Amna: Welcome to the "News hour."

We're following several major stories tonight including an attack on a synagogue in Michigan and a shooting at old dominion university in Virginia.

But first, to the war with Iran - - geoff: The new supreme leader of Iran -- mojtaba khamanei -- vowed in a written statement today that its retaliation throughout the gulf will continue.

The widening conflict pushed oil back above $100 a barrel.

We start tonight with our special correspondent in Qatar.

>> After 13 days of war, Iran has a fiery statement read aloud by a news anchor on Iranian state TV.

>> We will not refrain from avenging the blood of your martyrs.

>> They are the first words from the ayatollah installed just this week after the former supreme leader, his father, was assassinated by u.s.-israeli bombardment on day 1.

That attack killed his wife, son, and mother as well.

Today's statement removed any hope from Iran backing down from its unrelenting attacks in the gulf.

>> Has we have given an explicit warning and without carrying out any aggression against regional countries, we remain committed to the necessity of friendship between ourselves and those neighbors and have merely targeted those U.S.

Bases.

From now on we will also be compelled to continue this action.

>> And on the global oil supply.

>> Certainly, the leverage of blocking the strait of hormuz must continue to be used and opening other fronts will be considered while observing strategic interests.

>> It comes as Iran has ramped up its assault on the narrow, but critical strait of hormuz.

The sea is becoming littered with damaged tankers charred and , abandoned after Iranian strikes.

These were hit offshore from Iraq's basra port.

Iraqi officials say all oil terminals there have been completely shut down.

Other energy infrastructure too, was set ablaze today, like this facility in Bahrain.

The strategic blockade has sent oil futures spiking back up to more than $100 a barrel.

That's up nearly 40% from before the war started.

The United States says it plans to release 172 million barrels from its strategic reserves after initially opposing yesterday's historic effort by the international energy agency, to ease prices.

Meanwhile, u.s.-israeli strikes continue their efforts to hollow out to Iran.

Caught in the crossfire, every day residents forced to live among the rubble.

>> You can see for yourself everything is damaged, the wall has fallen apart, the ceiling, the cabin and says well.

Thank god we are safe ourselves.

>> The united nations refugee agency says that as many as .2 million Iranians have been displaced by the bombing.

>> Israel said a "Wide-scale wave" of strikes targeted Iranian drone stockpiles and, for the first time, security checkpoints.

While satellite images showed damage to a military complex, key to Iran's nuclear development program.

And in Lebanon, the scope of Israeli attacks is getting wider by the day.

The idf bombed this building in central Beirut twice.

It's the first such attack in the capital's busy commercial district.

Overnight, Hezbollah launched more than 200 missiles toward Israel, the largest barrage so far and for the first time coordinated it's attacked with Iran according to Israeli military officials.

Here in Qatar the conflict continues, with missile defense systems fending off Iranian drones and missiles daily -- a stark contrast to president trump's claims that Iran has been "Virtually destroyed."

In fact, U.S.

Intelligence indicates Iran's leadership is still largely intact with no signs of collapse anytime soon.

And Tehran is stepping up its repression tactics, with state TV programs like this one threatening any critics who dare take to the streets to demonstrates.

>> We'll grab you by the collar, every single one of you.

And that's already happening.

Confiscating your property is nothing, we'll make your mothers mourn you.

Those of you now who have foolish ideas, and think things are chaotic and must be done, this message is for you, both inside and outside the country.

>> Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu encouraged Iranians to ignore those threats.

>> You can lead someone to the water trough, but you can't force them to drink.

We will create the optimal conditions to do that, including airstrikes like we did yesterday, like we are doing these days, to try to give them the space they need to take to the streets.

But those are our goals.

>> Sky high tensions and even higher stakes for a region riven by war.