Iran news and live updates: Iran’s presidential offices hit as Hezbollah to fight ‘open war’ with Israel

US President Donald Trump has taken to social media to say Tehran wanted to talk but it was “too late”.

“Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in response to an opinion piece.

“They want to talk. I said ‘Too Late!’”

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116165282347349425

Here is a snippet from the Editorial in today’s Digital Edition of The Nightly.

As the Middle East conflict widens, the impact is already flowing through to this country.

There are an estimated 115,000 Australians stranded in the region after the cancellation of thousands of commercial flights.

While the Government has pinned its hopes on those flights resuming soon, on Tuesday it revealed it had set up a task-force to evacuate Australians if the situation worsened and put them in further danger.

And Iran said on Tuesday it had closed off the Strait of Hormuz through which about 20 per cent of the world’s crude oil passes. Motorists will already be feeling the impact at the bowser.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock has suggested that the conflict could worsen Australia’s inflation crisis and even spark another interest rate rise in two weeks’ time before higher oil prices slow an already sluggish economy and push up unemployment.

As to the actual strikes on Iran, the Albanese Government has been adamant about Australia not being involved.

Read the full piece here.

Oman has intercepted two drones in the south-west region of Dhofar, according to the state news agency.

There are reports a third drone crashed near the Port of Salalah.

Th Oman News Agency has not reported any casualties.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has extended an offer to the United Arab Emirates for help in defending against Iranian Shahed drones.

Ukraine has dealt from near daily attacks against the specific drones from Russia ever since the Moscow invasion, and has offered up their expertise to the UAE.

Zelenskyy said on social media that he has spoken with UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to help protect lives.

The Israeli Air Force is working to “intercept the threat,” following claims that Iran had fired a second launch of missles in the past two hours.

The IDF confirmed that “defense systems are operating to interecept the threat”, and an alert had been sent out to locals in the area.

“The Home Front Command issued a preliminary directive directly to mobile phones in the relevant areas,” the military said.

The IDF has claimed more missiles launched from Iran are heading towards Israel.

It is the second launch of missiles towards Israel in the last two hours, the IDF say.

The Israeli Defence Force are claiming the Iranian regime’s leadership compound has been “dismantled” after announcing it had struck the location earlier on Monday.

“This command headquarters was one of the most heavily secured assets in Iran,” an IDF statement said.

“The compound that housed the regime’s most senior forum was struck by the IAF overnight using precise intelligence.

“The leaders behind this terror regime, and the headquarters in which they sat, have been eliminated.”

Hezbollah’s media office have stated the group is willing to fight “open war” against Israel, after honouring over 15 months of a ceasefire deal with the nation directly south of Lebanon.

Senior official Mohamoud Komati says Hezbollah has no choice but to “return to resistance” since the ceasefire which ended the group’s war with Israel in November 2024.

Mr Komati also criticised the Lebanese government for labelling Hezbollah’s strikes against Israel illegal, saying Israel has been airstriking parts of Lebanon since the ceasfire was announced.

““The Zionist enemy wanted an open war, which it has not stopped since the ceasefire agreement,” he said.

“Let it be an open war.”

Prices of oil and natural gas have risen again on Tuesday, amid fears supply could be threatened worldwide as the war rages on.

Brent futures climbed 6 per cent to $82 a barrel as US markets opened, as did WTI, which also climbed 6 per cent to $75.6.

The IDF say they have hit Hezbollah’s “centers of gravity” in Beirut, after warning residents to evacuate due to proximity to “weapons storage facilities” and command centres of the group.

The assets were “operating under civilian cover”, the IDF has claimed.