Overview
- Israel’s military said it hit Iranian nuclear‑related locations, naming a uranium extraction plant in Yazd and the heavy‑water reactor site at Arak, while Iranian reports also pointed to a Yellowcake plant in Ardakan.
- IAEA chief Rafael Grossi urged restraint and reported no increase in radiation levels beyond the perimeter of the targeted uranium‑processing site in central Iran.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington expects to meet its war aims within two to four weeks, listing the destruction of Iran’s air and naval forces, weapons production, and bomb‑making capability, and he said no ground troops are planned.
- German leaders pressed diplomatic caution, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz calling President Trump’s approach an escalation and G7 foreign ministers working to align positions as Trump’s Hormuz ultimatum now runs to April 6.
- German emergency services faced a run of severe cases: a Hamburg city bus crash left 21 injured; Wuppertal police said a man in a suspected stolen car with no license and likely intoxicated crashed into a lamppost and is in critical condition; and on the A8 a 19‑year‑old Porsche driver triggered a multi‑vehicle crash that led police to seize his car and license, while a separate probe led to three arrests in Darmstadt after a March 22 shooting in Berlin‑Schöneberg.