Iran says can fight for 6 more months

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country's forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel.

As the conflict spilled into its second week, the regional repercussions spiraled, with Saudi Arabia intercepting a wave of drones headed for targets including the diplomatic quarter in its capital Riyadh and Kuwait saying an attack hit fuel tanks at its international airport.

The strike on Kuwait's aviation fuel storage compounded fears over energy supplies, with the country's national oil company also announcing a cut in crude production over threats to the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world's oil and gas transits.

Tehran accused the U.S. and Israel of striking an oil depot in the Iranian capital on Saturday, the first reported assault on the Islamic Republic's oil infrastructure as stock markets have slumped and crude prices surged.

The Israeli military claimed it struck "a number of fuel storage facilities in Tehran" that were used "to operate military infrastructure."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with the war against Iran "with all our force," with a plan to eradicate the country's leadership after joint U.S.-Israeli attacks killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week, sparking the regional conflict.

Despite the threat, the Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the Islamic Republic's forces could wage an "intense war" for six months at the current speed of fighting.

Guards spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini said Iran had so far used "first and second generation" missiles, but will use "advanced and less-used long-range missiles" in the coming days.

'Trapped'

The widening reach of the war and Iran's ability to inflict damage and harm were underscored by U.S. President Donald Trump attending the return of six American service members killed in a drone strike on a U.S. base in Kuwait last Sunday.

Iran's security chief, Ali Larijani, accused the Trump administration of seeking to replicate a scenario similar to Venezuela, where it ousted its leader, Nicolas Maduro.

"Their perception was that it would be like Venezuela. They would strike, take control and it would be over. But now they are trapped," he said in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on state TV on Saturday.

Iran's hardline judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei also warned Middle East neighbors, which are "openly and covertly at the disposal of the enemy," that "the heavy attacks on these targets will continue."

Saudi Arabia said it intercepted more than a dozen drones, while Qatar said Iran fired two cruise missiles and 10 ballistic missiles at the country on Saturday.

UAE forces were intercepting incoming missiles and drones from Iran, the defense ministry said in a post on X.

On Saturday, video footage showed one projectile crashing at Dubai airport, while AFP journalists heard blasts in Iraq's Baghdad and Erbil on Saturday evening.

Inside Iran, damage to infrastructure and residential areas is mounting as its people report growing anxiety and a heavy security presence.

Iran's health ministry said Friday at least 926 civilians had been killed and around 6,000 wounded by Israeli-U.S. attacks.

Trump repeated the claim that Iran had been close to developing a nuclear weapon.

He also suggested U.S. troops could eventually be needed to secure Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles.

Separately, he blamed Iran for what the country's authorities said was a deadly strike on an elementary school in Minab last Saturday that killed at least 150 people. Iran has blamed Washington for the strike. A New York Times investigation points the finger at the U.S.