reaches its 12th day. These are the duration of the barrage from the United States and Israel last summer. Now, at the gates of spring, there is no sign of ending so soon.
On this day, the US claims to have destroyed “almost all” of Iran’s nuclear capacity, while the Islamic Republic said it had launched its “hardest and most devastating” wave of attacks since the start of the conflict early on Wednesday. The price of oil continues to fall, despite the uncertainty surrounding the duration of the war and the strategic situation, and it has been learned that two projectiles have caused damage to two ships passing through the area.
Doubts have also not yet been cleared up about what will happen to those who are in Malaysia after leaving Australia, a country that offered them asylum due to concerns that arose after criticism for not singing the national anthem in an Asian Cup match.
This is the summary of the last hours of the conflict:
“Almost all” of Iran’s nuclear capacity destroyed
- The US special envoy, , assured this Tuesday that the North American country has destroyed “almost all” of Iran’s nuclear enrichment and conversion capacity, while alleging that the Central Asian country still had enough material for eleven bombs before the start of a joint offensive with Israel that has already entered its twelfth day. “We have destroyed almost all of its enrichment and conversion capacity,” he stated in an interview given to the television network in which he combined this premise, also applied to the June 2025 offensive, with warnings about the Iranian nuclear program, about which he alleged that it had “460 kilograms of 60% enriched material” before the start of the attacks on February 28.
- In this sense, he has maintained that “there is no reason to be at 60%, none, no reason, unless a (nuclear) weapon is sought” and has defended the White House’s decision to attack the Central Asian country again just 24 hours after holding a round of negotiations with its authorities. “Starting the conversation with the premise that they have the right to enrich, added to the fact that they have enrichment material equivalent to eleven bombs within a week or a week and a half of reaching weapons capacity, and that they were not going to give us diplomatically what, according to them, we could not achieve from a military point of view, was reason enough for us to decide that they were not there to deliberately negotiate a diplomatic solution to this conflict,” he said.
- Already last June, in the 12 Day War, the US said that it had left Iran’s research to achieve nuclear weapons moribund, but reality has shown that the blow was not so huge.
Wave of attacks on the Gulf
- Qatar’s Defense Ministry reported this Wednesday that it has intercepted an undetermined number of missiles, following air attacks previously launched by Iran against Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
- The Saudi Ministry of Defense reported a wave of missiles and drones against oil facilities, a military base and other locations in the country. The United Arab Emirates said its defense systems “are responding to a missile threat.” And the Kuwait Army revealed that its defense systems detected “five hostile drones that penetrated the country’s airspace.”
Iran’s “most devastating wave”
- Iran claimed to have launched the “most devastating and hardest” wave since the start of the war. The elite body assured that its missiles hit an Israeli communications center in the south of Tel Aviv, as well as military centers in Jerusalem and Haifa.
- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported having identified missiles launched from Iran, although they did not specify the specific targets attacked, and the Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) assured that there were no victims.
- Iran also claimed to have attacked “American-Zionist enemy bases in Erbil”, the main city of the country.
- A drone hit a US diplomatic facility in Baghdad, Iraq, a large logistics complex used by US diplomatic personnel, in an attack preliminarily attributed to pro-Iran militias.
Attacks on Hormuz
- The United Kingdom maritime authorities have warned this Wednesday that two projectiles have caused damage to two ships in Hormuz, one of which has forced the start of the crew evacuation process, without attributing the attack to any country.
- The first attack occurred about 25 nautical miles (46.3 kilometers) northwest of the city of Ras al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after “the captain of a container ship has reported that the ship has suffered damage from an alleged projectile, of unknown origin,” as reported by the (UKMTO, for its acronym in English).
- For now, “the extent of the damage is unknown, but the crew is investigating,” although “the captain also reports that all crew members are safe,” said the agency, which has recommended “ships navigate with caution and report any suspicious activity to the UKMTO while authorities continue to investigate the incident.”
- Meanwhile, the United States Central Command (Centcom) claimed to have destroyed “multiple Iranian warships” near the Strait of Hormuz, including 16 minelayer ships, as part of the attacks against the Persian country, which they accuse of having threatened “freedom of navigation” through the strategic route.
Clashes in southern Lebanon
- The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah and Israeli troops held clashes this Wednesday in southern Lebanon, which was once again the target of heavy Israeli bombing that caused at least nine deaths and 13 injuries.
- These clashes coincided with the Israel Defense Forces’ announcement that it was going to bomb Hezbollah “infrastructure” in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Shiite group’s stronghold.
Aftermath of the attacks by the Israeli Armed Forces, on March 7, 2026, in Nabi Chit (Lebanon).
Oil down, stock markets up
- Despite the situation and hints from the US and Israel that the end could be near, Brent oil plummeted 11.28% to settle at $87.80 a barrel. Texas Intermediate Oil (WTI) plummeted 11.94% at the close and settled at $83.45 a barrel.
- Asian stock markets responded to the fall in oil with higher openings, such as the Nikkei, which rose almost 2% at the opening this Wednesday.
- The members of the G7 are in favor of addressing the situation in the energy market, where oil and gas prices have skyrocketed, “including the use of resources from strategic reserves.” In a statement published by the French presidency of the G7 this Wednesday, a day after its Energy Ministers held a hybrid meeting (in person and by videoconference), the seven richest countries in the world indicate that they are “willing to adopt all necessary measures in coordination with the members of the IEA.”
The Iranian team is divided: arrival in Malaysia, asylum in Australia
- The Iranian women’s team is in Malaysia, a spokesperson for the Asian Football Confederation told EFE this Wednesday, after some members chose to stay in Australia as a result of the controversy that arose when they did not sing the national anthem before an Asian Cup match, a gesture for which they were branded “traitors.”
- Her arrival in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country, comes as one of the seven members of the Iranian women’s team who had accepted humanitarian protection in Australia finally decided to return to her country. It is not yet known if the rest will travel from Malaysia to Iran.
No attacks in Tehran
- Although the US Secretary of War, announced that Tuesday would be the most intense day of bombing in Iran since the start of the war, no further attacks against the Islamic Republic were reported throughout the night beyond those reported by the Israeli Army during the afternoon of Tuesday.
