“Major crisis”: The IEA warned Monday the energy crisis was worse than the oil shocks in the 1970s. Iran has vowed retaliation if US President Donald Trump followed through on his Saturday threat to attack its power plants if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened within 48 hours.
• Mine threat: Iran warned it would deploy mines around the entire Persian Gulf if its coasts or islands are attacked, state media reported on Monday.
• Death toll climbs: The number of people reported killed in Iran and Lebanon since the start of the conflict is now in the thousands. Attacks across the region continued Monday morning with Iranian state media reporting strikes in Tehran. Saudi Arabia said it intercepted two ballistic missiles heading toward capital Riyadh.
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