Israel bombs Tehran as Iranians taunt Trump

The IDF is reportedly waiting for the US president’s deadline to pass so it can hit Iran even harder.

Israel has conducted yet another wave of strikes against infrastructure targets including an airport in Tehran, after striking at least two petrochemical facilities in Iran the day before.

In the meantime, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense claimed the debris from a successful “interception and destruction” of at least seven ballistic missiles fell in the vicinity of its energy facilities, with the damage still being “assessed.”

Israeli forces attacked Iran’s largest petrochemical facility in the South Pars natural gas field and a petrochemical complex in the city of Marvdasht earlier on Monday – as US President Donald Trump has stepped up threats to strike Iran’s infrastructure if American and Israel-linked shipping is not allowed through the Strait of Hormuz by Wednesday.

“It is Trump who has about 20 hours to either surrender to Iran or see his allies return to the Stone Age. We will not back down!” Mahdi Mohammadi, a senior adviser to Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, claimed.

Tehran has reportedly rejected a US ceasefire proposal, circulated by Egyptian, Pakistani, and Turkish mediators, instead offering a ten‑clause plan that calls for a permanent end to the war. The demands reportedly include an end to conflicts across the region, protocols to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of sanctions, and provisions for reconstruction.

Riyadh has yet to officially confirm the scale of the damage, but multiple videos shared by pro-Iranian sources purportedly show several explosions and a large fire at the country’s industrial area of Jubail, which alone produces roughly 7 percent of the world’s petrochemical products.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF would target Iranian leadership “one by one,” after Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in one of the strikes.

Iran’s Health Ministry says at least 2,076 people have been killed since February 28, including 240 women and 212 children, with more than 26,500 injured.

At least 15 Americans were injured in an Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait overnight, CBS News reports, citing two US officials.