Places in this day's records
3 places · 1 event not on the map
30 April 2026
4 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 3 statements counted apart.
30 April 2026 in brief
Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on three southern villages killed nine people, including two children and five women, and a Hezbollah drone wounded 12 soldiers near Shomera in northern Israel, Haaretz reported. [1] The IDF said a soldier was killed by a drone in southern Lebanon and ordered residents of 15 villages near Nabatieh to leave ahead of strikes. [1] The UAE banned its citizens from travelling to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq, and Brent crude spiked to 126.41 dollars a barrel, a four-year high, before paring gains. [1][2] A senior US administration official said hostilities with Iran had terminated for War Powers purposes, while Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Iran would protect its nuclear and missile capabilities and keep the Strait of Hormuz under its control.
Said
Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no oil wells had 'exploded' under the blockade and that Iran's storage had not reached capacity, accusing US Treasury Secretary Bessent of acting on 'junk advice'; President Pezeshkian said the blockade was 'doomed to fail'.
Government of Iran
30 Apr · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
Open
Market
$124.24
Brent crude, per barrel
+75% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
30 Apr · US Energy Information Administration
Reported
Reported
Reported
Confirmed
Said: 3 statements, not counted as events
Said
Government of Iran: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement read on state television that Iran would protect its nuclear and missile capabilities as national assets, that the future of the Persian Gulf would be without America, and that Iran keeps the Strait of Hormuz under its control.
Said
Government of Iran: Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no oil wells had 'exploded' under the blockade and that Iran's storage had not reached capacity, accusing US Treasury Secretary Bessent of acting on 'junk advice'; President Pezeshkian said the blockade was 'doomed to fail'.
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Government of the United States: A senior US administration official said hostilities with Iran had 'terminated' for War Powers purposes because there had been no exchange of fire since the 7 April ceasefire.