Iranian Oil Depot Erupts in Fireball After Strike

An oil depot in southern Tehran erupted in flames late Saturday night, after an attack that state media blamed on the US and Israel, as Iran pressed its retaliatory strikes by directing missiles and drones at Arab states on the Persian Gulf. Tehran residents reported hearing a huge explosion and seeing a giant fireball, the New York Times reports; large columns of flames burned for hours. The attack appeared to be the first in the war against a civil industrial facility, per the AP.

• Kurds' role: After lobbying for their help, and though they're willing to help remove the Iranian regime, President Trump said on Air Force One that he's ruled out having the Kurds involved in the fighting. "The war is complicated enough without having—getting the Kurds involved," he said.
• In Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation in a televised address that Israel "still has many more targets" to strike in Iran in order to destabilize its government, giving no indication that an end to the bombardment is near. "We are continuing at full power," he said.
• In Lebanon: A new round of airstrikes on neighborhoods south of Beirut, Israel announced Saturday night. Hezbollah had launched a series of rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel earlier in the day.

• School deaths: A new report from Human Rights Watch calls the attack on a primary school in southern Iran last week that killed more than 170 people, many of them students, unlawful. The organization called for investigating the strike as a war crime, per NBC News. Asked about responsibility by a reporter Saturday, Trump said, "In my opinion, based on what I've seen, that was done by Iran." He added, per the Times, "They're very inaccurate as you know with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever." When he was asked, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth answered, "We're investigating."
• Iran's next ruler: A meeting to select a new leader will be held within 24 hours, Iran's semiofficial news agency Fars reported Saturday, per NBC. The Assembly of Experts is responsible for selecting a successor when the position becomes vacant; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed after being tracked by Israel for decades.