U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (March 31, 2026) “the hard part” in the war against Iran was done and asked other countries affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to buy oil from America or go to the Strait and take it. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that talks on ending the war on Iran are making progress even as the month-long U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran continued.
U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday hit one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Iran which produces anaesthetic and cancer drugs, the Iranian government said. The Israeli military said on Tuesday four soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Lebanon where its forces are clashing in Iran-backed Hezbollah. The deaths bring the total number of troops killed in the war to 10.
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Authorities said the blaze on a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker at a Dubai port was extinguished. An assessment of the damage was under way amid warning of a possible oil spill in surrounding waters. Amir Sultan Air Base in eastern Saudi Arabia, hosting U.S. forces, came under drone attacks on Tuesday (March 31, 2026), Iranian Press TV said.
