Trump reportedly considering raid to ‘extract’ Iran’s uranium (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
US President Donald Trump remains “generally open to the idea” of launching a special operations raid on an Iranian nuclear sites to capture some 450 kilograms of enriched uranium believed to be stored there, according to the Wall Street Journal's sources.
The US president also told the Financial Times that he was not ruling out the possibility of American forces seizing Iran’s key export hub, Kharg Island, in order to take control of the Islamic Republic’s oil exports.
At the same time, Trump insisted that “direct and indirect” negotiations with Iran were going “extremely” well and that Tehran was “gonna do everything that we want them to do.”
The escalatory statements follow a series of incidents that risk plunging the region into deeper chaos. Kuwait has said a power generation and water distillation plant was damaged in a strike on Monday, while Iranian media reported a suspected US-Israeli attack on the Tabriz Petrochemical Company.
Here are the latest developments:
- Kuwait said one of the country’s power generation and water distillation plants was damaged in what it described as an attack as part of the “largest Iranian aggression.”
- Tehran previously reported a strike on the Tabriz Petrochemical Company. Oil prices have surged above $115 a barrel as the new reports added to concerns over energy supply disruptions.
- The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia met in Islamabad for peace talks on Sunday. Iran has received proposals from the United States through mediators, but reportedly considers them “highly unreasonable.”
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that it would “begin bombing” the homes of US and Israeli officials and military commanders in retaliation for repeated strikes on residential buildings that have killed nearly 2,000 civilians in Iran over the first month of the war.
Follow our live coverage below for continuous updates. You can also read our previous updates here.
30 March 2026
06:34 GMTA US military base in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia has been targeted by drones, Iran’s Fars news agency has reported, citing Arab sources.
There have also been explosions at ports in Kuwait, with plumes of smoke rising from the impact sites, according to the agency.
- 06:24 GMT
Iran has executed two men for plotting armed attacks in Tehran using improvised launcher devices, the Iranian judiciary news outlet has said.
The defendants, who had links with the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, were sentenced to death after being found guilty of various terrorism-related offenses.
The men had appealed the ruling, but it was upheld by a higher court and they were hanged, the outlet said.
- 06:20 GMT
The IDF has warned of a new wave of missiles launched at Israel from Iran.
”Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” it said, telling residents to enter shelters and remain there until further notice.
- 05:51 GMT
New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis has warned that inflation in the country “will go much higher this year” than the current 3.1% and “stay out of our target band” if the conflict in the Middle East drags on and leads to the further disruption of supply chains.
According to the New Zealand Herald, Wellington is currently considering buying Russian oil, provided it is reified outside the country.
- 05:17 GMT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to expand its offensive in southern Lebanon, saying he had instructed forces to “further expand the existing security buffer zone” and was determined to “fundamentally change the situation in the north.”
The announcement comes as Israeli troops advance on multiple fronts toward the Litani River in a bid to push back Hezbollah, which entered the wider Iran war last week with retaliatory strikes following the killing of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. - 04:44 GMT
The Israeli Home Front Command has again urged residents to seek shelter after the IDF detected missiles launched from Iran.
- 04:18 GMT
Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry said one Indonesian peacekeeper was killed and three others were injured while serving with UNIFIL in southern Lebanon after indirect artillery fire near Adchit Al Qusayr on March 29.
“Indonesia reiterates its condemnation of Israel’s attacks in southern Lebanon and calls on all parties to respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, cease attacks against civilian populations and infrastructure, and return to dialogue and diplomacy to prevent further escalation and advance peace,” it said, demanding a “thorough and transparent investigation.”
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia expresses its deepest condolences following the death of one Indonesian peacekeeper and the injury of three others serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), after indirect artillery fire in the vicinity of the…
— MoFA Indonesia (@Kemlu_RI) March 30, 2026 - 03:55 GMT
President Trump is considering launching a military raid on Iranian nuclear sites to extract some 450 kilograms of enriched uranium believed to be stored there, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous US officials.
While the US president has yet to make a final decision or give the order, he “remains generally open to the idea,” despite the risks such a raid would pose to American troops, the publication wrote.
- 03:20 GMT
In a brief post on Truth Social, President Trump has touted a “big day in Iran.”
“Many long sought after targets have been taken out and destroyed by our GREAT MILITARY, the finest and most lethal in the World. God bless you all!” he wrote.
- 03:17 GMT
Israel has announced a new wave of airstrikes against “military infrastructure across Tehran.”
