UPDATE, THE IRAN WAR JUST HIT A NEW LEVEL:
The last 12 hours changed everything.
– Iranian ballistic missiles struck Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia — home to SABIC, the 4th-largest petrochemical company on Earth. Massive fires. SABIC accounts for over half of Saudi petrochemical production.
– Trump confirmed 8 PM Tuesday is his FINAL deadline. His exact framing: "every bridge in Iran will be decimated by midnight.. every power plant will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used again."
– Iran REJECTED the 45-day ceasefire. Tehran's diplomatic mission in Cairo said: "We only accept an end of the war with guarantees that we won't be attacked again."
– Iran's parliament adviser publicly stated the Jubail strike targets "bin Salman's financial partners in the Trump family" — calling the damage "beyond calculation."
– IAEA confirmed strikes hit within 75 meters of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant. Director-General Grossi warned of "severe radiological accident."
– Oil surged to $115 per barrel. US gas at $4.12/gallon — up 38% since February 28. But those are "Futures" prices. The actual price for an ACTUAL Barrel of oil (the "Dated Brent" price) has risen to $141.26 a barrel!
– Israel separately struck Asaluyeh — claiming to have destroyed 85% of Iran's petrochemical export capacity.
– Seven children under 10 killed in overnight strikes across Iran. The youngest was less than 12 months old.
The situation changed dramatically in the last 12 hours. Both sides are publicly committed to escalation. No signs of slowing down.
