Oil tankers burn as Iranian strikes defy Trump's claim to have won the war

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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday (March 11) adopted a resolution condemning Iran’s attacks on Gulf states, with 13 members voting in favour and Russia and China abstaining. The resolution was co-sponsored by Bahrain with support from 135 countries.

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UNITED NATIONS (MARCH 11, 2026) (UNTV - Access all)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N., MIKE WALTZ, SAYING (STARTS ON U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING IN PROGRESS):

"The result of the voting is as follows: 13 votes in favour, zero votes against, two abstentions. The draft resolution has been adopted as Resolution 2817 in the year 2026."

2. MEETING IN PROGRESS

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (March 11) that the United States had already won the war with Iran but signalled the fight would continue for now.

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HEBRON, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES (MARCH 11, 2026) (U.S. NETWORK POOL - No use USA)

3. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT LECTERN SPEAKING SUPPORTERS

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“We don't want to leave early, do we? We got to finish the job, right? Over the past 11 days, our military has virtually destroyed Iran. Tough country. Their air force is gone, totally gone. That took the better part of about 3 hours. They no longer have radar. They don't have anti-aircraft equipment. They don't have anything. Their missiles are down 90%. Their drones are down 85%. We're blowing up the factories where they're made left and right.”

Sirens sounded across Jerusalem in the early hours of Thursday (March 12) and explosions were heard, as the U.S. and Israel traded air strikes with Iran across the Middle East.

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JERUSALEM (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

5. MISSILES SEEN IN SKY, AUDIO OF SIRENS

Missile interceptions lit up Tel Aviv's night sky in the early hours of Thursday (March 12) as Israel intercepted in coming Iranian missiles amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

14. OBJECT FALLING FROM SKY

15. MISSILE INTERCEPTIONS IN SKY

16. SKYLINE, FLASH OF INTERCEPTION IN SKY

Rescue workers with search dogs combed through debris-strewn streets in Tehran in footage released on Wednesday (March 11), searching for survivors after the latest wave of airstrikes in a nearly two-week war that has killed around 2,000 people and sent global energy markets into turmoil.

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TEHRAN, IRAN (RELEASED MARCH 11, 2026) (IRANIAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY - No resale / No archive / Must on-screen courtesy Iranian Red Crescent Society) (NIGHT SHOTS)

6. RESCUE WORKER GUIDING DOG THROUGH DEBRIS-LITTERED STREET

7. BROKEN WINDOWS, SPARKS FLYING FROM DAMAGED ELECTRICAL WIRE

8. RESCUE WORKERS POINTING FLASHLIGHTS TOWARD RUBBLE

9. RESCUE WORKERS GESTURING UP INTO DAMAGED BUILDING

10. DAMAGED BUILDING

A Reuters team in Tehran filmed empty streets and security in the Iranian capital on Thursday (March 12).

One Tehran resident said they were going about their normal daily lives despite the war and he was not going to leave his country.

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TEHRAN, IRAN (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS - No use VOA Persian. No use BBC Persian. No use Manoto. No use Iran International. No Use Radio Farda)

11. VARIOUS OF SECURITY AND POLICE ON THE STREET

12. SECURITY FORCES SHOWING VICTORY SIGN, BANNER SHOWING IRAN'S FORMER SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI READING (Farsi): "Our martyred Leader, was victorious and victim of injustice, like Ali (first Shi'ite Imam)"

13. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) TEHRAN CITIZEN, HOMAYEH (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

"Why should I leave? I’m living my life. Now that after these two weeks we’ve almost completely gotten used to it, it has become normal. We’ve gotten used to all the noise, we’re busy with our work and our lives here."

14. BANNER SHOWING LATE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC’S FOUNDER AYATOLLAH RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI, FORMER SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI AND NEW SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI, READING (Farsi) :“God hand is upon us (blessing us), Khamenei is our leader”

15. EMPTY STREETS, CLOSED SHOPS

16. LIGHT TRAFFIC

Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters setting them ablaze and killing one crew member on Wednesday (March 11), after projectiles struck three vessels in Gulf waters, said port, maritime security and risk firms.

Reuters confirmed that one of the ships seen in the videos is tanker Zefyros by the shape and characteristics which matched file imagery of the vessel. The exact time when the videos were filmed could not be verified but no older version of the footage was found posted online before March 12. Vessel tracking data puts the location of the tankers Zefyros and Safesea Vishnu in Iraqi territorial waters on March 12, 2026. Iraqi News Agency cited a statement from the State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) confirming the tankers Safesea Vishnu and Zefyros were hit while they were present in the ship-to-ship loading area within Iraqi territorial waters. Reuters confirmed with two Iraqi port officials on names of vessels.

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AT SEA, NEAR AL FAW PORT OF BASRA, IRAQ (RELEASED MARCH 12, 2026) (MEDIA OFFICE OF IRAQI PORTS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT)

17. TANKER ON FIRE, PLUMES OF SMOKE AND FLAMES RISING

18. RESCUE TEAM HELPING TANKER CREW MEMBERS DISEMBARK FROM RESCUE BOAT / TANKER ON FIRE SEEN FROM RESCUE SHIP

19. RESCUE TEAM HELPING TANKER CREW MEMBER DISEMBARK FROM RESCUE BOAT

Two damaged tankers that were ablaze in Iraqi waters, left one crew member dead and 55 others rescued, Iraqi Ports Company said on Thursday (March 12).

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AT SEA, NEAR PORT OF BASRA, IRAQ (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

20. VARIOUS OF SMOKE BILLOWING FROM BURNT TANKER

Multiple explosions rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs in the early hours of Thursday (March 12), as seen from Baabda, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah intensified.

Earlier an Israeli strike hit an apartment block in central Beirut, Lebanese authorities said, further widening Israeli attacks in the capital beyond the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs where heavy bombardment continued.

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BEIRUT, LEBANON AS SEEN FROM BAABDA, LEBANON (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

21. EXPLOSION (TC 2316GMT)

22. SMOKE BILLOWING (TC 2317GMT)

23. EXPLOSION (TC 2304GMT)

Lebanon's health ministry said in the early hours of Thursday (March 12) at least eight people were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut's Ramlet al-Baida seafront.

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

24.VARIOUS OF DAMAGED GREY CAR ON STREET

25. DAMAGED RED CAR WITH SMASHED WINDSCREEN AND DEBRIS

26. BLOOD STAINS ON GROUND AT SITE OF DRONE STRIKE

Sixty tonnes of pharmaceutical and humanitarian aid left France on Thursday (March 12) from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport bound for Beirut, as part of the country’s efforts to support civilians affected by the war.

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TREMBLAY-EN-FRANCE (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS-Access all)

27. VARIOUS OF PALLETS OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN FRONT OF PLANE

28. SIGN ON PALLETS READING (French): "Humanitarian action France solidarity Lebanon"

29. PALLETS OF HUMANITARIAN AID BEING PREPARED

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday (March 11) said Iran was "losing air capability day by day" as it released aerial footage of airstrikes on three aircraft.

Reuters verified the location of the footage from road layout, building structures, road lines and vegetation which matched satellite images. Reuters verified that the aircraft were a C-130 Hercules, a P-3 Orion and an Ilyushin II-76 as seen on file images. No older version of the video was found posted online before March 11.

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KERMAN, KERMAN PROVINCE, IRAN (RELEASED MARCH 11, 2026) (CENTCOM via X - Must on-screen courtesy CENTCOM via X) (MUTE)

30. AIRSTRIKE ON C-130 HERCULES

31. AIRSTRIKE ON P-3 ORION

32. AIRSTRIKE ON ILYUSHIN II-76

33. PLANES BURNING

Firefighters worked to put out a blaze near the airport in Bahrain's Muharraq early on Thursday (March 12), video released by the Bahrain Information Ministry showed. Flames and clouds of smoke billowed into the air in the video as firefighters worked to contain the blaze. Reuters confirmed the location from tanks, utility poles and buildings which matched file and satellite imagery of the area.

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MUHARRAQ, BAHRAIN (MARCH 12, 2026) (BAHRAIN INFORMATION MINISTRY – Access all) (MUTE) (NIGHT SHOTS)

34. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE TRUCKS AT THE SITE OF A BLAZE AFTER GOVERNMENT SAYS IRANIAN STRIKES TRIGGERED FIRE AT FUEL TANKS NEAR THE AIRPORT

A building's damaged facade was seen in Dubai on Thursday (March 12), after it was hit by a drone overnight causing a fire. Authorities said on Thursday that it was investigating an incident involving a drone that fell on a building in Dubai Creek Harbour which caused a minor fire. The fire was brought under control, with no injuries reported after the drone attack, the Dubai Media Office later said on Thursday.

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

35. VARIOUS OF DAMAGE CAUSED TO A BUILDING IN DUBAI FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT INVOLVING DRONE THAT FELL ON THE BUILDING / BUILDING AMONG DUBAI SKYLINE

The IEA's decision to release 400 million barrels of oil from global strategic reserves has already had a "strong impact" on energy markets, which are in an "extremely critical period" after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, its Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Thursday (March 12).

The International Energy Agency's coordinated move in the face of the Iran war was aimed to stabilise oil markets, Birol said at an Istanbul press conference.

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MARCH 12, 2026) (TURKISH ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY - Access All)

36. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY DIRECTOR FATIH BIROL AND TURKISH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MURAT KURUM TAKING SEATS ON STAGE

37. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, FATIH BIROL, SAYING:

"In particular, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused serious problems in the global oil and natural gas markets. To help resolve these problems, the International Energy Agency, as I announced in a press conference, began releasing 400 million barrels of oil into the markets yesterday. This is an extremely important issue."

Shares fell in Asia on Thursday (March 12) as oil prices jumped on reports that more ships had been struck in the Strait of Hormuz and in Iraqi waters, fuelling inflation and pushing borrowing costs higher worldwide.

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

38. DEALING ROOM AT HANA BANK

39. SCREENS SHOWING USD/KRW EXCHANGE RATE, KOSPI, AND KOREA SECURITIES DEALERS AUTOMATED QUOTATION (KOSDAQ)

40. DEALERS WORKING