The strikes on Kharg Island hit military sites, including those storing missiles and mines, a U.S. military official said, adding that economic infrastructure was not targeted. Oil prices have risen by more than 40 percent since the start of the war.

Donald Trump, meanwhile, is literally dancing while the Middle East is on fire — the result of his Iran war. Politics: Fox News Split Screen Makes An Absolute Mockery Of Mike Waltz’s Trump Praise Videos of the president pulling his signature fist-pumping moves to The Village People’s “YMCA” have gone viral in recent days,

Iran’s secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving to keep fighting, promising more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatening to open “other fronts” in a war that has already disrupted world energy supplies,

Iran’s new supreme leader said the Strait of Hormuz should remain shut and Tehran will look to open other fronts in the war if the US and Israel persist with their attacks.

Trump has said the U.S. will hit Iran "twenty times harder" than it already has if continues to stop the flow of oil.

Explosions are reported on two more foreign tankers in the Persian Gulf killing at least one person, port authorities say.

A short while after Trump’s threat to Iran’s leaders, the Israeli military said it launched a “large-scale” wave of airstrikes on Tehran.

The Israeli military says it's responding to strikes from Iran-backed Hezbollah, and warns residents in Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate.