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People inspect homes damaged by a projectile launched from Lebanon, in Haniel central Israel, Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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Iran’s secretive new leader has issued his first public statements, resolving to keep fighting. In the statement released Thursday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei promised more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatened to open “other fronts” in a war that has already disrupted world energy supplies. Early Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new threat online to Iran, writing: “Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.” Trump cited the damage inflicted on Iran and its leaders and called it a “great honor” to be responsible for it. The war continued to escalate as oil prices spiraled up again to $100 per barrel.
