US Iran war news LIVE updates: The conflict between the United States and Iran, that sparked tensions in the Middle East following US-Israel attacks on Iran last month, rages on for the ninth day on Sunday, with no immediate signs of abating. Fresh attacks were reported in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. Fresh mobile alerts were issued in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, warning residents against aerial attacks.

Here are the top developments of the US-Iran conflict on Day 9:

- Explosions in Tel Aviv: At least 10 explosions were reported over Israel's commercial hub, Tel Aviv, on Sunday as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard vowed to step up attacks against Israel and the US assets in the Middle East.

- Attack on Lebanon, Beirut, Tehran: Israel struck southern Lebanon, Beirut and oil storage facilities in Tehran, even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the conflict.

- Khamenei's successor decided: In a significant move that is closely watched by Washington and Tel Aviv, Iran's clerical body tasked with selecting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's successor has reached a decision. A name is yet to be announced. Hinting at the name of the successor, a member of the body, Ayatollah ⁠Mohsen Heidari Alekasir, said: “Even the Great Satan (the US) has mentioned his name.” Mojtaba Khamenei is believed to have been a possible successor to his father, who was killed on February 28.

Explosions were heard in Iran's central Yazd province on Sunday, AFP news agency reported, citing state media. Israel also struck an airport in Iran’s Isfahan, destroying F14 fighter jets. The US and Israel struck five oil facilities in overnight strikes in and near the Iranian capital, Tehran, state TV reported, citing an official.

Meanwhile, Ali Mohammad Naini, spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has warned that it they are capable of an “intense war” for another six months.

As Tehran continues retaliatory strikes on its neighbours, including the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday said that his earlier remarks apologising to Gulf nations had been “misinterpreted by the enemy that seeks to sow division with neighbours.”

“It has repeatedly been said we are brothers and must have good relations with neighbours. However, we are forced to retaliate to attacks but this does not mean we have a dispute with a (neighbouring) country or want to upset their people,” Pezeshkian said. This came after US President Donald Trump claimed in a post on Truth Social that Iran had “lost” and “surrendered to Middle East neighbours.”

 

Kuwait on Sunday said it intercepted three ballistic missiles, while Saudi Arabia downed three more drones near Riyadh.

On the other hand, an Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people and injured ten others on Sunday, as Israel said that it targeted Iranian commanders operating in the Lebanese capital.

Tehran oil facility in flames after Netanyahu's ‘many surprises’ warning

The US and Israel late on Saturday targeted oil facilities in Iran, in a first since the conflict began last week. Flames were seen above an oil storage facility in Tehran as Israeli PM Netanyahu vowed of “many surprises” for the next phase of the conflict.

Israeli military confirmed the strike on the fuel storage facilities in Tehran, with a video accessed by the Associated Press showing the horizon glowing against the night sky in Tehran.

Israel says targeted Iran-linked commanders in Lebanon

Israel has continued its strikes on Lebanon, which was drawn into the conflict after Iran-backed Hezbollah launched attacks against Israel after the killing of Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes.

In a statement Sunday morning, the Israeli military said it targeted commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, AP reported.

Iran targets US Embassies in Gulf

Meanwhile, Iran is targeting embassies and diplomatic missions of the US in Gulf countries. A drone attack targeted Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter where the US Embassy and other foreign missions are located, the Saudi defense ministry said.

Apart from explosions in Oslo, the near the US embassyn Iraq's Baghdad was hit by Katyusha rockets, Reuters reported, citing security sources.

‘We’re not looking to settle': Trump

US President Trump said Saturday that the US has leverage over Iran and would not negotiate with the remaining Iranian leadership. “We’re not looking to settle,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. “They’d like to settle. We’re not looking to settle,” he said, according to the AP report.

US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said that Iran had not seemed “very amenable” during negotiations before US and Israel launched strikes last week. “They told me and Jared, we’re not going to give you diplomatically what you couldn’t take militarily,” Witkoff said.

Flights diverted, strikes on Gulf countries continue | Latest developments in conflict

• Several airstrikes shook neighborhoods in Tehran’s east and southwest, with the Israeli military confirming a new wave of strikes in Iran's capital city and other areas.

• Iran, too, fired more missiles toward Israel. The Israeli military has ordered residents across the country, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, to seek cover in shelters. Residents of northern Israel headed to shelters after air raid sirens sounded in the early hours of Sunday.

• Flights headed to the Saudi capital of Riyadh were diverted or are returning to their points of origin in the early hours of Sunday, according to data from Flightradar24. This came after the Saudi Defence Ministry said it was responding to drone attacks on Riyadh.

• Irbil International Airport in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region was targeted by a drone, killing one security personnel and wounding another person, AP cited the local governor as saying.

• Iran also struck a facility near a seaport in Bahrain, damaging shops and injuring one person. Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said missile fragments fell onto a road in Manama, injuring one person and causing damage to several shops.

• Multiple sites were struck in Sulaymaniyah in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, with one person killed in the attacks, AP cited an official with one of the Kurdish Iranian dissident groups as saying.

• Sirens sounded several times across the UAE on Saturday, with the Dubai media office saying Saturday that falling shrapnel from interception of projectiles had caused minor damage to the facade of a tower in Dubai Marina.

• The death toll in Iran has