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Last updated: Monday, March 30, 2026 3:59PM GMT
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President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes, with his son Mojtaba Khamenei later chosen to succeed him. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Iran is also attempting to block some shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and expanding its ground operations in the south of the country.

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ByJoe Simonetti ABCNews logo
Mar 23, 2026, 10:58 AM GMT

Iran threatens to lay mines across Persian Gulf if land invasion launched

In a statement issued on Monday and published by the semi-official Fars news agency, Iran's Defense Council threatened to deploy naval mines across the "entire Persian Gulf" in response to any land invasion.

In this image provided by Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Feb. 16, 2026, shows the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's drill in the Persian Gulf.
In this image provided by Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Feb. 16, 2026, shows the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's drill in the Persian Gulf.

The council issued the statement ahead of the potential arrival of a force of U.S. Marines in the region.

"Any attempt by the enemy to target Iran's coasts or islands will, naturally and in accordance with established military practice, lead to the mining of all access routes" in the "Persian Gulf and along the coasts," the council said.

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