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Explosions were heard in parts of Tehran and Isfahan provinces early on Monday, according to eyewitness accounts sent to Iran International.

Several explosions were heard at 8:00 am local time in the city of Qods in Tehran province.

The Lenjan area in Isfahan province saw attacks beginning around 4:30 am and continuing until about 7:00 am local time.

People living in Sedeh Lenjan were seen standing outside with blankets and watching the bombardment.

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Bapco Energies, Bahrain’s state-owned energy company, declared force majeure on its group operations on Monday following an attack on its refinery complex, the company said.

The firm said domestic market needs remained fully secured and that supplies would continue without disruption.

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Bapco said supply continuity was being supported by contingency plans already in place.

Reuters reported earlier in the day that thick smoke rose from the direction of Bapco oil refinery and surrounded the complex after an Iranian drone attack in the Sitra area caused injuries and property damage.

Bahrain said on Monday that an Iranian drone attack in the Sitra area caused injuries and property damage.

Thick smoke rose from the direction of Bahrain’s Bapco oil refinery and surrounded the complex, Reuters reported citing a witness.

The Bapco refinery is Bahrain’s main oil refining facility and one of the most important sites in the country’s energy sector.

"We're willing to go as far as we need to in order to be successful," Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told CBS News on the Iran war. “There’ll be a point where they’ll have no choice but to surrender.”

Hegseth said "this is only just the beginning."

"The ability for us to be up over the top and hunting with more conventional munitions, gravity bombs, 500-pound, 1,000-pound, 2,000-pound bombs on military targets-- that-- we haven't even really begun to start that effort of the campaign, which is gonna showcase even more how-- how we will execute on those objectives," Hegseth added.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday urged Israel to exercise caution in its choice of targets following Israeli strikes on Iranian oil depots, saying the country’s oil economy should be preserved to help Iranians rebuild once the Islamic Republic collapses.

"There will be a day soon that the Iranian people will be in charge of their own fate, not the murderous ayatollah’s regime," Graham said in a post on X.

"In that regard, please be cautious about what targets you select. Our goal is to liberate the Iranian people in a fashion that does not cripple their chance to start a new and better life when this regime collapses. The oil economy of Iran will be essential to that endeavor."

Earlier in the day, Axios reported that Israel's strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots on Saturday went far beyond what the United States expected when Israel notified it in advance.

"The president doesn't like the attack. He wants to save the oil. He doesn't want to burn it. And it reminds people of higher gas prices," Axios reported citing a Trump advisor.