US-Iran war Highlights: At least four dead in Lebanon after Israel launches strikes in response to Hezbollah attack

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Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has urged the United States and the international community to intervene after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least seven people on Sunday, describing the attacks as a dangerous escalation despite a truce and a framework agreement aimed at ending the violence.

Aoun condemned the latest Israeli attacks, particularly strikes that damaged Lebanese government buildings and destroyed an out-of-service hospital.

Aoun called on the international community, particularly Washington, to “urgently act to stop these violations”.

Iran plans to announce a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days.

Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, announced the plan, according to Iranian state media.

The proposed restricted zone will extend into areas of the Gulf.

The announcement comes amid rising tensions between Iran and the US around the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran will raise gasoline prices for consumers using more than 110 litres per month, starting Tuesday.

The first 110 litres will remain at existing subsidised rates.

The third fuel quota will increase to 100,000 Iranian rials per litre, about 4 US cents at the free-market exchange rate.

Drivers can continue to buy 60 litres at 15,000 rials per litre.

They can purchase another 50 litres at 30,000 rials per litre.

The higher rate will apply only to motorists who exceed the 110-litre monthly limit.

Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said the move was prompted by Iran's “current conditions” amid the war and US sanctions.

Fighting between Yemen's government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed more than 140 combatants in southwest Yemen between Saturday afternoon and early Sunday, military sources told AFP. Government forces reported 84 deaths, while Houthi sources said 57 rebel fighters were killed.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks after strikes killed seven people in southern Lebanon on Sunday. Israel said it targeted Hezbollah operatives and sites in response to a drone attack on its troops, calling it a blatant violation.

Fifty-nine ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 48 hours, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre, Al Jazeera reported

Israeli strikes killed seven people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry said. Israel said the strikes were in retaliation for Hezbollah drone attacks targeting Israeli troops in areas occupied by its forces.

An Israeli drone carried out a guided missile strike targeting a car near the Fakhr al-Din parking lot in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported, according to Al Jazeera.

The US military denied Iran's claim that it struck an unmanned US military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins called the report from Iranian state media a "total lie".

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has arrested eight people in Fars province accused of planning "false flag" attacks, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, according to Al Jazeera.

Iran said it would step up efforts to tackle economic problems caused by US sanctions, while Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that any further attacks on Iran's interests and security would draw a "faster, heavier and more painful response".

Israeli strikes killed four people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry said. Israel said the strikes were in retaliation for Hezbollah drone attacks targeting Israeli troops in an area it has declared a security zone.

US Central Command said that as of September 6, US forces had redirected 92 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two to ensure compliance with the blockade against Iran.

Iran’s Economy Minister Ali Madani-Zadeh has dismissed the idea that US economic pressure could force changes in Tehran’s governance, calling such a belief a “mistake”.

“The responsibility for reforming Iran’s economy lies with the Iranian government and people, not the US Treasury Department,” Madani-Zadeh said, as per Al Jazeera.

He said years of Western sanctions had pushed millions of Iranian workers to develop alternative ways of sustaining their livelihoods. Despite the sanctions, he added, imports, exports and domestic production continue to operate normally.

Madani-Zadeh said Iran’s economy is managed for “the life and welfare of the Iranian people” and that its economic policies cannot be imposed by the United States.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf warned that any further attacks on the country would trigger a “faster, heavier and more painful response”.

He said Tehran’s response to US strikes would no longer be “proportionate”, adding that “the Americans have surely realised that the era of ‘proportionate responses’ has come to an end”.

As per Al Jazeera, Ghalibaf said, “Our recent operations against aggressor bases were merely a start. If they have not realized it yet, they must understand before it is too late that the rules of the game have changed.”

He added that Iran would also withstand the US economic campaign, just as it had overcome Washington militarily and diplomatically.

Lebanon said four people were killed on Sunday in strikes which Israel said it carried out after Hezbollah had launched drones at its soldiers in south Lebanon, the latest escalation amid a fragile truce.

Iranian authorities have arrested a number of people accused of appearing in a rare video waving the flag of an outlawed opposition group, state television said Sunday.

Developments in the West Asia conflict, crude oil prices, and US inflation data would be the major drivers for the stock market next week, according to analysts.

Besides, trading activities of foreign investors and global market trends will also influence domestic equities.

Iran said Sunday it struck an unmanned US vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, the latest salvo in a new flare-up of fighting between the two countries.