Iran-US Tensions Escalate, Oil Prices Soar

0:00Airstrike slammed two bridges, a train station, and key spots on Carg Island in Iran on Tuesday. That's the oil hub vital to their economy, hit for the second time by U.S. forces targeting military sites. This all ramps up ahead of President Trump's APM. Washington deadline for Iran to cut a deal and reopen the straight-of-for-move through which a 5th of global oil flows. Meanwhile, Israel struck a petrochemical plan and warned about real targets while Iran fired missiles at Israel and Saudi Arabia. That forced a temporary shutdown of the major King Fah Khazway linking Saudi to Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy's 5th fleet. Trump has stretched deadlines before, but now threatens to wipe out power plants and more if no agreement comes. Iranians are rallying hard, with officials calling on youth to form human chains around power plants echoing past nuclear site defenses. President Pizestian claims 14 million volunteers ready to fight, including himself, as fear

1:00grips Tehran over blackouts and chaos. Were leaders like Francis Foreign Minister and the UN chief warn hitting civilian infrastructure could break war rules and spark endless escalation. Casualties mount with over 1900 dead in Iran since the war kicked off late February, plus thousands displaced in Lebanon and dozens, elsewhere. Global prices surge past $100 a barrel for Brent Crude, up 50 percent, hammering global gas and food costs from the strait. Shut down. As mediators from Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey push indirect talks, Iran ties reopening the strait to sanctions relief on its oil and the U.S. seems. Open to easing some. With the deadline ticking, both sides hint at possible off-ramps, but tensions stays sky high. NBA News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.