EU to convene oil, gas supply groups after Iran war lifts prices

Azerbaijan reopened its border crossings with Iran for all cargo traffic on Monday, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

The crossings, part of one of the shortest land routes linking Iran to its ally Russia, were closed last week after an Iranian drone attack targeted the Nakhchivan exclave.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev late on Sunday that Tehran had not been involved in the attack and an investigation was underway, Aliyev’s office said.

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.

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.

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.