Yemen Strikes Kill One, Wound Nine as Iran Claims U.S. ‘Wrecked’ by Conflict

Overnight strikes struck a gas station and an oil facility in Yemen, killing at least one person and wounding nine, according to residents and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday.

In Iran, a top security official asserted that the conflict had already “wrecked” the United States and urged Washington to accept seven demands Tehran has set for ending the hostilities.

Houthi-run health ministry spokesperson Anees al-Asbahi stated on X that a strike hit a gas station in a district of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, killing one person and wounding three others. He said a separate airstrike targeted an oil company, wounding at least six people, causing “extensive damage” to nearby homes and shops, and panicking residents. Al-Asbahi blamed Saudi Arabia for both strikes; The Associated Press could not independently verify his claims.

The strikes come amid renewed fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces that escalated this summer. The rebels continue to target Saudi energy facilities and airports as part of a campaign they say aims to pressure Saudi Arabia into lifting its blockade on Yemen.

Sanaa resident Khaled al-Khawlani told the AP he was horrified by the explosions that targeted the oil facility near residential areas around 4 a.m. Another resident, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said the explosions shattered windows and reverberated across the city while people slept.

The spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, said on X early Tuesday that a drone was intercepted and destroyed in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. The AP could not independently verify that claim.

— By Fatma Khaled in Cairo

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday displayed what it described as an underground “missile city” and new, unidentified surface-to-surface missiles. State TV broadcast a heavily edited and partially blurred video showing the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Gen. Ali Abdollahi, visiting the underground facility. The report did not indicate when the visit took place or disclose the location.

Abdollahi claimed Israel failed to defeat Iran in recent wars and that Israel is the “obvious defeated” side. He added that Iran will have another “surprise” in any possible future war.

On Saturday, Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi said Iran has lifted limits on its missiles. Previously, Iran said its missile range was capped at 2,000 kilometers, or 1,250 miles.

Last week, during a meeting with military chiefs, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged a stern military reaction to possible U.S. and Israeli strikes, even reaching beyond the region. “Any kind and level of threat should face immediate, effective answer and without geographical limit,” the official IRNA news agency quoted Khamenei as saying.

A top Iranian security official claimed the war had already “wrecked” the United States. The comments by Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei in a social media post came as U.S. President Donald Trump said the conflict was “militarily effectively over.”

Rezaei wrote on X late Monday that it was time for the U.S. to “surrender” to the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly proposed to end the conflict. “The war on Iran has already wrecked the US government. But Washington flails like a desperate gambler. FOLD YOUR HAND. STOP manufacturing FAKE NEWS about imaginary talks. Stop denying the West Asian NEW ORDER,” he wrote.

Trump told reporters in Washington on Monday that he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over,” suggesting he is not prepared to resume airstrikes for now. “Iran militarily is effectively over,” Trump said after meeting earlier in the day with Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. “We’re just keeping it the status quo.”

Tehran continues to demand U.S. concessions before resuming talks, such as the lifting of sanctions and the blockade on its ports, the unfreezing of its assets, compensation for war damage, and ending regional hostilities, including Israeli operations in Lebanon.

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