iran
Israel and the U.S. launched a , hitting Tehran in the early morning.
The video shared by Trump appeared to show a massive attack on Isfahan, and NASA fire-tracking satellites suggest explosions happened in a mountainous region on the city's southern edge. Iran has not confirmed the attack.
A satellite image taken just before the June war suggests Tehran transferred a truckload of highly enriched uranium to a nuclear facility about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tuesday's strikes.
Analysts believe the truck — which the image showed going into a tunnel loaded with 18 blue containers — likely carried most or all of ±õ°ù²¹²Ô’s stockpile of uranium enriched up to 60% purity. That’s a short, technical step to weapons-grade levels.
Iran hits oil tanker in waters off Dubai
An Iranian drone hit a Kuwaiti oil tanker in waters off the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai, sparking a blaze that was later put out, the Dubai Media Office said. Authorities said no oil spill resulted.
Four people were also wounded when debris from an intercepted drone fell into a residential area, and loud explosions could be heard later from another attack on Dubai.
Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain, while Saudi Arabia said it intercepted three ballistic missiles launched toward its capital. Loud explosions were also heard in Israel not long after the military warned of an incoming missile barrage from Iran.
Gulf allies of the United States that have been hit hard until ±õ°ù²¹²Ô’s military capabilities are destroyed, according to U.S., Gulf and Israeli officials.
In response to that growing anger, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted Tuesday that Tehran is only targeting U.S. forces in the region.
“Our operations are aimed at enemy aggressors who have no respect for Arabs or Iranians, nor can provide any security,†Araghchi wrote on X.
Peacekeepers killed in Lebanon as Israel battles Hezbollah
The U.N. Security Council planned to convene an emergency session Tuesday after officials said three peacekeepers in southern Lebanon had been killed in less than 24 hours during Israel’s invasion there.
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country, where Israel , did not say who was responsible for the deaths.
In Iran, authorities say more than 1,900 people have been killed, while 19 have been reported dead in Israel.
Two dozen people have died in Gulf states and the occupied West Bank. In Lebanon, officials said more than 1,200 people , and more than 1 million displaced.
Ten Israeli soldiers have died in Lebanon, including the four announced Tuesday, while 13 U.S. service members .
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Rising reported from Bangkok. Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut contributed to this report.