US-Iran-Israel war highlights | Indian among two killed as projectile hits Saudi Arabia, 12 injured
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The US-Israel war on Iran has entered its ninth day after joint strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader. Tehran has retaliated across the region while Israel expands attacks on Hezbollah. With bombings continuing and diplomacy stalled, global leaders are urging dialogue
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | The war in West Asia has entered ninth day and situation is far from getting normal. On Feb 28, the United States and Israel bombed Iran in what it described as “preemptive strike.” The operation was dubbed as Operation Lion's Roar by Israel and Operation Epic Fury by the US. In the strikes that followed, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, prompting Tehran to retaliate not only at Israel and the US but also at the friendly Gulf nations in its neighbourhood.
Iran justified those attacks as attack on "American territory" as these Gulf nations hosts US bases. The Trump administration has been rather confused about the objective of the war and the situation under which it decided to attack amid Tehran's claims that the US is fighting on Israel's insistence. US President Donald Trump said that “heavy and pinpoint bombing will continue uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary” to ensure peace in the region. The attack came in midst of nuclear talks between Iran and the US. The attack also came eight months after Israel launched a 12-day war against Iran.
The bombings are still continuing, with Israel now attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon after the group vowed to avenge Khamenei's death. Iran's top leadership has ruled out any possibility of talks with the Americans and is deciding on the name of the next Supreme Leader.
How long will the war continue and will it actually bring peace in the West Asian region? As major question hovers, international community, including India has batted for dialogue with Indian PM Narendra Modi saying that military conflicts cannot restore peace and solve problems. All updates and analysis on the ongoing situation as Israel-US war on Iran continues:
Khamenei’s name as Iran’s leader will continue, said Hosseinali Eshkevari, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, adding the new leader has been selected and will soon be announced by officials.
“With the majority of votes, the person who will continue the path of Imam Khomeini and the path of the martyr Imam Khamenei has been chosen. The name of Khamenei will continue. The vote has been cast and will be announced soon,” Eshkevari said in a video carried by Iranian media.
Two people, including an Indian national, were killed and 12 Bangladeshi residents injured after a projectile struck a residential compound in Al-Kharj city in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The projectile hit a residential compound belonging to a maintenance and cleaning company. The Saudi Civil Defence said in a statement that the two victims were foreign nationals, one Indian and one Bangladeshi, while all 12 injured were Bangladeshi residents.
The United Arab Emirates has denied reports claiming it carried out a retaliatory strike against Iran on Sunday after media reports said that an Emirati attack targeted a desalination facility in the country.
Dr Ali Rashid Ali Nuaimi, a member of the UAE Federal National Council and chairman of its Defence Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee, dismissed the reports as false and fake news. In a post on X, Nuaimi said reports of an Emirati strike on an Iranian desalination plant is fake news and said that if the UAE carries out any military action, it has the courage to announce it publicly.
Bahrain’s ministry of interior on Sunday accused Iran of attacking civilian targets indiscriminately and damaging a water desalination plant with a drone attack.
The ministry said in a post on X, “Iranian aggression indiscriminately attacked civilian targets and caused material damage to a water desalination plant following a drone attack.”
About 200 members of Hezbollah and other terror groups have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon since hostilities intensified last week. The IDF said on Sunday that it has conducted over 600 strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah started attacking Israel after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.
The 200 killed operatives include 80 members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, 70 Hezbollah artillery operatives, and a number of top commanders, including the chief of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, the IDF said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that two of its soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon. In a statement shared on Telegram, the IDF has named one of the soldiers as Master Sergeant Maher Khatar, 38, from Majdal Shams.
It said the soldier from the Combat Engineering Corps died during combat in southern Lebanon.
The IDF added that the family of the other soldier has been notified, but his name has not yet been cleared for publication.
Oman, the US-allied Gulf Arab nation that mediated several rounds of talks between Washington and Tehran, has warned that the Middle East stands at a “dangerous turning point” because of the war with Iran and the dominance of the logic of force over dialogue.
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the hardline Kayhan newspaper, said Tehran could demand compensation from countries that allowed the United States to use bases on their territory to attack Iran. “Who said we should apologize to the countries of the region? They should apologize to us for giving bases to our enemy, the United States,” he said.
Some airlines in the Middle East are running limited flight schedules, while other operations remain suspended, as aviation chaos persists amid the US and Israel’s war with Iran.
Norwegian police said they are reinforcing security measures to protect both the Iranian diaspora community and the Jewish community in Norway. Authorities said they are also in contact with the US embassy and are cooperating closely as part of the security response.
Swiss Defense Minister Martin Pfister said the United States, Israel and Iran had all violated international law in the conflict, arguing that each had breached the prohibition on the use of force. “The Federal Council is of the opinion that the attack on Iran constitutes a violation of international law,” Pfister said in an interview published on Sunday, referring to the Swiss cabinet.
Israel’s military said it had completed a broad wave of strikes in western and central Iran over the past 24 hours, targeting more than 400 sites belonging to the Islamic Republic.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson:
The aggressive and illegal war of #America and #Israel against #Iran has destroyed diplomatic efforts, shattered the foundations of international law, and unleashed a devastating assault on humanity.
Iran is now exercising its inherent right to self-defense under international law.
Silence and indifference in the face of such blatant violations and crimes will only further undermine the credibility of the global legal order and embolden future aggressors.
The Iranian Red Crescent said the oil depot explosions released into the air "significant quantities of toxic hydrocarbon compounds, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides".
"In the event of precipitation, the resulting rain is extremely dangerous and highly acidic," it added in a statement, warning of skin burns and severe lung damage.
Iran's environmental authorities urged Iranians to remain indoors to avoid respiratory problems and other health consequences.
Fuel distribution in the Iranian capital has been "temporarily interrupted" after US and Israeli strikes on oil depots in and near the city, an official said on Sunday.
"Due to damage to the fuel supply network, distribution has been temporarily interrupted," said Tehran's governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, as quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
"The problem is being resolved," he added.
After eight days of war, Israel will allow outbound passenger flights to resume from Ben Gurion Airport starting Sunday.
Three Indonesian crew members are missing after the United Arab Emirates-flagged tugboat Musaffah 2 sank in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, according to Jakarta's foreign ministry.
Sri Lanka on Friday, it transferred more than 200 sailors from an Iranian naval vessel to shore
Saudi Arabia has told Tehran that it favours a diplomatic settlement to Iran's conflict with the United States
Bahrain says water desalination plant damaged in Iran drone attack
Bahrain says three people injured by missile debris
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country's forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that alarm siren has been activated. “Citizens and residents are requested to remain calm, head to the nearest safe location, and follow updates through official channels,” Bahrain Interior Ministry said
Kuwait's military said air defence systems were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Sunday, as Iran continues its strikes across the region. "Kuwaiti air defences are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks," the military said in a post on X, adding that explosion sounds were the result of interceptions by air defence systems.
The Ministry of Defense in UAE confirmed that the sounds heard in scattered areas of the country are the result of the air defense systems intercepting ballistic missiles, and fighter jets intercepting drones and loitering munitions
Top Iranian security official Ali Larijani has asserted that "our leaders are united... and have no disagreements with one another"
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | A Pakistani driver was killed when “debris from an aerial interception” fell onto a vehicle in Dubai’s Al Barsha area, according to Dubai Media Office. his is the second instance of a Pakistani national losing his life in an attack in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have announced that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted targeted strikes against multiple Iranian military assets in the capital city. In a post on X, the military official account stated: "STRUCK: Several Fuel Storage Complexes Belonging to the IRGC in Tehran."
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nayhan met five civilians who were injured amid tensions in West Asia. Nayhan said, “I am here at the hospital visiting five of those who were injured in the recent events. All five are civilians: two Emiratis, one Indian, one Sudanese, and one Iranian. They are all our responsibility, and, God willing, they will make a full recovery.” He said that everything is well in the UAE and thanked the armed forces, other security institutions such as the Ministry of Interior, the security services, and Civil Defence for their service. "We are in a time of war, and I promise them that we will fulfil our duty, because it is our obligation to protect our people and our country. We will carry out our duty towards our country, our people, and our residents who are also part of our family. May God protect the UAE, protect its people, and safeguard everyone who lives in it with dignity and security. I promise everyone that we will emerge stronger than before."
Kuwaiti authorities say firefighters have now controlled the fire that broke out at the fuel tanks of the Kuwait airport
The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) warned that these strikes have exposed Tehran's “escalatory approach.” In a formal statement published on the GCC's official website, Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi expressed in the "strongest" terms the council's "condemnation and denunciation of the nefarious Iranian attack" which specifically aimed at Gulf territories.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “If you kill Americans, if you threaten Americans anywhere on earth, we will hunt you down without apology and without hesitation and we will kill yo. This was in a post by CENTCOM on X.
The Saudi Ministry of Defence says it has foiled another attack by downing three more drones near Riyadh
Iraqi Brigadier General Haider al-Kharki says neither Iraqi security forces nor members of the regional Kurdish Peshmerga forces have crossed into Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has launched a new wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and US assets in Gulf nations. The IRGC described the latest attack as the “27th wave of Operation True Promise” and said it was targeting the headquarters of the US base in Kuwait’s Arifjan with precision-strike missiles.
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday that the war in the Middle East should "never have happened". "This is a war that should never have happened," he told a press conference in Beijing, adding that "a strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle."
Trump blamed Iran for what the country's authorities said was a deadly strike on a school in the southern county of Minab. "We think it was done by Iran. Because they are very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
The Israeli military says it has struck “key commanders in the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps” who were operating in Beirut, Lebanon
Explosions rocked Tehran and the neighboring city of Karaj on Saturday after the Israeli military struck several fuel storage complexes
Australia will consider a request by Gulf states for assistance against Iranian drone and missile attacks, Foreign Minister said
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: US President Donald Trump evoked Saturday the idea of sending ground troops into Iran to secure the country's stockpiles of enriched uranium, as part of efforts to dismantle Tehran's nuclear program
Gulf nations reported on Sunday missiles and drone attacks, while Iran vowed to press on with strikes against neighbouring countries
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: An Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people Sunday, Lebanese officials said
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in the capital Oslo, but said there were no casualties.
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: China warns against regime change. Chinese FM also said West Asia war 'should never have happened'
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | The war in West Asia has entered ninth day and situation is far from getting normal. On Feb 28, the United States and Israel bombed Iran in what it described as “preemptive strike.” The operation was dubbed as Operation Lion's Roar by Israel and Operation Epic Fury by the US. In the strikes that followed, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, prompting Tehran to retaliate not only at Israel and the US but also at the friendly Gulf nations in its neighbourhood.
Iran justified those attacks as attack on "American territory" as these Gulf nations hosts US bases. The Trump administration has been rather confused about the objective of the war and the situation under which it decided to attack amid Tehran's claims that the US is fighting on Israel's insistence. US President Donald Trump said that “heavy and pinpoint bombing will continue uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary” to ensure peace in the region. The attack came in midst of nuclear talks between Iran and the US. The attack also came eight months after Israel launched a 12-day war against Iran.
The bombings are still continuing, with Israel now attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon after the group vowed to avenge Khamenei's death. Iran's top leadership has ruled out any possibility of talks with the Americans and is deciding on the name of the next Supreme Leader.
How long will the war continue and will it actually bring peace in the West Asian region? As major question hovers, international community, including India has batted for dialogue with Indian PM Narendra Modi saying that military conflicts cannot restore peace and solve problems. All updates and analysis on the ongoing situation as Israel-US war on Iran continues:
Khamenei’s name as Iran’s leader will continue, said Hosseinali Eshkevari, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, adding the new leader has been selected and will soon be announced by officials.
“With the majority of votes, the person who will continue the path of Imam Khomeini and the path of the martyr Imam Khamenei has been chosen. The name of Khamenei will continue. The vote has been cast and will be announced soon,” Eshkevari said in a video carried by Iranian media.
Two people, including an Indian national, were killed and 12 Bangladeshi residents injured after a projectile struck a residential compound in Al-Kharj city in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The projectile hit a residential compound belonging to a maintenance and cleaning company. The Saudi Civil Defence said in a statement that the two victims were foreign nationals, one Indian and one Bangladeshi, while all 12 injured were Bangladeshi residents.
The United Arab Emirates has denied reports claiming it carried out a retaliatory strike against Iran on Sunday after media reports said that an Emirati attack targeted a desalination facility in the country.
Dr Ali Rashid Ali Nuaimi, a member of the UAE Federal National Council and chairman of its Defence Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee, dismissed the reports as false and fake news. In a post on X, Nuaimi said reports of an Emirati strike on an Iranian desalination plant is fake news and said that if the UAE carries out any military action, it has the courage to announce it publicly.
Bahrain’s ministry of interior on Sunday accused Iran of attacking civilian targets indiscriminately and damaging a water desalination plant with a drone attack.
The ministry said in a post on X, “Iranian aggression indiscriminately attacked civilian targets and caused material damage to a water desalination plant following a drone attack.”
About 200 members of Hezbollah and other terror groups have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon since hostilities intensified last week. The IDF said on Sunday that it has conducted over 600 strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah started attacking Israel after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.
The 200 killed operatives include 80 members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, 70 Hezbollah artillery operatives, and a number of top commanders, including the chief of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, the IDF said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that two of its soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon. In a statement shared on Telegram, the IDF has named one of the soldiers as Master Sergeant Maher Khatar, 38, from Majdal Shams.
It said the soldier from the Combat Engineering Corps died during combat in southern Lebanon.
The IDF added that the family of the other soldier has been notified, but his name has not yet been cleared for publication.
Oman, the US-allied Gulf Arab nation that mediated several rounds of talks between Washington and Tehran, has warned that the Middle East stands at a “dangerous turning point” because of the war with Iran and the dominance of the logic of force over dialogue.
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the hardline Kayhan newspaper, said Tehran could demand compensation from countries that allowed the United States to use bases on their territory to attack Iran. “Who said we should apologize to the countries of the region? They should apologize to us for giving bases to our enemy, the United States,” he said.
Some airlines in the Middle East are running limited flight schedules, while other operations remain suspended, as aviation chaos persists amid the US and Israel’s war with Iran.
Norwegian police said they are reinforcing security measures to protect both the Iranian diaspora community and the Jewish community in Norway. Authorities said they are also in contact with the US embassy and are cooperating closely as part of the security response.
Swiss Defense Minister Martin Pfister said the United States, Israel and Iran had all violated international law in the conflict, arguing that each had breached the prohibition on the use of force. “The Federal Council is of the opinion that the attack on Iran constitutes a violation of international law,” Pfister said in an interview published on Sunday, referring to the Swiss cabinet.
Israel’s military said it had completed a broad wave of strikes in western and central Iran over the past 24 hours, targeting more than 400 sites belonging to the Islamic Republic.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson:
The aggressive and illegal war of #America and #Israel against #Iran has destroyed diplomatic efforts, shattered the foundations of international law, and unleashed a devastating assault on humanity.
Iran is now exercising its inherent right to self-defense under international law.
Silence and indifference in the face of such blatant violations and crimes will only further undermine the credibility of the global legal order and embolden future aggressors.
The Iranian Red Crescent said the oil depot explosions released into the air "significant quantities of toxic hydrocarbon compounds, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides".
"In the event of precipitation, the resulting rain is extremely dangerous and highly acidic," it added in a statement, warning of skin burns and severe lung damage.
Iran's environmental authorities urged Iranians to remain indoors to avoid respiratory problems and other health consequences.
Fuel distribution in the Iranian capital has been "temporarily interrupted" after US and Israeli strikes on oil depots in and near the city, an official said on Sunday.
"Due to damage to the fuel supply network, distribution has been temporarily interrupted," said Tehran's governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, as quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
"The problem is being resolved," he added.
After eight days of war, Israel will allow outbound passenger flights to resume from Ben Gurion Airport starting Sunday.
Three Indonesian crew members are missing after the United Arab Emirates-flagged tugboat Musaffah 2 sank in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, according to Jakarta's foreign ministry.
Sri Lanka on Friday, it transferred more than 200 sailors from an Iranian naval vessel to shore
Saudi Arabia has told Tehran that it favours a diplomatic settlement to Iran's conflict with the United States
Bahrain says water desalination plant damaged in Iran drone attack
Bahrain says three people injured by missile debris
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country's forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that alarm siren has been activated. “Citizens and residents are requested to remain calm, head to the nearest safe location, and follow updates through official channels,” Bahrain Interior Ministry said
Kuwait's military said air defence systems were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Sunday, as Iran continues its strikes across the region. "Kuwaiti air defences are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks," the military said in a post on X, adding that explosion sounds were the result of interceptions by air defence systems.
The Ministry of Defense in UAE confirmed that the sounds heard in scattered areas of the country are the result of the air defense systems intercepting ballistic missiles, and fighter jets intercepting drones and loitering munitions
Top Iranian security official Ali Larijani has asserted that "our leaders are united... and have no disagreements with one another"
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | A Pakistani driver was killed when “debris from an aerial interception” fell onto a vehicle in Dubai’s Al Barsha area, according to Dubai Media Office. his is the second instance of a Pakistani national losing his life in an attack in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have announced that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted targeted strikes against multiple Iranian military assets in the capital city. In a post on X, the military official account stated: "STRUCK: Several Fuel Storage Complexes Belonging to the IRGC in Tehran."
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nayhan met five civilians who were injured amid tensions in West Asia. Nayhan said, “I am here at the hospital visiting five of those who were injured in the recent events. All five are civilians: two Emiratis, one Indian, one Sudanese, and one Iranian. They are all our responsibility, and, God willing, they will make a full recovery.” He said that everything is well in the UAE and thanked the armed forces, other security institutions such as the Ministry of Interior, the security services, and Civil Defence for their service. "We are in a time of war, and I promise them that we will fulfil our duty, because it is our obligation to protect our people and our country. We will carry out our duty towards our country, our people, and our residents who are also part of our family. May God protect the UAE, protect its people, and safeguard everyone who lives in it with dignity and security. I promise everyone that we will emerge stronger than before."
Kuwaiti authorities say firefighters have now controlled the fire that broke out at the fuel tanks of the Kuwait airport
The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) warned that these strikes have exposed Tehran's “escalatory approach.” In a formal statement published on the GCC's official website, Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi expressed in the "strongest" terms the council's "condemnation and denunciation of the nefarious Iranian attack" which specifically aimed at Gulf territories.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “If you kill Americans, if you threaten Americans anywhere on earth, we will hunt you down without apology and without hesitation and we will kill yo. This was in a post by CENTCOM on X.
The Saudi Ministry of Defence says it has foiled another attack by downing three more drones near Riyadh
Iraqi Brigadier General Haider al-Kharki says neither Iraqi security forces nor members of the regional Kurdish Peshmerga forces have crossed into Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has launched a new wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and US assets in Gulf nations. The IRGC described the latest attack as the “27th wave of Operation True Promise” and said it was targeting the headquarters of the US base in Kuwait’s Arifjan with precision-strike missiles.
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday that the war in the Middle East should "never have happened". "This is a war that should never have happened," he told a press conference in Beijing, adding that "a strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle."
Trump blamed Iran for what the country's authorities said was a deadly strike on a school in the southern county of Minab. "We think it was done by Iran. Because they are very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
The Israeli military says it has struck “key commanders in the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps” who were operating in Beirut, Lebanon
Explosions rocked Tehran and the neighboring city of Karaj on Saturday after the Israeli military struck several fuel storage complexes
Australia will consider a request by Gulf states for assistance against Iranian drone and missile attacks, Foreign Minister said
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: US President Donald Trump evoked Saturday the idea of sending ground troops into Iran to secure the country's stockpiles of enriched uranium, as part of efforts to dismantle Tehran's nuclear program
Gulf nations reported on Sunday missiles and drone attacks, while Iran vowed to press on with strikes against neighbouring countries
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: An Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people Sunday, Lebanese officials said
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in the capital Oslo, but said there were no casualties.
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: China warns against regime change. Chinese FM also said West Asia war 'should never have happened'
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | The war in West Asia has entered ninth day and situation is far from getting normal. On Feb 28, the United States and Israel bombed Iran in what it described as “preemptive strike.” The operation was dubbed as Operation Lion's Roar by Israel and Operation Epic Fury by the US. In the strikes that followed, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, prompting Tehran to retaliate not only at Israel and the US but also at the friendly Gulf nations in its neighbourhood.
Iran justified those attacks as attack on "American territory" as these Gulf nations hosts US bases. The Trump administration has been rather confused about the objective of the war and the situation under which it decided to attack amid Tehran's claims that the US is fighting on Israel's insistence. US President Donald Trump said that “heavy and pinpoint bombing will continue uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary” to ensure peace in the region. The attack came in midst of nuclear talks between Iran and the US. The attack also came eight months after Israel launched a 12-day war against Iran.
The bombings are still continuing, with Israel now attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon after the group vowed to avenge Khamenei's death. Iran's top leadership has ruled out any possibility of talks with the Americans and is deciding on the name of the next Supreme Leader.
How long will the war continue and will it actually bring peace in the West Asian region? As major question hovers, international community, including India has batted for dialogue with Indian PM Narendra Modi saying that military conflicts cannot restore peace and solve problems. All updates and analysis on the ongoing situation as Israel-US war on Iran continues:
Khamenei’s name as Iran’s leader will continue, said Hosseinali Eshkevari, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, adding the new leader has been selected and will soon be announced by officials.
“With the majority of votes, the person who will continue the path of Imam Khomeini and the path of the martyr Imam Khamenei has been chosen. The name of Khamenei will continue. The vote has been cast and will be announced soon,” Eshkevari said in a video carried by Iranian media.
Two people, including an Indian national, were killed and 12 Bangladeshi residents injured after a projectile struck a residential compound in Al-Kharj city in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The projectile hit a residential compound belonging to a maintenance and cleaning company. The Saudi Civil Defence said in a statement that the two victims were foreign nationals, one Indian and one Bangladeshi, while all 12 injured were Bangladeshi residents.
The United Arab Emirates has denied reports claiming it carried out a retaliatory strike against Iran on Sunday after media reports said that an Emirati attack targeted a desalination facility in the country.
Dr Ali Rashid Ali Nuaimi, a member of the UAE Federal National Council and chairman of its Defence Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee, dismissed the reports as false and fake news. In a post on X, Nuaimi said reports of an Emirati strike on an Iranian desalination plant is fake news and said that if the UAE carries out any military action, it has the courage to announce it publicly.
Bahrain’s ministry of interior on Sunday accused Iran of attacking civilian targets indiscriminately and damaging a water desalination plant with a drone attack.
The ministry said in a post on X, “Iranian aggression indiscriminately attacked civilian targets and caused material damage to a water desalination plant following a drone attack.”
About 200 members of Hezbollah and other terror groups have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon since hostilities intensified last week. The IDF said on Sunday that it has conducted over 600 strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah started attacking Israel after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.
The 200 killed operatives include 80 members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, 70 Hezbollah artillery operatives, and a number of top commanders, including the chief of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, the IDF said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that two of its soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon. In a statement shared on Telegram, the IDF has named one of the soldiers as Master Sergeant Maher Khatar, 38, from Majdal Shams.
It said the soldier from the Combat Engineering Corps died during combat in southern Lebanon.
The IDF added that the family of the other soldier has been notified, but his name has not yet been cleared for publication.
Oman, the US-allied Gulf Arab nation that mediated several rounds of talks between Washington and Tehran, has warned that the Middle East stands at a “dangerous turning point” because of the war with Iran and the dominance of the logic of force over dialogue.
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the hardline Kayhan newspaper, said Tehran could demand compensation from countries that allowed the United States to use bases on their territory to attack Iran. “Who said we should apologize to the countries of the region? They should apologize to us for giving bases to our enemy, the United States,” he said.
Some airlines in the Middle East are running limited flight schedules, while other operations remain suspended, as aviation chaos persists amid the US and Israel’s war with Iran.
Norwegian police said they are reinforcing security measures to protect both the Iranian diaspora community and the Jewish community in Norway. Authorities said they are also in contact with the US embassy and are cooperating closely as part of the security response.
Swiss Defense Minister Martin Pfister said the United States, Israel and Iran had all violated international law in the conflict, arguing that each had breached the prohibition on the use of force. “The Federal Council is of the opinion that the attack on Iran constitutes a violation of international law,” Pfister said in an interview published on Sunday, referring to the Swiss cabinet.
Israel’s military said it had completed a broad wave of strikes in western and central Iran over the past 24 hours, targeting more than 400 sites belonging to the Islamic Republic.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson:
The aggressive and illegal war of #America and #Israel against #Iran has destroyed diplomatic efforts, shattered the foundations of international law, and unleashed a devastating assault on humanity.
Iran is now exercising its inherent right to self-defense under international law.
Silence and indifference in the face of such blatant violations and crimes will only further undermine the credibility of the global legal order and embolden future aggressors.
The Iranian Red Crescent said the oil depot explosions released into the air "significant quantities of toxic hydrocarbon compounds, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides".
"In the event of precipitation, the resulting rain is extremely dangerous and highly acidic," it added in a statement, warning of skin burns and severe lung damage.
Iran's environmental authorities urged Iranians to remain indoors to avoid respiratory problems and other health consequences.
Fuel distribution in the Iranian capital has been "temporarily interrupted" after US and Israeli strikes on oil depots in and near the city, an official said on Sunday.
"Due to damage to the fuel supply network, distribution has been temporarily interrupted," said Tehran's governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, as quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
"The problem is being resolved," he added.
After eight days of war, Israel will allow outbound passenger flights to resume from Ben Gurion Airport starting Sunday.
Three Indonesian crew members are missing after the United Arab Emirates-flagged tugboat Musaffah 2 sank in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, according to Jakarta's foreign ministry.
Sri Lanka on Friday, it transferred more than 200 sailors from an Iranian naval vessel to shore
Saudi Arabia has told Tehran that it favours a diplomatic settlement to Iran's conflict with the United States
Bahrain says water desalination plant damaged in Iran drone attack
Bahrain says three people injured by missile debris
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country's forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that alarm siren has been activated. “Citizens and residents are requested to remain calm, head to the nearest safe location, and follow updates through official channels,” Bahrain Interior Ministry said
Kuwait's military said air defence systems were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Sunday, as Iran continues its strikes across the region. "Kuwaiti air defences are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks," the military said in a post on X, adding that explosion sounds were the result of interceptions by air defence systems.
The Ministry of Defense in UAE confirmed that the sounds heard in scattered areas of the country are the result of the air defense systems intercepting ballistic missiles, and fighter jets intercepting drones and loitering munitions
Top Iranian security official Ali Larijani has asserted that "our leaders are united... and have no disagreements with one another"
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | A Pakistani driver was killed when “debris from an aerial interception” fell onto a vehicle in Dubai’s Al Barsha area, according to Dubai Media Office. his is the second instance of a Pakistani national losing his life in an attack in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have announced that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted targeted strikes against multiple Iranian military assets in the capital city. In a post on X, the military official account stated: "STRUCK: Several Fuel Storage Complexes Belonging to the IRGC in Tehran."
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nayhan met five civilians who were injured amid tensions in West Asia. Nayhan said, “I am here at the hospital visiting five of those who were injured in the recent events. All five are civilians: two Emiratis, one Indian, one Sudanese, and one Iranian. They are all our responsibility, and, God willing, they will make a full recovery.” He said that everything is well in the UAE and thanked the armed forces, other security institutions such as the Ministry of Interior, the security services, and Civil Defence for their service. "We are in a time of war, and I promise them that we will fulfil our duty, because it is our obligation to protect our people and our country. We will carry out our duty towards our country, our people, and our residents who are also part of our family. May God protect the UAE, protect its people, and safeguard everyone who lives in it with dignity and security. I promise everyone that we will emerge stronger than before."
Kuwaiti authorities say firefighters have now controlled the fire that broke out at the fuel tanks of the Kuwait airport
The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) warned that these strikes have exposed Tehran's “escalatory approach.” In a formal statement published on the GCC's official website, Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi expressed in the "strongest" terms the council's "condemnation and denunciation of the nefarious Iranian attack" which specifically aimed at Gulf territories.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “If you kill Americans, if you threaten Americans anywhere on earth, we will hunt you down without apology and without hesitation and we will kill yo. This was in a post by CENTCOM on X.
The Saudi Ministry of Defence says it has foiled another attack by downing three more drones near Riyadh
Iraqi Brigadier General Haider al-Kharki says neither Iraqi security forces nor members of the regional Kurdish Peshmerga forces have crossed into Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has launched a new wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and US assets in Gulf nations. The IRGC described the latest attack as the “27th wave of Operation True Promise” and said it was targeting the headquarters of the US base in Kuwait’s Arifjan with precision-strike missiles.
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday that the war in the Middle East should "never have happened". "This is a war that should never have happened," he told a press conference in Beijing, adding that "a strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle."
Trump blamed Iran for what the country's authorities said was a deadly strike on a school in the southern county of Minab. "We think it was done by Iran. Because they are very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
The Israeli military says it has struck “key commanders in the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps” who were operating in Beirut, Lebanon
Explosions rocked Tehran and the neighboring city of Karaj on Saturday after the Israeli military struck several fuel storage complexes
Australia will consider a request by Gulf states for assistance against Iranian drone and missile attacks, Foreign Minister said
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: US President Donald Trump evoked Saturday the idea of sending ground troops into Iran to secure the country's stockpiles of enriched uranium, as part of efforts to dismantle Tehran's nuclear program
Gulf nations reported on Sunday missiles and drone attacks, while Iran vowed to press on with strikes against neighbouring countries
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: An Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people Sunday, Lebanese officials said
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in the capital Oslo, but said there were no casualties.
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: China warns against regime change. Chinese FM also said West Asia war 'should never have happened'
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | The war in West Asia has entered ninth day and situation is far from getting normal. On Feb 28, the United States and Israel bombed Iran in what it described as “preemptive strike.” The operation was dubbed as Operation Lion's Roar by Israel and Operation Epic Fury by the US. In the strikes that followed, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, prompting Tehran to retaliate not only at Israel and the US but also at the friendly Gulf nations in its neighbourhood.
Iran justified those attacks as attack on "American territory" as these Gulf nations hosts US bases. The Trump administration has been rather confused about the objective of the war and the situation under which it decided to attack amid Tehran's claims that the US is fighting on Israel's insistence. US President Donald Trump said that “heavy and pinpoint bombing will continue uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary” to ensure peace in the region. The attack came in midst of nuclear talks between Iran and the US. The attack also came eight months after Israel launched a 12-day war against Iran.
The bombings are still continuing, with Israel now attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon after the group vowed to avenge Khamenei's death. Iran's top leadership has ruled out any possibility of talks with the Americans and is deciding on the name of the next Supreme Leader.
How long will the war continue and will it actually bring peace in the West Asian region? As major question hovers, international community, including India has batted for dialogue with Indian PM Narendra Modi saying that military conflicts cannot restore peace and solve problems. All updates and analysis on the ongoing situation as Israel-US war on Iran continues:
Khamenei’s name as Iran’s leader will continue, said Hosseinali Eshkevari, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, adding the new leader has been selected and will soon be announced by officials.
“With the majority of votes, the person who will continue the path of Imam Khomeini and the path of the martyr Imam Khamenei has been chosen. The name of Khamenei will continue. The vote has been cast and will be announced soon,” Eshkevari said in a video carried by Iranian media.
Two people, including an Indian national, were killed and 12 Bangladeshi residents injured after a projectile struck a residential compound in Al-Kharj city in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The projectile hit a residential compound belonging to a maintenance and cleaning company. The Saudi Civil Defence said in a statement that the two victims were foreign nationals, one Indian and one Bangladeshi, while all 12 injured were Bangladeshi residents.
The United Arab Emirates has denied reports claiming it carried out a retaliatory strike against Iran on Sunday after media reports said that an Emirati attack targeted a desalination facility in the country.
Dr Ali Rashid Ali Nuaimi, a member of the UAE Federal National Council and chairman of its Defence Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee, dismissed the reports as false and fake news. In a post on X, Nuaimi said reports of an Emirati strike on an Iranian desalination plant is fake news and said that if the UAE carries out any military action, it has the courage to announce it publicly.
Bahrain’s ministry of interior on Sunday accused Iran of attacking civilian targets indiscriminately and damaging a water desalination plant with a drone attack.
The ministry said in a post on X, “Iranian aggression indiscriminately attacked civilian targets and caused material damage to a water desalination plant following a drone attack.”
About 200 members of Hezbollah and other terror groups have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon since hostilities intensified last week. The IDF said on Sunday that it has conducted over 600 strikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah started attacking Israel after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.
The 200 killed operatives include 80 members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, 70 Hezbollah artillery operatives, and a number of top commanders, including the chief of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, the IDF said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that two of its soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon. In a statement shared on Telegram, the IDF has named one of the soldiers as Master Sergeant Maher Khatar, 38, from Majdal Shams.
It said the soldier from the Combat Engineering Corps died during combat in southern Lebanon.
The IDF added that the family of the other soldier has been notified, but his name has not yet been cleared for publication.
Oman, the US-allied Gulf Arab nation that mediated several rounds of talks between Washington and Tehran, has warned that the Middle East stands at a “dangerous turning point” because of the war with Iran and the dominance of the logic of force over dialogue.
Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the hardline Kayhan newspaper, said Tehran could demand compensation from countries that allowed the United States to use bases on their territory to attack Iran. “Who said we should apologize to the countries of the region? They should apologize to us for giving bases to our enemy, the United States,” he said.
Some airlines in the Middle East are running limited flight schedules, while other operations remain suspended, as aviation chaos persists amid the US and Israel’s war with Iran.
Norwegian police said they are reinforcing security measures to protect both the Iranian diaspora community and the Jewish community in Norway. Authorities said they are also in contact with the US embassy and are cooperating closely as part of the security response.
Swiss Defense Minister Martin Pfister said the United States, Israel and Iran had all violated international law in the conflict, arguing that each had breached the prohibition on the use of force. “The Federal Council is of the opinion that the attack on Iran constitutes a violation of international law,” Pfister said in an interview published on Sunday, referring to the Swiss cabinet.
Israel’s military said it had completed a broad wave of strikes in western and central Iran over the past 24 hours, targeting more than 400 sites belonging to the Islamic Republic.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson:
The aggressive and illegal war of #America and #Israel against #Iran has destroyed diplomatic efforts, shattered the foundations of international law, and unleashed a devastating assault on humanity.
Iran is now exercising its inherent right to self-defense under international law.
Silence and indifference in the face of such blatant violations and crimes will only further undermine the credibility of the global legal order and embolden future aggressors.
The Iranian Red Crescent said the oil depot explosions released into the air "significant quantities of toxic hydrocarbon compounds, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides".
"In the event of precipitation, the resulting rain is extremely dangerous and highly acidic," it added in a statement, warning of skin burns and severe lung damage.
Iran's environmental authorities urged Iranians to remain indoors to avoid respiratory problems and other health consequences.
Fuel distribution in the Iranian capital has been "temporarily interrupted" after US and Israeli strikes on oil depots in and near the city, an official said on Sunday.
"Due to damage to the fuel supply network, distribution has been temporarily interrupted," said Tehran's governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, as quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
"The problem is being resolved," he added.
After eight days of war, Israel will allow outbound passenger flights to resume from Ben Gurion Airport starting Sunday.
Three Indonesian crew members are missing after the United Arab Emirates-flagged tugboat Musaffah 2 sank in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, according to Jakarta's foreign ministry.
Sri Lanka on Friday, it transferred more than 200 sailors from an Iranian naval vessel to shore
Saudi Arabia has told Tehran that it favours a diplomatic settlement to Iran's conflict with the United States
Bahrain says water desalination plant damaged in Iran drone attack
Bahrain says three people injured by missile debris
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country's forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that alarm siren has been activated. “Citizens and residents are requested to remain calm, head to the nearest safe location, and follow updates through official channels,” Bahrain Interior Ministry said
Kuwait's military said air defence systems were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Sunday, as Iran continues its strikes across the region. "Kuwaiti air defences are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks," the military said in a post on X, adding that explosion sounds were the result of interceptions by air defence systems.
The Ministry of Defense in UAE confirmed that the sounds heard in scattered areas of the country are the result of the air defense systems intercepting ballistic missiles, and fighter jets intercepting drones and loitering munitions
Top Iranian security official Ali Larijani has asserted that "our leaders are united... and have no disagreements with one another"
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | A Pakistani driver was killed when “debris from an aerial interception” fell onto a vehicle in Dubai’s Al Barsha area, according to Dubai Media Office. his is the second instance of a Pakistani national losing his life in an attack in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have announced that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted targeted strikes against multiple Iranian military assets in the capital city. In a post on X, the military official account stated: "STRUCK: Several Fuel Storage Complexes Belonging to the IRGC in Tehran."
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nayhan met five civilians who were injured amid tensions in West Asia. Nayhan said, “I am here at the hospital visiting five of those who were injured in the recent events. All five are civilians: two Emiratis, one Indian, one Sudanese, and one Iranian. They are all our responsibility, and, God willing, they will make a full recovery.” He said that everything is well in the UAE and thanked the armed forces, other security institutions such as the Ministry of Interior, the security services, and Civil Defence for their service. "We are in a time of war, and I promise them that we will fulfil our duty, because it is our obligation to protect our people and our country. We will carry out our duty towards our country, our people, and our residents who are also part of our family. May God protect the UAE, protect its people, and safeguard everyone who lives in it with dignity and security. I promise everyone that we will emerge stronger than before."
Kuwaiti authorities say firefighters have now controlled the fire that broke out at the fuel tanks of the Kuwait airport
The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) warned that these strikes have exposed Tehran's “escalatory approach.” In a formal statement published on the GCC's official website, Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi expressed in the "strongest" terms the council's "condemnation and denunciation of the nefarious Iranian attack" which specifically aimed at Gulf territories.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “If you kill Americans, if you threaten Americans anywhere on earth, we will hunt you down without apology and without hesitation and we will kill yo. This was in a post by CENTCOM on X.
The Saudi Ministry of Defence says it has foiled another attack by downing three more drones near Riyadh
Iraqi Brigadier General Haider al-Kharki says neither Iraqi security forces nor members of the regional Kurdish Peshmerga forces have crossed into Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has launched a new wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and US assets in Gulf nations. The IRGC described the latest attack as the “27th wave of Operation True Promise” and said it was targeting the headquarters of the US base in Kuwait’s Arifjan with precision-strike missiles.
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday that the war in the Middle East should "never have happened". "This is a war that should never have happened," he told a press conference in Beijing, adding that "a strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle."
Trump blamed Iran for what the country's authorities said was a deadly strike on a school in the southern county of Minab. "We think it was done by Iran. Because they are very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
The Israeli military says it has struck “key commanders in the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps” who were operating in Beirut, Lebanon
Explosions rocked Tehran and the neighboring city of Karaj on Saturday after the Israeli military struck several fuel storage complexes
Australia will consider a request by Gulf states for assistance against Iranian drone and missile attacks, Foreign Minister said
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: US President Donald Trump evoked Saturday the idea of sending ground troops into Iran to secure the country's stockpiles of enriched uranium, as part of efforts to dismantle Tehran's nuclear program
Gulf nations reported on Sunday missiles and drone attacks, while Iran vowed to press on with strikes against neighbouring countries
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: An Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people Sunday, Lebanese officials said
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in the capital Oslo, but said there were no casualties.
US-Iran-Israel war LIVE: China warns against regime change. Chinese FM also said West Asia war 'should never have happened'