Trump demands Iran ‘surrender,’ says he’s hearing new leader ‘not alive’

The United Arab Emirates said its air defense systems were intercepting missiles and drones from Iran amid ongoing regional tensions.

The country's Ministry of Defense said the sounds heard in some areas are from the air defense systems intercepting Iranian missiles and drones.

"The UAE's air defenses are currently dealing with missile attacks and incoming drones originating from Iran, and the Ministry of Defense confirms that the sounds heard in scattered areas of the country are the result of the air defense systems intercepting ballistic missiles, as well as fighter jets intercepting drones and loitering munitions," the UAE's Ministry of Defense said on X.

Executives of major U.S. oil companies warned Trump administration officials that the energy disruptions sparked by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran are likely to become worse.

The CEOs of Exxon, Chevron and ConocoPhillips warned in several meetings at the White House last week and in recent conversations with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that the disruption to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz would continue to create unpredictability in global energy markets, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi on Sunday accused Israel of violating international law and said the Jewish State "must be punished for its war crimes."

"Israel's bombings of fuel depots in Tehran violate international law and constitute ecocide," Aragchi wrote on X.

Aragchi said residents face long-term damage to their health and well-being and that contamination of soil and groundwater could have "generational impacts."

"Israel must be punished for its war crimes," he wrote.

The price of U.S. crude oil has exceeded $100 per barrel as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues to disrupt shipping and production in the Middle East.

West Texas Intermediate, produced in the U.S., was selling for about $101.02 a barrel on Sunday shortly after trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or 2.3% more than its close on Friday of $98.71.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was trading at $106.39 on Sunday, which is 2.4% more than its close on Friday.

The price for both West Texas Intermediate and Brent has spiked more than 40% since the start of the war that began late last month.

This comes as the Strait of Hormuz, which one-fifth of global oil exports normally pass through, remains closed.

The Associated Press contributed tot his report.

Japan started releasing oil reserves worth about 45 days amid concerns about supply shortages and rising prices as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran continues.

The release on Monday began with 15 days worth of private-sector reserves, followed by 30 days worth of state-held oil for a total of about 80 million barrels, which makes up about one-fifth of the country's domestic oil reserves.

Japan imports more than 90% of its crude oil from the Middle East.

Most of that oil comes through the Strait of Hormuz, and its closure due to the war is expected to begin impacting Japan's oil supply within weeks.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Flights were temporarily suspended on Monday at Dubai International Airport after a drone struck a fuel tank, which led to a fire, according to authorities.

Crews later contained the fire, the Dubai Media Office said.

No injuries were reported in connection with the fire.

The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority said the move to suspend flights was taken as a precaution.

Passengers are urged to avoid going to the airport.

This comes as Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones toward Persian Gulf countries hosting U.S. military assets — including strikes toward the United Arab Emirates — since the U.S. and Israel launched the war in the Middle East late last month.

UAE authorities said most of these strikes have been intercepted by air defenses, although debris and some drones have fallen inside the country.

Iranian officials have accused the UAE of allowing its territory to be used for attacks against Iran, but UAE officials have denied the accusation as misleading, arguing the country’s military actions have been defensive.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A retired U.S. Navy SEAL said Iran’s strategy of escalating regional pressure during conflicts is nothing new, arguing it has been the regime’s “playbook” for decades.

During an appearance on “Fox News Live” on Sunday, retired U.S. Navy SEAL Mike Sarraille said Tehran has long relied on economic and regional disruption when facing military pressure.

“It's been in their playbook for four decades,” Sarraille said. “So both the Trump administration and the War Department understood this. Because the pressure lever that Iran, especially when the homeland is under attack, goes to is the economic pressure lever of the Strait of Hormuz or regional economic soft targets like we're seeing them strike in the Gulf states.”

Sarraille said the strategy is aimed at increasing the consequences of conflict beyond the battlefield.

“Ultimately, what are they trying to achieve here? It's the only playbook they have, or the only legitimate play they have left, is to raise the cost of the war both regionally and globally,” Sarraille said. “… If we collectively, as a coalition, can maintain the pressure on Iran and ultimately a regime change happens, we are going to see a completely different Middle East.”

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s military has been “decimated,” claiming the U.S. has wiped out the country’s air defenses and severely weakened its forces.

Asked whether he was ready to officially declare victory against Iran, Trump said he was not declaring it over yet but argued the damage to Tehran’s military has been significant.

“There's no reason to,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “I think I'd just say they're decimated. … If we left right now, it would take them ten years and more to rebuild. But I'm still not declaring it over.”

Trump said U.S. operations have “taken out” Iran’s air force and air defense systems, leaving the country with “no air defense whatsoever,” and argued Iran’s missile and drone capabilities have also been sharply reduced.

Trump added that the U.S. and Israel have “similar objectives” regarding Iran and that the two countries’ militaries are “very well coordinated.”

President Donald Trump accused Iran on Sunday of using artificial intelligence (AI) and media manipulation to spread "fake" reports about U.S. military losses, claiming fabricated images and videos are being circulated to make Tehran appear stronger than it is.

In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump said Iran is pushing AI-generated content — including fake footage of “kamikaze boats” attacking ships and false images of damaged U.S. assets — while feeding the material to what he called the “Fake News Media.”

Trump also dismissed reports that five U.S. refueling planes were struck and denied claims that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier had been hit, saying the stories were “fake news."

“The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they “win” are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets,” Trump said.

The president also praised Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr for reviewing the broadcast licenses of certain news organizations he accused of spreading false information. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi claimed on Sunday, on "Face the Nation," that President Donald Trump launched attacks against Iran "because it is fun," accusing the United States of starting what he called an "illegal war" during an interview with CBS host Margaret Brennan.

"We are ready to defend ourselves as long as it takes," Aragchi said. "There are people being killed only because President Trump wants to have fun... they are sinking ships and targeting different places because it is fun."

The comments came as the war between the United States and Iran continues to escalate, with the Trump administration signaling the conflict could continue longer than initially anticipated. 

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's CJ Womack.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he spoke with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and urged him to immediately end what he described as “unacceptable attacks” carried out by Iran across the region.

"I have just spoken with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian. I called on him to put an immediate end to the unacceptable attacks Iran is carrying out against countries in the region, whether directly or through proxies, including in Lebanon and Iraq," Macron said. 

Macron said he made clear that France is operating under a “strictly defensive framework” to protect its interests, regional partners and freedom of navigation, adding that it is unacceptable for France to be targeted.

He warned that escalating tensions are pushing the region toward chaos with potentially lasting consequences.

“The people of Iran, like those across the region, are paying the price," Macron said. “Only a new political and security framework can ensure peace and security for all. Such a framework must guarantee that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, while also addressing the threats posed by its ballistic missile [program] and its destabilizing activities regionally and internationally.”

Macron also said that freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz must be restored “as soon as possible.”

“I also urged the Iranian President to allow Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris to return safely to France as soon as possible," Macron said. "Their ordeal has gone on for far too long, and they belong with their loved ones.”

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reportedly spoke Sunday about the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

A Downing Street spokesperson said the leaders discussed the importance of restoring access to the key shipping route, warning that the disruption is pushing up costs around the world, according to The Times of Israel.

“The leaders discussed the ongoing situation in the Middle East and the importance of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to end the disruption to global shipping, which is driving up costs worldwide,” the spokesperson said.

The strategic waterway has effectively been blocked by Iran as the conflict continues to escalate.

During the conversation, Starmer also expressed condolences for the American service personnel who have died in the conflict.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in the war involving Iran, delivering his strongest remarks yet on the conflict and urging leaders responsible for the fighting to halt violence after deadly strikes that hit schools and civilian areas.

The Associated Press reported the pope made the remarks at the end of his Sunday noon blessing at the Vatican, where he appealed to leaders involved in the conflict to halt the fighting and pursue dialogue instead of continued military escalation.

"On behalf of the Christians of the Middle East and all women and men of good will, I appeal to those responsible for this conflict," Leo said. "Cease fire so that avenues for dialogue may be reopened. Violence can never lead to the justice, stability, and peace that the people are waiting for."

Leo did not cite the U.S. or Israel by name, though he appeared to reference an attack in the opening days of the war that struck a school in Iran and killed more than 165 people, many of them children.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner.

Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said Saturday he is ready to lead Iran’s transition "as soon as the Islamic Republic falls." 

As the war in Iran entered its third week, Pahlavi — the son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi — said he has been working in recent months to develop a transition plan should the Iranian regime collapse to ensure the country does not experience a disruption in governance. 

Pahlavi said in a social media post that "capable individuals" have been identified both inside and outside Iran to lead what he called a "transitional system." 

"The transitional system, under my leadership, will be ready to assume governance of the country as soon as the Islamic Republic falls and, in the shortest possible time, establish order, security, freedom and the conditions for Iran’s prosperity and flourishing," he said. 

Pahlavi has lived in exile since the 1979 Islamic Revolution toppled Iran’s monarchy and established the Islamic Republic. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital’s Michael Sinkewicz.

Republicans sharply criticized former President Joe Biden over rising prices at the gas pump, but a spike in energy prices amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran threatens to scramble the party's affordability messaging. 

The Iran conflict has led to a surge in gas prices for Americans, leading to an average 50 cents a gallon increase since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28. 

The average price of gas reached $3.63 per gallon on Friday, according to AAA. Diesel prices have also risen to $4.89 per gallon. The increases have been mostly fueled by volatility in oil prices, which closed above $100 per barrel Thursday for the first time since 2022 as the Strait of Hormuz remained effectively shuttered from the conflict. 

The president characterized the gas price hike amid the Iran conflict as "a very small price to pay" in a Truth Social post Sunday. 

The surge in gas and diesel prices threatens to undermine the economic message of President Trump and congressional Republicans, who have touted low gas prices as a major win in the lead-up to November’s midterm elections. Cost of living issues are expected to be a key concern among voters as both parties claim to be laser-focused on making everyday life more affordable. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital’s Adam Pack.

An Iranian expert on Sunday blasted pro-regime demonstrations in Western cities as “hypocritical,” arguing that activists protesting in support of Tehran are ignoring the regime’s violent crackdown on its own people.

During an appearance on “Fox Report Weekend,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies analyst Janatan Sayeh discussed the next phase of the Iran conflict and global protests backing the regime.

Sayeh criticized pro-Iran demonstrations in Western cities, saying many activists were silent when the regime killed tens of thousands of unarmed protesters earlier this year.

"Not only is it disheartening, it's actually hypocritical,” he said. “... When the war in Gaza was going on, we heard nonstop campaigns and protests, but once the regime was killing 40,000 unarmed Iranians in January, there was radio silence from these entities. So that is really, I think it sends the wrong message to Iranians.”

Iran’s paramilitary forces, particularly the Basij militia, continue to serve as instruments of the state to suppress dissent and detain protesters, according to Sayeh.

“The Basij and other paramilitary forces have been crucial instruments of brutalizing Iranians for the past half a century, and that has been one of the main achievements of this conflict — degrading the regime's repression capabilities, taking out these sites, centers, facilities that detain and kill protesters," Sayeh said. 

Iranian authorities say they have arrested dozens of people accused of spying for Israel across several provinces, according to state media reports over the weekend.

Fars, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported Sunday the West Azerbaijan prosecutor’s office had arrested 20 individuals in the northwestern city of Urmia for allegedly providing Israel with information about military, police and security sites.

On Saturday, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence said it had arrested several "enemy operatives" across the country, including a 10-member group in Mazandaran province and another 10-member network in Khorasan Razavi province, according to Tasnim, a semi-official news agency. 

Authorities said the suspects transferred the locations of military installations and economic infrastructure and shared coordinates of public places, academic institutions and research centers with Israel.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital’s Ashley Carnahan.

The Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen for “limited movement of people” beginning Wednesday, March 18, according to the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).

COGAT said the move follows a security assessment and review of conditions needed to resume operations at the crossing, which has been largely closed since May 2024.

“The decision was made following a security assessment and an examination of the conditions enabling the resumption of operations at the crossing, while maintaining the necessary security restrictions in light of the security situation and the threats in the area,” COGAT wrote on X.

Officials said travel through the crossing will be coordinated with Egypt and supervised by a European Union mission, with prior Israeli security approval required.

"In addition, further screening and identification procedures will be conducted at the ‘Regavim’ route, operated by the defense establishment in the area under IDF control, as part of the required security arrangements,” COGAT wrote.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that countries relying on oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz should help keep the vital shipping route open amid the Iran conflict, according to Israel’s Channel 14.

“In keeping the Strait open — yes. They get all the oil. We don’t get anything from the strait, so they should participate," Trump told Channel 14. "The countries that get the oil, should keep the strait open, not the US. We will help them a lot.״ 

Trump was also asked whether another Israeli leader could have achieved what he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accomplished together ahead of the country’s upcoming elections.

“No, I don’t think so,” Trump told Channel 14. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that it struck more than 200 targets across western and central Iran over the course of the day.

"The IDF continues to strike the ballistic missile array and the defense systems of the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran," the IDF wrote on X.

According to the IDF, the strikes targeted headquarters where Iranian military personnel were operating, as well as defense systems and sites used to produce and store weapons.

Former federal prosecutor and former DHS deputy assistant secretary Jonathan Fahey said recent incidents highlight the difficulty law enforcement faces in preventing attacks carried out by individuals acting alone or in small groups.

“They're either lone wolves or like two people working just with each other,” Fahey told Fox News. “So it's really hard to prevent these types of things when there's not sort of a larger coordinated effort.”

Fahey added that “inspiration-based” radicalization presents a unique challenge for authorities.

He noted that some attackers in past incidents were naturalized citizens and that once citizenship is granted, it is extremely difficult to revoke.

“If we're not really vetting these people out on the front end, we're leaving people vulnerable," he said.

Just this month alone, the U.S. has experienced four attacks with ties to naturalized citizenship.

Fox News Digital's Eric Mack contributed to this report.

United Nations peacekeepers came under fire on three separate occasions in Lebanon on Sunday, according to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

“Today, UNIFIL peacekeepers were fired upon, likely by non-state armed groups, on three separate occasions while conducting patrols around their bases in Yatar, Dayr Kifa and Qallawiyah,” UNIFIL said in a statement.

In Yatar, shots landed as close as 16 feet from the peacekeepers. In the other two incidents, the sources of fire were estimated to be about 300 and 600 feet away.

Two patrols returned fire in self-defense, according to UNIFIL.

“We strongly remind all actors of their obligations under international law to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel at all times, and to take all necessary measures to prevent harm to civilians,” UNIFIL said. “Any attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law and of Resolution 1701 and may amount to a war crime.”

Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed in an interview on Sunday that Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Iranian supreme leader, is in “excellent health” after speculation over his condition following reports he was injured in the opening salvo of Operation Epic Fury. 

Araghchi told Arabic-language news outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that Khamenei remains “in control of the situation.”

Khamenei has yet to make a public appearance since succeeding his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 

President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed to NBC News that he was hearing that the new leader may already be dead.

Ben Shapiro praised President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran as a historic turning point in U.S. foreign policy on Saturday, calling the operation "the single bravest foreign policy move of my lifetime" while arguing the Iranian regime is now in its "death throes." 

"What you're watching him [Trump] do in Iran is not only unprecedented in terms of its political courage. I think that it is and has the potential to be a true game changer for America's role in the world, not only for the next 10 or 20 years, but for the coming century," Shapiro told Lara Trump on "My View." 

"What he is doing is he's reasserting American authority in the world… He's reinvigorating a vision of America [that's] strong on the world stage, and he understands that on an innate, gut level," Shapiro said. 

Shapiro said the president's foreign policy approach has always been rooted in the "peace through strength" principle he espouses, adding that the "best way" to achieve peace is to make U.S. adversaries realize an iron fist rests inside the velvet glove. 

"You actually have to throw your enemies off their game," Shapiro said. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital’s Taylor Penley.

A Democratic lawmaker is questioning the effectiveness of Operation Epic Fury in Iran and whether the U.S. could seize the regime’s enriched uranium.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., made the remarks during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” saying it’s “a little early to cheer this president.”

“I'm here to tell you there is no military way to extract the uranium from underneath the mountain of rubble in which it is living,” Himes said.

He pushed back on the idea that U.S forces could seize the uranium should President Donald Trump choose to do so.

“The idea that we're going to do a major infrastructure and engineering project, somehow protected in the middle of a very hostile foreign country, that uranium is not leaving because of a military operation,” Himes said. “It will ultimately leave due to a diplomatic solution. And that just doesn't seem to be the way that we're trending right now.”

Himes said there's a reason why former Republican and Democratic presidents did not choose to attack Iran as Trump has done.

“Every American who's filling their tank today at 60 cents a gallon higher than it was two weeks ago is going to understand why that is,” he said. “We've already lost 13 people in the Iran conflict. We could lose more.”

He also said that the U.S. will have to revisit if Operation Epic Fury was a good idea if Trump pulls out of Iran and leaves “a very angry, radicalized regime determined to make sure that this never happens again” by building a weapon.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was expanding its strikes targeting Iran’s infrastructure after completing a wave of strikes on several Iranian regime headquarters.

“The IDF is currently expanding the scope of its strikes against the infrastructure of the Iranian regime in additional areas in western and central Iran, with the aim of broadly and systematically degrading the regime’s command-and-control capabilities,” the IDF said.

Earlier Sunday, the Israeli Air Force completed a wave of strikes targeting the Iran’s infrastructure around Hamedan in western Iran, the IDF said, noting several “key” headquarters belonging to the IRGC and the Basij Forces were struck.

The IDF said these headquarters were where the Iranian regime managed and advanced attacks against Israel and other countries across the Middle East.

The U.S. has forces dedicated to handling weapons of mass destruction should President Donald Trump decide the U.S. must seize Iran's enriched uranium, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said on Sunday.

Waltz made the comments during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” saying that Trump “is never going to take options off the table.”

“I can tell you, as a former special operator, we have forces that are dedicated to handling WMD all over the world, should we have to seize it from a rogue nation or otherwise,” Waltz said.

“But what I can tell you, I'm confident, is that this isn't going to be another 2003 Iraq,” he continued. “There are not going to be hundreds of thousands of troops occupying urban areas somewhere. You know, certainly not Tehran.”

Waltz added that Trump has “all kinds of options” that he can choose from, ranging from diplomacy to seizing the enriched uranium.

“We'll see what he decides to do with the Iranian leadership, however that turns out,” Waltz said of Trump. “But at the end of the day, he's made it clear that Iran can never have a nuke. And I just want to reemphasize, President Trump has been clear on that point for many years in his 2016 campaign, his 2020 campaign, his 2024 campaign.”

Kharg Island is a strategically vital island in the Persian Gulf that serves as the Iranian’s largest oil terminal and a crucial hub for its crude exports, an industry worth $50 billion. 

The island, located roughly 35 miles off Iran’s Bushehr province in the country’s southwest, is about the size of New York City’s Central Park but carries huge importance for Iran’s economy. 

The hub has a loading capacity of about 7 million barrels per day, and roughly 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports pass through it. 

Most of those exports are shipped to China and India, underscoring the island’s importance not only to Iran’s energy trade but also to broader global oil markets. 

The U.S. launched a bombing raid on the island on Friday. 

President Donald Trump said at the time that the U.S. had deliberately avoided targeting the island’s oil infrastructure, while warning that could change if Iran moved to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said that the U.S. bombing raid on Iran’s Kharg Island, home of the country’s largest oil terminal and a crucial hub for its crude exports, was like “checkmate” on the regime.

McCaul praised President Donald Trump’s strategy to target the major Iranian strategic asset during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”

“The attack on Kharg Island, which is a crown jewel, 90 percent of the exports out of Iran come from there. It is like a checkmate on the supreme leader,” he said.

He continued: “It was an absolutely brilliant military strategy. So the military objective is very clear, and it's going very well. The president could declare victory there.”

Trump on Friday said the strikes “obliterated” military targets on the island but did not target any oil infrastructure at the hub. The raid came as global energy markets remain rattled over security of the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil choke point.

McCaul, however, said he believes that Americans will see “the price of gas go way down” once the U.S. achieves its military objective.

“I think, again, controlling Kharg Island, controlling Venezuela and the oil energy exports there, long term, we're going have more control over energy in this world than we did before the invasion of Iran,” he said.

McCaul acknowledged that while there may be short term economic pain, “long term, it is going to put us far better off for not just my children, but for the future generations.”

Israeli police released video showing the fiery impact of Iranian cluster munitions in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst reported on the impact from Tel Aviv. Israeli officials said there was an explosion at the impact site, but no injuries were reported.

There were reports of injuries, however, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv after cluster munitions hit an apartment.

Israel endured an Iranian ballistic missile bombardment overnight, leading to many Israelis spending the night in bomb shelters.

Other video showed Israeli air defenses intercept some of the Iranian bombardment.

Meanwhile, Israel on Friday began launching new strikes against the Iranian regime, hammering the regime’s ballistic missile launchers and stockpiles.

The United Arab Emirates said it was attacked Sunday by four ballistic missiles and six drones from Iran, a day after Tehran urged three major UAE ports to evacuate in its first threat to attack infrastructure of a neighboring country.

The UAE Ministry of Defense said its air defenses “dealt with” the incoming attack, though did not provide immediate details on damage or casualties.

It was the lightest incoming attack on the UAE since the war with Iran began, Fox News Correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reported.

The ministry said UAE air defenses have dealt with 298 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, and 1,606 drones since Iran began launching its own attacks.

The Iranian attacks resulted in the deaths of six individuals of Emirati, Pakistani, Nepalese, and Bangladeshi nationalities, and 142 cases of minor and moderate injuries among individuals of more than two dozen nationalities, the ministry said.

“The Ministry of Defense affirms that it is on high alert and readiness to deal with any threats and to firmly counter everything that targets the destabilization of the state's security, ensuring the preservation of its sovereignty, security, and stability, and protecting its interests and national capabilities,” it said.

Saudi Arabia announced that it intercepted multiple Iranian drones after Tehran threatened to widen its campaign in the war with the U.S. and Israel.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said it destroyed the seven Iranian drones it intercepted in the Riyadh and Eastern regions.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates warned residents on Sunday that they were working to intercept incoming projectiles, a day after Iran called for the evacuations of three major UAE ports, threatening for the first time a neighboring country’s non-U.S. assets.

Iran had earlier accused the U.S. of using “ports, docks and hideouts” in the UAE to launch strikes on Kharg Island, home to the main terminal handling Iran’s oil exports, without providing evidence for the claim. The UAE and other Gulf countries that host U.S. bases have denied allowing their land or airspace to be used for military operations against Iran.

Iranian strikes have killed at least a dozen civilians in the Gulf states.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Israeli intelligence has opened what they are calling the “Quds file,” an effort to systematically target Iran's Quds force and infrastructure across the Middle East, a senior Israeli Security official told Fox News.

The official said Israel has taken out seven Iranian senior officials in Lebanon, while destroying 17 of the Quds force air fleet, which is used to transport weapons and components to proxies like Hezbollah, Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst reported.

“We destroyed almost all of the Quds force’s fleet,” the Israeli official said. “Until now 17 out of 20 cargo planes, and we will reach them all. They won't be flying anywhere anytime soon.”

The official added that Israel also struck the main Quds force headquarters in Tehran “with many Quds forces operatives in it.”

Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Iranian supreme leader, "is in low condition to function" and is injured, a senior Israeli official told Fox News.

The official said Khamenei is surrounded by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel who are managing him, Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst reported.

Israeli intelligence is working to determine the extent of the injuries, according to the official.

Iran has yet to confirm Khamenei’s condition. The new leader has not made a public appearance since succeeding his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The new supreme leader was reportedly injured during the opening strikes of Operation Epic Fury — the same salvo that killed his father.

Khamenei released his first written statement on Thursday, suggesting that Iran may open new fronts in the conflict. Experts, however, have said the statement may have been written by IRGC personnel.

President Donald Trump said Iran must “surrender” to end the war and claimed he is hearing the country’s new supreme leader may already be dead.

“I’m hearing he’s not alive, and if he is, he should do something very smart for his country, and that’s surrender,” Trump said of Mojtaba Khamenei in a phone interview with NBC News.

Trump added he is unsure whether the Iranian leader is still living.“I don’t know if he’s even alive. So far, nobody’s been able to show him,” he said.

The president also said Iran is seeking negotiations but that he is not ready to make a deal.

“Iran wants to make a deal, and I don’t want to make it because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” Trump said.