LIVE: Iran Vows Revenge After The Killing Of Its Top Leader
Second person injured in Israel after new Iran missile salvo: Emergency services
JERUSALEM: Israel's Magen David Adom emergency services said Saturday they were evacuating a 17-year-old to hospital with lower limb injuries following a new salvo of Iranian missiles, the second injury in Israel since the morning.
"Update following the missile fire towards Israel, MDA EMTs and paramedics are treating a 17-year-old male and evacuating him to hospital in mild condition with injuries to his lower limbs," an MDA statement said. — AFP
Iranian foreign minister’s remarks come in NBC News interview
Abbas Araghchi told NBC News that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian are alive “as far as I know.” — AP
Oil prices set to see price swings
Oil markets are closed for the weekend but are set to see price swings next week with the impact of the U.S. strikes on production and transport unclear.
Pre-conflict scenarios have foreseen a quick price spike that fades if Iranian pipelines and its Kharg island terminal remain operational. But there would be a bigger price spike and longer-lasting impact if oil infrastructure or supplies are interrupted, for instance because of disruption of tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz that sees 20% of global oil supply pass through each day.
Limited strikes on Iran’s nuclear program and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps that avoid a change of government or all-out war could see prices jump $5-$10 based on fear alone, according to Rystad Energy.
A wider war, however, involving Iranian disruption of tanker traffic could see crude push past $90 per barrel and U.S. gas prices “well above” $3 per gallon, according to Clayton Seigle at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
International benchmark Brent crude closed at a seven-month high of $72.87 on Friday.
Saudi capital targeted by Iran
Saudi Arabia says Iran targeted its capital, Riyadh, and its eastern region in an attack.
Saudi Arabia made the announcement on its state-run Saudi Press Agency. It called the attack “blatant and cowardly” and said it was repelled. Saudi Arabia had reached a Chinese-mediated detente with Iran in 2023. — AP
Reports Suggest Iran's Defence Minister Killed in Pre-Emptive Israeli Strikes
Reports Suggest Iran's Defence Minister Killed in Pre-Emptive Israeli Strikes
Amid rapidly escalating tensions in the Middle East, multiple reports indicate that Iran's Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh (also cited in varying reports as Amir Hatami) and senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad Pakpour were killed in Israeli strikes between February 27 and 28, 2026.
Missiles and drones shot down over northern Iraq
The counterterrorism unit in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish-run region says that U.S.-led coalition forces had “intercepted and shot down a number of missiles and bomb-laden drones in Irbil province.”
There were no casualties or damage reported from the attacks or their interception, but Irbil saw widespread power outages after a key gas field that supplies much of the region’s electricity stopped operations.
The Kurdish regional government’s ministries of natural resources and electricity says that Dana Gas, which operates the Khor Mor field, had halted operations “due to the extraordinary circumstances and the ongoing events in the region and in order to protect the lives of employees.”
The field has in the past periodically been targeted by drone strikes. The halting of production there will decrease electricity production capacity in the region by between 2,500 and 3,000 megawatts, the ministries said. — AP
Iranians flock to supermarkets
In northern Tehran, supermarkets are seeing a surge of customers seeking bread and bottled water.
However, supply has been limited, and some of the items most in demand, including bread, eggs, bottled water and milk, are currently unavailable in certain stores.
Long queues have also been observed at gas stations across the city.
State television showed footage from one of Tehran’s highways, Soleimani highway, where extremely heavy traffic was visible on west-to-east routes. — AP
Targets of the Israeli strikes included members of Iran’s leadership
Two people familiar with the operation, including a U.S. official and a person briefed on the attacks, said the targets of the Israeli strikes included members of Iran’s leadership.
There was no word on whether the attacks were successful. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were discussing classified information on an ongoing operation.