1. Iran fired its first missiles under the NEW Supreme Leader. Within hours of being appointed.
Mojtaba Khamenei — 56-year-old son of the slain Ayatollah — was named Iran’s third-ever Supreme Leader Sunday.
And within hours?
Iran launched a new wave of missiles and drones across the Gulf.
No pause. No diplomatic signal. No sign of backing down.
Trump called him a “lightweight” and said he’s “unacceptable.” Then called the new leader’s appointment a “big mistake.”
Israel’s military responded by calling Khamenei a potential “target for elimination.”
Iran’s response to all of this?
Thousands flooded the streets of Tehran chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” in a public show of allegiance.
Day 1 under new leadership. Already escalating.
2. Oil hit $119.50 a barrel. Then Trump spoke — and it dropped back.
Crude briefly touched $119.50 per barrel on Monday — the highest since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
That’s a 60% price spike in 10 days.
Trump held his first press conference since the war started. Said the war was “very far ahead of schedule” and could end “very soon.”
Markets briefly believed him. Oil pulled back to around $107.
Gas at the pump in the US crossed $4. South Korea imposed a fuel price cap for the first time in 30 years. G7 finance ministers met to discuss releasing emergency oil reserves.
But here’s the thing — Iran’s top adviser told CNN on the same day that Iran sees “no room for diplomacy anymore.”
So which is it? Very soon? Or long war?
3. Trump threatened to hit Iran “TWENTY TIMES HARDER” if oil flow is blocked.
On Truth Social, Trump posted:
“If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far.”
He then added: “Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them.”
The Strait is already effectively closed to commercial traffic.
20% of the world’s oil. Basically shut.
And Trump is now threatening escalation beyond what we’ve already seen.
4. An 8th US soldier is dead.
Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington. 26 years old. From Glendale, Kentucky.
Died from injuries sustained during an Iranian attack at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on March 1st.
He was assigned to the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade.
Eight Americans dead. Ten days in.
God bless them & give strength to their families.
5. Israel launched its heaviest airstrike on Tehran since the war began. And hit Isfahan too.
Israel carried out what it called a “wide-scale wave of strikes” — hitting Tehran, Isfahan, and southern Iran simultaneously.
Targets confirmed:
— IRGC drone headquarters. Destroyed.
— Missile manufacturing and storage sites.
— Military command centers.
— Dozens of infrastructure sites across three provinces.
Dozens of explosions were heard in Tehran — described as the heaviest bombardment of the capital since the war began.
Israel also struck Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut simultaneously.
6. A NATO member got hit. For the second time.
An Iranian ballistic missile entered Turkish airspace — the second time since the war began.
NATO air defenses shot it down. Debris landed on vacant land in Gaziantep, near Turkey’s border with Iran.
NATO spokeswoman: “NATO stands firm in its readiness to defend all Allies against any threat.”
Turkey is not at war. Turkey is not a combatant. Turkey borders Iran.
And Iranian missiles are now entering Turkish airspace twice in ten days.
This conflict has now physically crossed into a NATO member’s territory. Twice.
7. Iran hit Bahrain’s only oil refinery. And struck residential areas in Saudi, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait.
Day 10 attacks:
— Bahrain’s only oil refinery was set on fire. Thick smoke visible for miles. Force majeure declared.
— Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah oilfield targeted again. Drones intercepted.
— UAE: 15 ballistic missiles and 18 drones intercepted. Two people wounded by shrapnel in Abu Dhabi.
— Qatar: Missile alert at 3am. Intercepted.
— Kuwait: Attacked again.
— Bahrain residential area near Manama: 32 people injured including children.
8. Japan’s stock market fell 5%. Europe’s markets followed.
Japan’s Nikkei dropped more than 5% on Monday as oil prices surged.
London’s FTSE 100 fell nearly 2%. Germany’s DAX fell 2.3%.
This is a global economic event — not just a Middle East military one.
The Iran war is now hitting retirement accounts, pension funds, and market portfolios across the world.
9. Trump and Putin spoke by phone. For the first time this year.
The Kremlin confirmed a call between Trump and Putin — described as “businesslike, frank, and constructive.”
Putin reportedly offered “considerations aimed at a speedy political and diplomatic resolution.”
Publicly, however, Putin sent a congratulatory letter to Iran’s new Supreme Leader, pledging Russia’s “unwavering support.”
So Putin is simultaneously offering Trump diplomatic help — while openly backing Iran’s new hardline leader.
Smart?
10. Five Iranian women soccer players just defected. In Australia. And Trump made it happen.
This one is extraordinary.
Iran’s women’s soccer team was in Australia for the Women’s Asian Cup when the war broke out.
Before their first match, several players refused to sing the Iranian national anthem. They stood in silence.
Iranian state media immediately branded them “wartime traitors.”
They were knocked out of the tournament. Faced being sent back to a country under bombardment — and to a regime that had just labeled them traitors.
Trump posted on Truth Social:
“Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Women’s Soccer Team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed. Give ASYLUM. The US will take them if you won’t.”
Then called Australian PM Albanese at 2am.
Five players — Zahra Sarbali, Mona Hamoudi, Zahra Ghanbari, Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramazani-Zadeh — were escorted out of their hotel by Australian federal police to a safe location.
Australia granted them humanitarian visas.
The others face a heartbreaking choice: stay and potentially never see their families again, or return to Iran.
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To summarize Day 10:
— Oil hit $119 a barrel. Then Trump spoke. Fell back. Still above $100.
— Iran named a new Supreme Leader and immediately launched more missiles.
— Israel carried out its heaviest strike on Tehran yet.
— A NATO member (Turkey) got hit by an Iranian missile. Again.
— 8 Americans are dead.
— Iran struck Bahrain’s only oil refinery and residential areas across the Gulf.
— Trump and Putin spoke. Putin also backed Iran’s new leader. Both things.
— Five Iranian women soccer players defected in Australia.
This is Day 10.
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