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Welcome to the news hour.
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We're following several major stories tonight, including an attack on a synagogue in Michigan
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and a shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia.
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But first, to the war with Iran.
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The new Supreme Leader of Iran, most of Bahamineh, vowed in a written statement today that Iran's
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retaliation throughout the Gulf will continue, and the widening conflict pushed oil back
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above $100 a barrel, rattling global markets.
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We start our coverage again tonight with special correspondent Layla Molana Allen in Qatar.
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After 13 days of war, Iran punctuated its stripes with a fiery statement, read aloud
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today by a news anchor on Iranian State TV.
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More as inter-all we will not refrain from avenging the blood of your martyrs.
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They're the first words in this war from Ayatollah Moshta Bahamineh, installed just
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After the former Supreme Leader, his father, Ali Hamineh, was assassinated by U.S.-Israeli
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bombardment on day one.
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That attack killed his wife, son, and mother as well.
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Today's statement dismissed any hope of Iran backing down from its unrelenting attacks in
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As we had given an explicit warning, and without carrying out any aggression against those
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regional countries, we remain committed to the necessity of friendship between ourselves
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and those neighbors, and have merely targeted those U.S. bases.
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From now on, we will also be compelled to continue this action.
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And on the global oil supply, at un, certainly, the leverage of blocking the Strait of Hormuz
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must continue to be used, and opening other fronts where the enemy is highly vulnerable
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if the war continues will be considered while observing strategic interests.
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It comes as Iran has ramped up its assault on the narrow-butt critical Strait of Hormuz.
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The sea is becoming littered with damaged tankers, charred and abandoned after Iranian strikes.
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These were hit offshore from Iraq's Bazaar Port.
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Iraqi officials say all oil terminals there have been completely shut down.
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Other energy infrastructure, too, was set ablaze today, like this facility in Bahrain.
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The strategic blockade has sent oil futures spiking back up to more than $100 a barrel.
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That's up nearly 40 percent from before the war started.
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The United States says it plans to release 172 million barrels from its strategic reserves.
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After initially opposing yesterday's historic effort by the International Energy Agency,
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Meanwhile, U.S. Israeli strikes continue their efforts to hollow out Tehran.
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In the crossfire, everyday residents forced to live amongst the rubble.
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You can see for yourself everything is damaged.
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The bathroom wall has fallen apart, the ceiling, the cabinets as well.
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Thank God we are safe for ourselves.
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The United Nations' refugee agency says that as many as 3.2 million Iranians have been displaced by the bombing,
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Israel said a wide-scale wave of strikes targeted Iranian drone stockpiles
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and, for the first time, security checkpoints.
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While satellite images showed damage to a military complex,
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key to Iran's nuclear development programme.
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And in Lebanon, the scope of Israeli attacks is getting wider by the day.
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The IDF bombed this building in central Beirut, twice.
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It's the first such attack in the capital's busy commercial district.
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Overnight has baller launched more than 200 missiles toward Israel, the largest barrage so far.
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And for the first time, coordinated its attack with Iran, according to Israeli military officials.
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Here in Qatar, the conflict continues, with missile defense systems fending off Iranian drone and missiles daily,
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and stark contrast to President Trump's claims that Iran has been virtually destroyed.
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In fact, U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact
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and shows no signs of collapse anytime soon.
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And Tehran is stepping up its repression tactics, too,
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with state TV programmes like this one threatening any critics who dare take to the streets to demonstrate.
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We'll grab you by the collar every single one of you, and that's already happening.
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Confiscating your property is nothing. We'll make your mothers mourn you.
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Those of you now who have foolish ideas and think things are chaotic and must be done.
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This message is for you, both inside and outside the country.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today encouraged Iranians to ignore those threats.
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You can lead someone to the water trough, but you can't force them to drink.
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We will create the optimal conditions to do that, including airstrikes like we did yesterday,
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like we are doing these days, to try to give them the space they need to take to the streets.
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But those are our goals.