Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, has cast doubt on the prospect of negotiations with the United States.

"For the time being we are very doubtful about the usefulness of negotiation," Ali Bahreini told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday, according to the Reuters news agency.

It comes after US President Trump declared it was "too late" to talk in a post on his Truth Social messaging platform.

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Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian

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I've been speaking to people inside Iran following a new wave of strikes.

Omid, in his twenties, says people are becoming uneasy about how long the situation will go on for.

"I had assumed they would target certain officials like [Iran's former Supreme Leader] Khamenei and that it would be over by now," he says.

"There is a greater security presence on the streets, but the streets themselves are empty. Some shops have closed, particularly those near the affected areas... I heard the sound of explosions today in Tehran just now”.

Pouya, in his thirties, tells me that prices have gone up since the attacks started. The cost of rice and potatoes have increased drastically, he says from Pardis - a city near Tehran.

From the city of Karaj, Shayan says it's very difficult to get online now. "The price of everything has gone up," he says. "I didn’t hear any strikes today; it feels like the calm before the storm," he adds.

Maryam, in her twenties and in northern Tehran, sent me a text to say: "The attacks last night were terrible. Our house was shaking.

"We were preparing to leave the area because our home is near where the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] had issued an evacuation order. Before we could set off, they struck.”

In an update on the messaging app Telegram, the Israel Defense Forces says it has begun a large-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure in Iran's capital, Tehran.

It says there will be more details to follow.

Satellite image shows damage at Iran’s Jask portpublished at 13:48 GMT

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By Jake Horton

A new satellite image taken today of the southern Iranian port of Jask shows one of its jetties has apparently been damaged following reports of an air strike.

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The smoke plume in the satellite image is consistent with a verified picture showing part of the port on fire after it was reportedly attacked yesterday.

The picture shows a massive cloud of thick, black smoke above a large area of the port which is on the Gulf of Oman.

A reverse image search shows the picture was first posted online yesterday

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Nasa's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), which detects hotspots on the Earth’s surface, picked up a heat source in the area at around 21:00 GMT on Monday.

Damian Grammaticas
Political correspondent

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The UK has deployed "a significant level of defensive capability" to Cyprus, according to the prime minister's official spokesperson.

Asked to comment on reports the UK may deploy a warship to help protect the UK airbase there, the spokesperson said he "wouldn't get into speculation on force movements or specific operations for reasons of operational security".

It's understood that Downing Street is considering the option but no decision has been taken at this stage.

The spokesperson said "I think we have set out multiple times the assets and capabilities that we have deployed defensively to the region. That includes radar systems, air defence, and F-35 jets. That is a significant level of defensive capability to our bases in Cyprus".

They added "we keep our force protection under constant review. We are not going to provide a running commentary on exact force movements, but the MOD [Ministry of Defence] will provide updates when our forces have taken significant defensive action".

This war is seen by many Israelis as a necessitypublished at 13:33 GMT

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Yolande Knell
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

With warning sirens regularly going off to tell Israelis to enter air raid shelters, and schools and most businesses closed, it may come as a surprise to see polls indicating strong Israeli public support for military action against Iran.

But this war is seen by many Jewish Israelis as a necessity: an opportunity to deal with an existential threat from Iran and a way to further weaken its regional proxies, notably the Lebanese armed group, Hezbollah, and Palestinian armed groups.

In late February, a survey by Israel’s Channel 12 indicated 59% of Israelis favoured joining a potential strike on Iran. Now a war is under way, it is thought that levels of support are likely to have increased given military successes – particularly the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – and the strong coordination between Israel and the US.

Israelis have high confidence in their country’s air defence capabilities. After two years of war in Gaza, many have also developed routines to deal with disruption to their daily lives.

Still, it goes without saying that public sentiment could easily shift if large numbers of Israeli civilians or soldiers are killed - or if this conflict starts to drag on without achieving its goals and a clear exit strategy.

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Azadeh Moshiri
South Asia correspondent

Pakistan says at least 300 Iranian citizens have reached the country, as Israeli and US attacks continue throughout Iran.

Its province of Balochistan borders Iran and was already a turbulent region. It's home to separatist groups and has seen a decades-long insurgency.

Pakistan's leaders are balancing competing relationships right now. Pakistan nominated President Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize last year, as its rapport with the US grew.

But despite being a Sunni-majority country, there are Shia communities across Pakistan, who strongly oppose the war in Iran.

The US embassy in Saudi Arabia is warning of imminent missile and drone attacks over Dhahran, where a US consulate is located.

US citizens are urged to shelter in place and "review security plans in the event of an attack"., external

Dhahran, on Saudi's east coast, is a major centre of the oil industry - and is home to the headquarters of the Saudi national oil firm Aramco.

As we just reported, the UAE says it has intercepted 172 Iranian missiles and 755 drones since Saturday.

Bahrain's military has also issued a statement, saying it has intercepted 73 missiles and 91 drones launched from Iran since Saturday.

A number of Iranian strikes have hit Bahrain, including at a US navy base in the country.

Barbara Plett Usher
Reporting from Doha

I just asked the spokesperson of Qatar’s foreign ministry for more details about the country's downing of two Iranian fighter jets yesterday.

At a press briefing, Majed al Ansari said the bombers were monitored coming into Qatari airspace and rules of engagement were followed "to the letter".

“The pilots were informed that they had crossed into Qatari airspace and at the moment [it was seen] that they are a definite threat to Doha, that their trajectory was Doha, they were shot down over the waters of the Gulf," he said, noting that there were no updates on the status of the pilots.

When it came to possible retaliation against Iran, Ansari said "all options are with our leadership - but we have to make it very clear that attacks like these will not go unanswered".

The UAE's Ministry of Defence says its air defences have destroyed 172 missiles since Iran launched its strikes in the region, in response to US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.

A spokesperson for the ministry says there have been 186 missiles in total, with 13 of them falling into the sea and one other hitting the UAE's territory.

The ministry detected a further 812 Iranian drones, the spokesperson adds, saying that the UAE managed to intercept 755 of them. Fifty-seven fell on the country.

The UAE also detected and destroyed eight cruise missiles "which caused some collateral damage, as well as resulting in three fatalities and 68 cases of minor injuries," as well as damage to "civilian facilities".

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A commercial plane has been seen leaving Beirut airport in Lebanon, as smoke from the city rises into the sky.

Beirut, and parts of southern Lebanon, have been hit by Israeli strikes - in response, Israel says, to attacks from the Lebanon-based militant group, Hezbollah.

Thousands of flights in the Middle East have been cancelled since the beginning of the conflict on Saturday, with airspace closed above many countries in the area.

Videos show blast in central Iran, with weapons company possibly targetedpublished at 13:03 GMT

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By Emma Pengelly

Videos posted online today show the aftermath of an apparent strike on the city of Isfahan in central Iran, BBC Verify has confirmed.

The clips show a large smoke plume rising into the sky in the northern part of the city. In one video a person filming says they heard two "seriously very loud" explosions and the "optics centre" had been targeted.

BBC Verify has been able to locate the smoke plume to an area near Kaveh Boulevard.

That street is listed as the address for Isfahan Optics, a company linked to the manufacturing of Iranian weapons systems, which is sanctioned by several countries including the UK and the US.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian

Iranian outlets report that "in line with the government decision to prioritise the provision of essentials", the export of all food and agriculture products has been banned "until further notice".

Meanwhile, I’ve heard from some inside Tehran that they’ve stock up on goods and essentials in the fear that the war might continue for longer.

From what I’ve heard, some have also left the capital in fear.

The Iranian capital Tehran is again being hit by air strikes.

Strikes in the area have been confirmed by the Israeli military, which announced it was targeting what it described as a senior regime commander in the city.

We'll bring you more on this when we have it.

US President Donald Trump has just posted on social media.

"Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone," he writes, seemingly about Iranian officials, alongside a link to an opinion piece in the Washington Post about "the birth of the Trump Doctrine".

"They want to talk. I said 'Too Late!'"

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The UK foreign secretary has shared further details about the government charter flight due to fly from Muscat in the coming days (see our last post).

She says the UK will prioritise vulnerable nationals, and is also working with airlines on increasing capacity out of Muscat for British nationals.

Cooper also says British citizens in Oman "must wait to be contacted by the Foreign Office regarding these options".

Yvette Cooper tells the House of Commons that a government charter flight will leave Muscat, Oman "in the coming days".

She also says 130,000 British nationals have signed up to the "Register Your Presence programme" in the Middle East as of Tuesday morning.

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Fire and damage at UAE oil terminal, video and satellite images showpublished at 12:29 GMT

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By Daniele Palumbo and Paul Brown

Two videos checked by BBC Verify show a fire has broken out at the Fujairah Oil Terminal on the Gulf of Oman coast of the United Arab Emirates.

The first video of the blaze is filmed by someone driving on a main road next to an oil storage area in the facility, while the second is taken from a nearby residential area and shows an enormous black column of smoke.

Energy firm VTTI, which runs the terminal, has told BBC News it has suspended operations as "a precautionary measure as a result of latest developments", and will reopen as "soon as appropriate".

Satellite imagery captured by Planet Labs PBC this morning shows damage to at least one tank and burn marks can be seen nearby. Nasa satellites also detected a heat signature at the same spot just after 09:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Tuesday.

The Fujairah Oil Terminal can hold up to 1.2 million cubic meters of oil and is one of the few sites in the region that is directly on the Gulf of Oman.

This means tankers don’t have to pass through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, which Iran says it has closed. An Iranian official yesterday threatened to "set fire" to any ship trying to pass through and the Iranian military has reportedly fired on several vessels in the area.

Faisal Islam
Economics editor

The natural gas price for UK delivery in April is absolutely spiralling now. It just hit 170p a therm - levels not seen since late 2022, in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a dash for gas across Europe.

It has more than doubled since markets reopened yesterday, after events in the Middle East, especially the shutdown in production of liquefied shipped gas from world’s largest producer, Qatar.

For those awaiting the UK government's Spring Statement and the new OBR forecasts, for reference, gas prices have been assumed by that organisation at 78p a therm.

Domestic energy users will be protected for now and will get the already announced cut to bills on 1 April.

But if this is sustained for several weeks, the new energy price cap in July would be very painful and problematic. These are levels that did require, for example, government intervention through the multi-billion energy price guarantee.