Israel says it has hit a major Iranian petrochemical site, which it claims produces half of Iran’s petrochemical output
The new attack on the Asaluyeh site comes after Donald Trump threatened bigger attacks on Iranian infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not open by Tuesday
In an expletive-laden threat, Trump said “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!”
Our correspondent Lyse Doucet reports that “frantic, last ditch diplomacy is accelerating” – although one insider tells us there needs to be a ceasefire first. The White House says Trump has not signed off on any ceasefire plan
Meanwhile, Iran says the intelligence chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Majid Khademi, was killed in a US-Israeli strike on Monday morning – Israel later claims responsibility
And attacks continue across the region – including in Lebanon, where Israel accepts it killed the wrong people in a strike on Sunday
