Places in this day's records
4 places · 2 events not on the map
Haifa · Kuwait · Srifa · Strait of Hormuz
30 March 2026
6 events recorded (0 confirmed), and 3 statements counted apart.
30 March 2026 in brief
UNIFIL said two more peacekeepers were killed when an explosion destroyed their vehicle near Bani Hayyan, and Lebanon's health ministry said more than 1,200 people had been killed. [1][2] Kuwait said an attack on a power and desalination plant killed an Indian worker, which Iran's military command disputed by blaming Israel, and UN OCHA put civilians killed in Iran at more than 2,100. [1][2] Debris from an intercepted missile set a fire at Haifa's Bazan refinery, with no casualties reported, and Brent topped $116 a barrel as markets reopened. [1][2] Trump threatened to destroy Iran's power plants, oil wells and Kharg Island if no deal was reached and Hormuz did not reopen, and Iran's foreign ministry called the US proposals unrealistic.
New count
at least
2,100
civilians killed, Iran
UN OCHA · independent count
as of 30 Mar · 4 other counts this day
Said
President Trump said the US was in serious discussions with a new and more reasonable regime, and that if a deal was not shortly reached and Hormuz was not open for business the US would obliterate Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells, Kharg Island and possibly all desalination plants. Legal scholars quoted by Al Jazeera called the threat collective punishment; the White House said it would act within the law.
Government of the United States
30 Mar · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
Open
Market
$121.88
Brent crude, per barrel
+72% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
30 Mar · US Energy Information Administration
Reported
Disputed
Reported
Reported
Reported
Reported
Said: 3 statements, not counted as events
Said
Government of the United States: President Trump said the US was in serious discussions with a new and more reasonable regime, and that if a deal was not shortly reached and Hormuz was not open for business the US would obliterate Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells, Kharg Island and possibly all desalination plants. Legal scholars quoted by Al Jazeera called the threat collective punishment; the White House said it would act within the law.
Said
Government of the United States: Secretary of State Rubio told Al Jazeera the Strait of Hormuz would reopen one way or another, that messages and some direct talks were taking place through intermediaries, that Iran's air force had been destroyed and its navy largely destroyed, and rejected Iran's demand for sovereignty over the strait.
Said
Government of Iran: Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran had received messages through intermediaries but called the US proposals unrealistic, illogical and excessive, and said Iran did not take part in the framework Pakistan set up.