Indonesia buries peacekeepers killed by Israel as Iranians take to streets to rally (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, has accused the US and Israel of committing a “war crime” after the latest attack on the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on Saturday damaged a building, killed a security staff member, and injured several others.

In a letter to IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, Eslami said Saturday’s strike near Unit 1 marked the fourth such attack, and warned that further strikes risk a widespread release of radioactive material, with irreversible consequences for Iran and neighboring countries. Eslami also accused the IAEA of inaction and “clear complicity,” stating that mere expressions of concern have emboldened the aggressors.

Iranian forces have conducted a series of strikes against US and Israeli targets across the region, according to Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s top joint military command. 

Key operations allegedly included IRGC Navy striking the Israeli container ship SDN 7 with a cruise missile; the US amphibious assault ship LHA-7 coming under heavy fire and retreating deep into the Indian Ocean, and precision ballistic missile hits on sites in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Be’er Sheva, and Petah Tikva, and attacks on the US Al-Adairi Base in Kuwait.

“The reckless threats and baseless rhetoric of the US president, resulting from repeated military failures, will not affect the continued offensive operations of Islamic fighters against American and Israeli targets, nor erase the humiliation of the US in West Asia,” he said, as cited by Press TV.

President Trump suggested that the US could impose its own tolls on vessels trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz – a strategy currently employed by Iran as it continues to control the key energy shipping chokepoint.

“I’d rather do that than let them have them. Why shouldn’t we? We’re the winner,” Trump said during a White House press conference earlier on Monday.

“We won, OK? They are militarily defeated. The only thing they have is the psychology of ‘oh, we’re going to drop a couple of mines in the water,’” he added.

“We have a concept where we’ll charge tolls.” However, when asked about peace agreement conditions, Trump said that any deal must include “free traffic of oil.”

European Council President Antonio Costa has warned Tehran against retaliatory attacks on regional energy infrastructure, claiming that the Iranian civilian population would be the “main victim of a widening of the military campaign.”

“After five weeks of war in the Middle East, it is clear that only a diplomatic solution will settle its root causes. Any targeting of civilian infrastructure, namely energy facilities, is illegal and unacceptable,” he said, without mentioning the ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

“As I stressed in my recent call with the President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, the European Union urges Iran to immediately put an end to its attacks against countries in the region and to allow for the reestablishment of full freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz,” he added.

At least 15 Americans were injured in an Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait overnight, CBS News reports, citing two US officials. As of Monday, a total of 373 US service members have received injuries in the ongoing campaign against Iran, including five considered seriously wounded, according to a US Central Command spokesperson.

Iran’s roads and urban development minister, Farzaneh Sadegh, has reportedly inspected the damaged B1 bridge in Karaj following US and Israeli strikes last week. She stated that attacks the “enemy” claimed were meant “to help the Iranian people” instead hit vital infrastructure used by ordinary citizens every day. 

Saeed Jalili, Iran’s former nuclear negotiator and ex‑secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has dismissed calls to silence Trump over his comments on Iran, writing on X that “‘shut up’ is not the appropriate response to Trump’s ramblings; let him speak more.”  

“Nothing is more effective in laying bare the true nature of the United States than Trump’s outbursts,” Jalili wrote.

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Indonesia has held a military funeral for Major Zulmi Aditya Iskandar, one of three Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeepers killed in separate incidents in southern Lebanon this month amid escalating exchanges between Israeli forces and Lebanon-based Hezbollah. Their deaths have heightened concerns over the safety of UN troops in one of its longest‑running peacekeeping missions. RT’s Indra Marpaung reports from the ground.

Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has warned that a “catastrophic oil shortage is imminent,” writing on X that Saudi Arabia is, “for the first time in history,” charging a $20‑per‑barrel premium over an already elevated benchmark price for its crude. Oil prices have surged since the start of US‑Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation across the region, with disruption to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – one of the world’s key energy routes – triggering knock‑on effects across global supply chains.

Trump has claimed that he is “polling higher than anybody ever polled in Venezuela,” stating that after the Iran war he could “quickly learn Spanish” and “run for president” in the South American country. Trump’s approval rating has fallen to around 36%, with roughly 60% of Americans saying US military action against Iran has gone too far, according to Ipsos polling.