US, Israel, Iran agree two-week ceasefire, Tehran pushes 10-point plan to end war

Authorities in Abu Dhabi were responding to a "fire incident" at a gas complex in the emirate on Wednesday, the government media office said.

"Abu Dhabi authorities are responding to a fire incident at Habshan gas-processing facility," the media office posted on X, without providing details on the cause of the fire.

Missile alerts sound in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait despite US and Iran saying they reached a 2-week ceasefire.

The UAE has said that its air defences are dealing with an incoming missile threat, and has urged the public to remain in safe places.

Pakistan's PM says the US-Iran ceasefire covers 'everywhere', including Lebanon.

Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi shared in a post on X a statement from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council outlining a conditional two-week ceasefire, saying Tehran would halt operations if attacks stop and allow safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz as negotiations continue.

Statement on behalf of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran: pic.twitter.com/cEtBNCLnWT

— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) April 7, 2026

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has confirmed the reported two-week ceasefire deal negotiated by Pakistan.

In a statement published by Mehr News Agency, the Council said that the ceasefire agreement was reached with the approval of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

The statement said the deal was a "victory for Iran", adding that negotiations for a permanent deal will be held in Islamabad.

Israel is part of the two-week ceasefire President Donald Trump announced just an hour and a half before his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face escalated military attacks on civilian infrastructure, a senior White House official tells CNN.

Israel has also agreed to suspend its bombing campaign while negotiations continue, the official said.

There has been no immediate response from Iranian officials to Trump’s announcement so far.

Here's what the US president just announced on a social media post:

“Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

“This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!

“The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East. We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated.

“On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East, it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution.”

Donald Trump has announced that the US will pause planned strikes on Iran for two weeks following talks with Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir, contingent on Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump described the move as a “double-sided ceasefire” and said a 10-point proposal from Iran could form the basis of a longer-term agreement, as diplomatic efforts to end the war intensify.

Ishaq Dar held a late-night call with his Saudi counterpart to discuss fast-moving regional developments and ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at easing tensions.

According to Pakistan’s foreign ministry, both sides reviewed recent developments and reaffirmed support for dialogue and engagement to advance regional peace and stability.

The call comes after Shehbaz Sharif urged Donald Trump to extend the deadline for an Iran deal by two weeks, while also calling on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as a goodwill step.

Sharif said diplomatic efforts are gaining momentum and should be given time to reach a meaningful outcome. He also spoke earlier with Mohammed bin Salman, expressing solidarity following Iranian strikes on petrochemical facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia, which came after US attacks on Iranian oil sites.

At least four people, including a child, were injured when missiles were downed, and shrapnel fell onto a home in Qatar.

Qatari air defences intercepted suspected Iranian projectiles late Tuesday, the interior ministry confirmed.

"As part of the ongoing monitoring of field developments, the Ministry of Interior confirms that the security authorities have begun dealing with an incident resulting from the interception by Qatari air defenses of Iranian missiles, which led to the fall of shrapnel on the home of one of the citizens in the Muraikh area," the ministry said on X.

There have also been reports of Iranian drones and missiles downed in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, with warnings issued by Gulf states for residents to stay in their homes.

Israel's military warned residents of the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre to evacuate late Tuesday amid its continued invasion and assault on the country.

"Urgent warning to the residents of the city of Tyre, specifically in Shabriha... you must evacuate your homes immediately," the Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, wrote on Telegram.

This was accompanied by an image of the area to be targeted, with a tower block highlighted.

Israel has forced around 1.1 million people from their homes in Lebanon, following their latest assault on the country, killing at least 1,530 Lebanese.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone call with Pakistan Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday as part of diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the Iran war, Turkish foreign ministry sources said. 

Two power plants have been attacked by Iran on Tuesday, state media is reporting.

The Arak aluminium plant in the country's centre and the Amirkabir petrochemicals in Mashhad have been attacked.

Five explosions were heard on Tuesday night in the centre of Baghdad, where the US embassy is located, AFP journalists reported.

Since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran, the embassy and a US diplomatic and logistics centre at Baghdad's airport have been repeatedly targeted by rockets and drones launched by pro-Tehran armed groups, most of which have been intercepted by air defences.

US President Donald Trump is aware of Pakistan's proposal for a two-week extension to a deadline he imposed on Iran, and a response will come, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.

"The President has been made aware of the proposal, and a response will come," Leavitt said in a statement

Iran is positively reviewing Pakistan’s request for a two-week ceasefire, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday.

Blasts were heard in the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday evening, AFP correspondents reported, while the UAE said its air defences were responding to missile threats.

"The UAE's air defences are currently dealing with missile and drone attacks coming from Iran," the Emirati ministry of defence said in a statement on X.

Meanwhile, AFP journalists in Doha heard several explosions hours before a US deadline for Iran to agree to a deal or suffer attacks on its civilian infrastructure.

Pakistan's prime minister, who is playing a key mediating role in the Middle East conflict, on Wednesday urged US President Donald Trump to extend his deadline for massive strikes on Iran by two weeks.

"Diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war in the Middle East are progressing steadily, strongly and powerfully with the potential to lead to substantive results in near future," Shehbaz Sharif said in a post on X.

"To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks."

Angry protesters stormed the Kuwaiti consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra, police sources said on Tuesday, after a rocket attack fired from the direction of Kuwait, killing three people.

At least three people were killed and five others wounded when rockets fired from the direction of Kuwait hit a house in Khor al-Zubair near Basra, security and health officials told Reuters.

Police said the death toll could rise as some family members remained under the debris. 

Iran is prepared for all possibilities in its war with the United States and Israel, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said, following threats from US President Donald Trump.

"National security and infrastructure sustainability are the subject of our precise calculations. The government has finalised the necessary measures in detail for all scenarios. No threat is beyond our preparedness and intelligence," Aref said in a post on X.

American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped in Baghdad last week, has been released, the Associated Press said, quoting an Iraqi official.

Pope Leo said on Tuesday that threats against the population of Iran are "unacceptable," in an unusual appeal hours after US President Donald Trump said "a whole civilization will die tonight" in a social media post that shocked world leaders.

Leo, who has emerged as an outspoken critic of the Iran war, called on citizens across the world to contact their political representatives and ask them to bring the expanding regional conflict to an end.

Bahrain's foreign minister warned on Tuesday that the patience of Gulf states is not limitless in the face of Iranian attacks, as Tehran has targeted its neighbors in retaliation to US-Israeli strikes.

"Our countries have exercised considerable restraint and patience in the face of ongoing Iranian aggression, but this restraint cannot be expected to continue without limit," Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani told reporters.

"Our rights under international law cannot be diminished by inaction, nor can accountability be avoided by turning a blind eye."

Bahrain's main port will suspend operations starting early Wednesday, around the time of a US deadline for Iran to agree to a deal or face attacks on civilian infrastructure.

"Operations in Khalifa Bin Salman Port will be temporarily suspended from early 8 April. We continuously adapt our operations to the circumstances and have, as a result, temporarily paused operations in recent weeks when needed," APM Terminals Bahrain, which operates the port, told AFP.

The United States has urged its citizens to reconsider travelling to Saudi Arabia to take part in the Hajj pilgrimage next month due to security concerns, according to a statement posted by the US embassy in Riyadh.

Pointing to a recent travel advisory cautioning against visiting Saudi Arabia due to Iranian missile and drone attacks, the statement said that "due to the ongoing security situation and intermittent travel disruptions, we advise reconsidering participation in Hajj this year".

Kuwait’s Interior Ministry has urged citizens and residents to stay in their homes from midnight local time until 6 a.m. tomorrow as a 'precautionary measure'.

Three UN peacekeepers who died in two separate incidents in Lebanon in March were likely killed by Israeli tank fire in one case and by a Hezbollah improvised explosive device (IED) in the other, according to a United Nations probe.

"We have requested with the relevant parties that the cases be investigated and prosecuted by national authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice and ensure criminal accountability for crimes against peacekeepers," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, told reporters on Tuesday.

Iranians formed human chains to protect power plants on Tuesday after President Donald Trump's threats to strike energy infrastructure, according to images published by state media, as top officials said they were also prepared to sacrifice their lives.

After a campaign online and through SMS texts to sign up for the human chains nationwide, officials claimed that more than 14 million people had joined.

It was not immediately possible to verify that figure or how many people were taking part, although initial images showed dozens involved at each location.

The state-run IRNA news agency showed people forming a human chain "to support power plants" in the southern city of Bushehr, which is home to Iran's nuclear power plant.

State television and the Mehr news agency showed dozens of people outside the main power station in the northern city of Tabriz, as well as at a plant in the northeastern city of Mashhad

With US-Israeli strikes also targeting bridges, people gathered on the main span over a river in the western city of Ahvaz, Mehr reported.

The Israeli military on Tuesday expressed regret over "collateral damage" to a synagogue in Tehran caused by an overnight strike it said was targeting a senior Iranian commander.

"Last night (Tuesday), the IDF struck a senior commander in the emergency headquarters 'Khatam al-Anbiya' of the Iranian terror regime," an Israeli military spokesperson said in response to a question from AFP. "The IDF regrets the collateral damage to the synagogue and emphasises that the strike was targeted at a senior military target within the regime's armed forces, not at any place of worship."

Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian media reported that the Rafi-Nia Synagogue in central Tehran had been "completely destroyed".

Madagascar declared a nationwide state of energy emergency for 15 days on Tuesday, citing disruptions in energy supply caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, its cabinet said.

Several African governments have responded to surging global oil prices, spurred by the Iran war, by implementing sharp fuel price increases, energy-saving measures, or electricity rationing.

"This decision was taken following the observation that the country is facing a deep crisis due to disruptions in energy supply across the island, linked to the conflict in the Middle East," the cabinet said in a statement.

"The declaration of a state of energy emergency allows authorities to take exceptional and urgent measures to restore energy supply and ensure the continuity of public services."

Local media in Madagascar reported widespread fuel shortages nationwide on Tuesday.

UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed alarm Tuesday at President Donald Trump's dire warning that "a whole civilization will die" in Iran if the country does not meet an ultimatum to accept US war demands.

"The secretary-general is very troubled by the statements that we've heard yesterday and again this morning, statements suggesting that an entire people or an entire civilization may be made to bear the consequences of political and military decisions," spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

The Bahraini resolution for the Hormuz strait contained "unbalanced, inaccurate, and confrontational elements," Russia's ambassador to the UN said, after his country and China vetoed the resolution.

Gulf states regret the UN Security Council's rejection of a resolution that would have allowed for safe shipping access in the Strait of Hormuz, a Bahraini minister said.

Iranian allies Russia and China vetoed the resolution. Iran has effectively closed access through the vital waterway after it came under attack by the US and Israel on 28 February.

Arab Gulf states also have come under repeated attack by Iran.

The Israeli military says it targeted a senior commander in Iran's top joint military command, and the results of the attack are under review.

The Israeli military issued on Tuesday a warning for all vessels anchoring or sailing in the maritime area between Lebanon's Tyre and Ras Naqoura, signalling a likely imminent attack.

All vessels must immediately sail north of the Tyre area, the military said.

Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah says it will release kidnapped American journalist Shelly Kittleson, and added that she must leave Iraq immediately.

At a vote in the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, China and Russia vetoed a Bahraini resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

The 15-member Security Council voted 11 in favor of the resolution, with two against - China and Russia - and two abstentions.

"The draft resolution has not been adopted, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the Council, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani told the Council.

Donald Trump is the only person who knows his plans for Iran, the White House said, after the US president warned that a "whole civilization will die' if Tehran fails to reach a deal Tuesday.

"The Iranian regime has until 8PM Eastern Time to meet the moment and make a deal with the United States," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to AFP, when asked if Trump was prepared to use a nuclear weapon, and about a report that Iran had cut off negotiations.

"Only the President knows where things stand and what he will do."

Israeli military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said on Tuesday that the joint US-Israeli offensive against Iran was "approaching a strategic crossroads" and vowed to "intensify the damage inflicted on the regime."

"We are approaching a strategic crossroads in the joint campaign against Iran. So far, we have achieved significant gains, including relative to the objectives we set at the outset of the operation. We will continue to act with determination and intensify the damage inflicted on the regime," Zamir was quoted as saying in a military statement.

A strike in Iraq's southern province of Basra on Tuesday killed at least three civilians, a provincial councillor and a security official told AFP.

Thaer al-Salhi, a member of Basra's provincial council, said "a house in the city of Khor al-Zubair was struck by what eyewitnesses said was a jet", adding that "neighbours said the house was inhabited by five people, but until now only three bodies have been retrieved".

Salhi added that search operations were ongoing, while a security official confirmed the initial toll.

Efforts to facilitate talks between the U.S. and Iran are ongoing, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters on Tuesday, as U.S. strikes on Iran intensified and President Donald Trump's deadline to unleash "hell" neared.

However, one of the sources, a senior security official, said Iran's overnight strikes on Saudi Arabia's industrial facilities linked to U.S. firms threatened to derail the talks.

If Saudi Arabia were to retaliate, the talks would be over, the source said, adding that could draw Pakistan into the conflict under its defence pact with Riyadh which binds both nations to fight for each other in case of a war.

The second source with knowledge of the talks said Iran was "walking on thin ice" and that the next three to four hours were critical for the future of dialogue.

"We are in touch with the Iranians. They have lately shown flexibility that they could join the talks, but they are at the same time taking hard lines as a prerequisite for any negotiations," the Pakistani security source said. He added that Islamabad was persuading Tehran to enter negotiations without prior conditions.

The White House denied Tuesday that remarks by Vice President JD Vance about military operations in Iran had contained any suggestion of a US nuclear strike against the Islamic republic.

After Vance said US forces have tools they "so far haven't decided to use" to enforce a dramatic ultimatum from President Donald Trump, the White House said on X: "Literally nothing @VP said here 'implies' this, you absolute buffoons."

The post was in response to one from an account associated with former vice president Kamala Harris that said Vance implied Trump "might use nuclear weapons."

The Israeli military has refrained from striking a key border crossing between Syria and Lebanon after both pressed the U.S. on the need to keep it open, a Lebanese source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

The Israeli military on April 4 issued a warning for the Masnaa crossing, the main border point between Lebanon and Syria, claiming it would strike it "in the near future" because Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was using it to smuggle weapons.

Lebanese border officials told Reuters on Sunday that talks were under way to try to spare the crossing.

The Lebanese source said on Tuesday that Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had been working with Syrian counterparts, and had secured a U.S. guarantee that Masnaa would not be struck.

The border was still closed for the time being, the source said.

Lebanon's health ministry said Tuesday that the death toll in more than a month of Israeli strikes had reached 1,530.

The toll includes 102 women and 130 children, as well as 57 heath workers, a ministry statement said, adding that 4,812 people have been wounded.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel struck on Tuesday railways and bridges in Iran "used by the Revolutionary Guards", after Iranian officials reported damage to at least two bridges and railway infrastructure.

"We are crushing the terror regime in Iran... with even greater vigour and with increasing force," Netanyahu said in a video released by his office. "Yesterday, our pilots destroyed transport aircraft and dozens of helicopters at an Iranian Air Force base. Today they struck the railways and bridges used by the Revolutionary Guards."

Iran and the United States continue to exchange messages through Pakistan, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Tuesday, but Tehran will not show flexibility as long as Washington continues to demand its "surrender under pressure".

The senior Iranian source, who asked not to be named, said Qatar on Monday had conveyed Tehran's message to the United States and regional countries that if Washington attacks Iran's power plants, "the entire region and Saudi Arabia will fall into complete darkness with Iran's retaliatory strikes".

He also warned that "if the situation gets out of control, Iran’s allies will also close the Bab El-Mandeb Strait".

Efforts to facilitate talks between the US and Iran are still ongoing, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters on Tuesday, as US strikes on Iran intensified and President Donald Trump's deadline to unleash "hell" neared.

One of the sources, a senior security official, said Iran's overnight strike on Saudi Arabia's industrial facilities linked to US firms threatened to derail the talks.

If Saudi Arabia were to respond to the strikes, the talks would be over, the source said, adding that retaliation could also draw Pakistan into the conflict under its defence pact with Riyadh.

The second source said Iran was "walking on thin ice" and that the next three to four hours were critical for the future of dialogue.

Pakistan has been at the centre of negotiations between the US and Iran in recent weeks, acting as the main go-between for proposals shared by both sides, but there has been no sign of a compromise.

"We are in touch with Iranians. They have lately shown flexibility that they could join the talks, but they are at the same time taking hard lines as a prerequisite for any negotiations," the Pakistani security source said. 

Israel strongly condemned what it described as a "terrorist attack" on its consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, adding it would be undeterred by "terror" following the shootout.

"We appreciate the Turkish security forces' swift action in thwarting this attack. Israeli missions around the world have been subjected to countless threats and terrorist attacks. Terror will not deter us," the foreign ministry posted on X.

A gunman was killed and two others wounded in the shootout with police outside the consulate, the local governor said, adding that two officers were lightly wounded.

The main US oil contract extended its gains Tuesday on reports of US-Israeli strikes on the key Iranian oil export terminal of Kharg island.

West Texas Intermediate for delivery in May jumped 2.1 percent to $114.71 a barrel.

The international benchmark, Brent North Sea crude, for delivery in June, gained 0.4 percent to $110.22 a barrel.

The United States has largely accomplished its military objectives in Iran, US Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump once again exhorted Iran to make a deal by his Tuesday deadline, saying a "whole civilization will die tonight" if an agreement is not reached to end the conflict.

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

"We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.

Qatar on Tuesday warned the war in the Middle East was close to a threshold where it cannot be controlled after US President Donald Trump set a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

"We have been warning since 2023 that escalation left unchecked will get us into a situation where it cannot be controlled and we are very close to that point," Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said.

"This is why we have been urging all parties to find a resolution to find a way of ending this war before it's too late," he added.

Trump said Monday that "the entire country" of Iran "could be taken out in one night and that night might be tomorrow" if his ultimatum to reopen the strait by 0000 GMT Wednesday was not met.

Gulf countries have faced repeated drone and missile salvos from Iran over recent weeks in response to US and Israeli strikes that began at the end of February.

Authorities in Sharjah, the UAE, say the administrative building of Thuraya Telecommunications was attacked by an Iranian missile, resulting in at least two injuries.

At least nine killed and 15 wounded after explosive projectile hit residential building in city of Shahriar in Iran.

A US-Israeli strike on Tuesday shut down a key highway in northern Iran connecting the city of Tabriz with Tehran via Zanjan, regional authorities said.

The highway was hit around 90 kilometres (55 miles) outside of Tabriz, Iran's main northern city, the official IRNA news agency said, quoting the crisis management office of the northern East Azerbaijan province.

A Telegram channel of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the strike hit an overpass bridge.

🇺🇸🇮🇱💥🇮🇷 Strike on the Hashtrud–Tabriz bridge. pic.twitter.com/L3kgHvdSJN

— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) April 7, 2026

The U.S. military conducted strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, the Axios news outlet reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified senior U.S. official.

The three attackers involved in a gunfight with police near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul had links to an organisation that "exploits religion," Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said on Tuesday.

He said two of them were brothers.

Two killed in US-Israeli attack on rail bridge in central Iran: regional official

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday warned they would retaliate beyond the Middle East and deprive Washington and its allies of oil and gas if the United States crossed "red lines", a statement carried on state television said.

"The Revolutionary Guards once again declare that if the American terrorist army crosses the red lines, our response will go beyond the region," the statement said.

It added that the Guards - Iran's ideological army - would target infrastructure "to deprive the United States and its allies of oil and gas in the region for years".

"America's regional partners should also know that until today, we have exercised great restraint for the sake of good neighbourliness and have had some reservations in choosing targets for retaliation, but all these reservations have since been removed," it said.

The Israeli military said it had completed a broad wave of strikes targeting "infrastructure sites" across Iran on Tuesday, without providing details of what the sites were.

"A short while ago, the IDF completed a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting dozens of infrastructure sites belonging to the Iranian terror regime in several areas across Iran," the military said in a statement.

Iran on Tuesday attacked a petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia's Jubail industrial city, located in the Eastern province, Iran's semi-official ‌Fars news agency said.

The Saudi government communications office, state oil giant Aramco and its petrochemicals subsidiary SABIC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Iran has set preconditions for talks on a lasting peace with the United States, a senior official told Reuters on Tuesday, including an immediate halt to strikes, guarantees that attacks will not be repeated, and compensation for damage.

The official said Tehran rejects any ceasefire with the U.S. that is only temporary.

He added that a permanent peace deal should allow Iran to demand fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which would vary depending on the type of ship, its cargo, and prevailing conditions.

A Syrian military source told AFP on Tuesday that an overnight drone attack originating from Iraq targeted an area in the country's northeast home to a base hosting US forces.

"The area housing the Qasrak base was targeted with four drones," the source said, requesting anonymity and referring to a location in Hasakeh province.

The source said the coalition intercepted three of the drones, while the fourth "fell in an open area in the vicinity of the base", adding that they were launched from Iraq.

Iraq has been pulled into the war sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and which has since engulfed much of the Middle East.

Pro-Iran Iraqi groups have claimed responsibility for attacks on US interests in Iraq and across the region. Strikes have also targeted these groups.

Shots were fired outside Israel's consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday and two police officers were wounded, Turkish state television reported.

Commercial network NTV and the DHA news agency reported that three suspects were "neutralised" at the site.

No Israeli diplomat "is currently in Turkish territory", a source close to the case told AFP.

Trains in the Iranian city of Mashhad have stopped movement following Israel's warning against Iran's railway system, according to Fars news agency.

UKMTO says it received a report of an incident 25 nautical miles south of Iran's Kish Island.

An armed clash erupted outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, leaving two assailants dead, according to Turkish media.

Iran's ambassador to Kuwait urged Gulf states on Tuesday to find a way to avert a "tragedy", as US President Donald Trump's evening deadline loomed for Iran to agree a deal or face strikes on civilian infrastructure.

Trump has warned that unless Tehran allows free passage through the strategic oil chokepoint the Strait of Hormuz by midnight GMT, the United States will unleash what he called the "complete demolition" of Iran's critical infrastructure.

"We hope that the countries in the region will use all their diplomatic and political capabilities to prevent such a tragedy from befalling the region," Mohammad Toutounji told AFP.

The Iran war has put U.S. global leadership on the line, Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said, expressing fear about the "madness" of nuclear escalation.

Like some other NATO allies reluctant to join U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on Iran, Italy last week denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily en route to the Middle East.

"This war is also putting the United States at risk in its global leadership," Crosetto told Italian daily Corriere della Sera in an interview published on Tuesday.

Crosetto, a close ally of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who has a good relationship with Trump, said he worried the conflict could take an even worse turn and cited the 1945 U.S. nuclear bombings of Japan in World War Two.

"Just think: it was human beings like us who decided that even Hiroshima and Nagasaki were acceptable means of ending a conflict. Unfortunately, we still possess nuclear weapons, and those who do not have them are seeking to acquire them. We have learnt nothing," he said.

Iranian media on Tuesday reported that 18 people, including two children, were killed in strikes in Alborz province neighbouring the capital, citing a provincial official.

A deputy governor of Alborz province said US-Israeli strikes hit residential areas and that "the deaths of 18 of our fellow citizens have been confirmed, including two young children", the judiciary's Mizan Online website and the Fars news agency reported.

Twenty-four people were wounded in the early morning attack, the deputy governor added.

Iran's government has not released an updated overall casualty toll for the war in recent days.

A Malaysian vessel has secured safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz and is currently proceeding to its final destination, Malaysia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

Malaysia's foreign ministry confirmed in a statement that one of seven Malaysian-owned commercial vessels stranded in the strait due to the Iran war was granted safe passage. The ministry did not name the vessel, say whether it was carrying cargo or what its final destination was.

"This positive outcome follows high-level diplomatic engagements," including a phone call between Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian late last month, the ministry said.

The Iranian embassy in Kuala Lumpur had earlier said in a social media post on Monday that the first Malaysian ship had passed through Hormuz.

A strike killed a fighter from the former paramilitary coalition Hashed al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilisation Forces, in Iraq near the border with Syria on Tuesday, the alliance said, blaming the United States and Israel.

"At 4 am (0100 GMT) this morning the 45th Brigade... was subjected to a treacherous Zionist-American aggression in the Qaim district of Anbar province," the alliance said.

The strike resulted in "the martyrdom of one of the fighters of the 45th Brigade", which belongs to the US-blacklisted, pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah.

Overnight attacks on Saudi Arabia hit a petrochemical complex in a sprawling industrial area in the eastern city of Jubail, a source on the ground told AFP on Tuesday, hours after similar installations in Iran were struck.

"An attack caused a fire at the SABIC plants in Jubail. The sounds of explosions were very loud," the source told AFP, referring to the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation.

The attack on the industrial area came as Saudi air defence forces engaged a barrage targeting the kingdom's eastern region, with seven ballistic missiles intercepted and destroyed, according to a defence ministry spokesperson.

"Parts of ballistic missile debris fell around power facilities; damage assessment is underway," the ministry said in a post on X.

Early Tuesday, authorities also announced the temporary closure of the major bridge connecting Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Bahrain as a precaution following the issuance of security alerts in the area. The King Fahd Bridge was later reopened.

Israel's military on Tuesday morning urged Iranians to refrain from travelling by train until 1730 GMT, in a message on X that appeared to signal upcoming strikes on Iran's railway network.

"For your safety, we ask you to refrain from using trains or travelling by train throughout the country from now until 9 pm Iran time," the military wrote on its Persian-language account.

"Your presence on trains and near railway tracks puts your life in danger."

Iran's ambassador to Pakistan, which is mediating between Iran and the United States, said on Tuesday that efforts to end the war were approaching a "critical" stage.

"Positive and productive endeavours in Good Will and Good Office to stop the war is approaching a critical, sensitive stage," Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam wrote on X, without giving details.

The message came hours before a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to shipping or face attacks on key infrastructure.

US-Israeli strikes early on Tuesday "completely destroyed" a synagogue in Tehran, Iran's Mehr news agency and the Shargh newspaper reported.

"According to preliminary information, the Rafi-Nia Synagogue... was completely destroyed in this morning's attacks," Shargh wrote.

Shargh called the synagogue "one of the most important places for Khorasan Jews to gather and celebrate", referring to the northeastern province of Iran.

Iranian Jews enjoy one of the most secure and respected lives, even holding a fixed, dedicated seat in parliament.

Yet, in a predictable turn, #Israel strikes early this morning damaged a Jewish #synagogue in #Tehran.#Iran#War pic.twitter.com/st0lWw3bxf

— Consulate General of the I.R. Iran in Mumbai (@IRANinMumbai) April 7, 2026

The airport in Khorramabad, a city in western Iran, was targeted in a US-Israeli attack on Tuesday, the Mehr news agency reported.

Explosions rocked the Iranian capital on Tuesday, according to the country's Mehr news agency as well as the newspapers Shargh and Ham-Mihan.

An AFP journalist confirmed that a series of blasts were heard coming from the north of the city.