Iran war: What is happening on day 39 of US-Israeli attacks? | US-Israel war on Iran News

Trump has issued a strict deadline, but a defiant Iran says the threats by the US president are ‘delusional’.

United States President Donald Trump has warned of the “complete demolition” of key Iranian infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened by a looming deadline. He describes Tehran’s response to a US ceasefire proposal as “significant” but ultimately “not good enough”.

Iran’s military has dismissed Trump’s threats as “delusional”, saying they cannot mask what it described as US “disgrace and humiliation” in the region, according to Iranian media.

Meanwhile, US-Israeli attacks across Iran have intensified with universities and oil facilities among the civilian targets. Iranian missiles and drones also continue to target sites across the Gulf.

In Iran

• The Mehr news agency reported an attack on Iran’s oil hub on Kharg Island, “a major development if confirmed”, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi said, reporting from Tehran.
• A projectile struck a synagogue in central Tehran with local media reporting it was destroyed.
• Israel’s military said it carried out strikes on three airports in Tehran, targeting several Iranian planes and helicopters. Local media later said the Khorramabad International Airport in western Iran was hit.
• The Israeli army said it struck Iran’s largest petrochemical complex, which serves the South Pars gasfield, the world’s largest natural gas reserve, and a petrochemical compound in Shiraz in southwestern Iran.
• The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said attacks near Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant “pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop”.
• Iran said an Israeli strike at dawn killed the intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major General Majid Khademi.
• Two units that produce electricity for the South Pars gasfield were targeted in recent strikes. Iranian officials called it a “huge escalation” and a sign that the US and Israel intend to destroy the survival capabilities of the Iranian people.
• An Israeli strike hit the Yahya Abad railway bridge in the city of Kashan in central Iran, killing two people, according to Mehr.
• US-Israeli air attacks on residential areas in Iran’s Alborz province killed 18 people, including two children, and nine people were killed in a attack on a residential neighbourhood in Tehran province’s Shahriar city, according to local media.

War diplomacy

• US ultimatum: Trump issued a deadline, threatening the “complete demolition” of Iran’s power plants and bridges if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 8pm Washington time on Tuesday (00:00 GMT). Experts said targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime.
• Iran rejects pause offer: Iran rejected a proposal for a temporary ceasefire, arguing it would give the US and Israel time to regroup and launch further attacks and citing past ceasefire violations in Gaza and Lebanon. Instead, Iranian officials put forward a 10-point proposal calling for a comprehensive and permanent end to the war.
• Iran demands: Tehran also demanded the lifting of longstanding sanctions, a compromise on uranium enrichment and the establishment of a new order in the Strait of Hormuz.
• Turkish ship passes through strait: A third Turkish-owned ship has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, Turkiye’s Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.
• South Korea takes Saudi option: South Korea will send five ships to the Saudi Red Sea port of Yanbu to establish alternative oil supply routes, a governing party parliamentarian said.
• Energy shocks: Global fuel price shocks prompted Chinese President Xi Jinping to call for the accelerated construction of a new energy system.

In the Gulf

• Kuwait: According to a report by CBS, an Iranian drone strike on the Ali Al Salem Air Base wounded 15 Americans overnight.
• Saudi Arabia: A Saudi military spokesperson said air defences intercepted at least 18 drones. In a post on X, the Ministry of Defence said all drones were destroyed. Earlier, the ministry reported intercepting up to seven ballistic missiles over its Eastern Province and debris falling near critical energy facilities.
• Bahrain: An important bridge linking the island nation to Saudi Arabia has been indefinitely closed to traffic over fears of attacks from Iran, according to reports. In a post on X, the authority overseeing the King Fahd Causeway said traffic over the bridge has been “suspended as a precautionary measure” over Iranian attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
• United Arab Emirates: The Ministry of Defence reported its air defences intercepted incoming missiles and drones originating from Iran.

In the US

• Trump and other senior US officials gave details of the high-risk mission to rescue two airmen whose fighter was shot down on Friday over Iran, saying more than 170 aircraft and hundreds of soldiers were involved in the operation.
• The president lashed out at a journalist who reported on the US rescue operation for the second airman in Iran, demanding the source be revealed and threatening jail time.
• Trita Parsi, a foreign policy expert, told Al Jazeera that Trump could again extend military deadlines if diplomacy emerges, noting he has already done so several times in recent weeks. Parsi argued Trump has little credibility to lose and may ultimately accept a new status quo in the Strait of Hormuz, including Iranian transit fees.
• The US military’s Central Command which is responsible for US military operations in the Middle East and is leading the attacks on Iran, said its forces have attacked more than 13,000 Iranian targets.

In Israel

• An Iranian missile attack on a residential building in the port city of Haifa killed at least four people.

In Iraq and Lebanon

• Widening campaign in Lebanon: Israel’s bombardment and invasion of Lebanon are deepening fissures within the country with recent attacks striking beyond predominantly Shia Muslim areas to hit Ain Saadeh, a Christian suburb east of Beirut.
• Two Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanon killed five people and injured several, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
• Two US-made GBU-39 bombs struck a residential building in Beirut, killing three people.
• The UN said more than 1.1 million people have now been registered as displaced in Lebanon.
• Two killed in Iraq: A drone from Iran killed a couple in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq when it crashed into their home, local authorities reported. Separately, two blasts were heard near Erbil’s airport.