Live updates: Fighting continues across the Middle East as plane carrying fallen U.S. troops arrives at Dover
Since the conflict started a week ago, six soldiers are reported to have been killed in Iranian counterattacks.
What to know
- DIGNIFIED TRANSFER: A military aircraft carrying the remains of U.S. service members killed in the Middle East arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. President Donald Trump and other administration officials attended the dignified transfer ceremony.
- IRAN STEPS BACK: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the country will “no longer attack neighboring countries or launch missiles unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries.” He also rejected Trump’s call for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.”
- TRUMP VOWS MORE STRIKES: “Today Iran will be hit very hard,” Trump said on social media this morning, adding that “areas and groups of people” in Iran are “under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death.”
- SCHOOL STRIKE INVESTIGATION: It looks increasingly likely that a U.S. munition was responsible for a strike on a school in Iran, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the preliminary findings of the U.S. investigation said. More than 160 people, including children, died in the strike.
- IRAN'S FUTURE LEADER: The clerics choosing the new figurehead after the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were making plans to “introduce the future leader,” state media reported. Trump has that Iran should have a “good leader” and that he has some names in mind.
- AMERICANS STRANDED: Thousands of American citizens remain stranded in the Middle East as Iran has continued to strike Gulf nations.
- DEATH TOLL: Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East. In Iran, at least 940 have been killed by Israeli and American strikes, Iranian state media reported, and 11 have died in Israel as Iran fired back. And in Lebanon, 217 people have been killed by Israeli strikes.
Netanyahu says Israel has 'many more targets' in Iran
Netanyahu signaled that Israel’s campaign in Iran is far from over, warning that additional strikes are coming to destabilize the country’s leadership.
“We have an organized plan with many surprises to destabilize the regime and enable change,” Netanyahu said in a televised address earlier, adding that Israel still has “many more targets” in Iran.
"We are continuing with full force," Netanyahu said.
'We thought we were going to die': American tourist returns home after week stranded in Dubai
American tourist Michaela Malchiodi said she initially thought reports of the escalating conflict were “a joke” before the situation in Dubai suddenly became frightening.
Malchiodi, 23, a marketing associate, had traveled to the city for a two-week vacation. She arrived Valentine’s Day with plans to return to Florida on Feb. 28, the day the war started.
The situation escalated while she and her boyfriend were at a shopping center watching news reports of the conflict. Later, when her flight home was canceled, the couple received an emergency alert that left them fearing the worst.
“That was probably the most scary point for us,” she told NBC News. “It literally said on the Amber Alert, it was like missiles coming or something like that.”
“We thought we were going to die,” she said. “We were so scared.”
Malchiodi said they spent much of the following week waiting in their hotel as flights continued to be canceled before eventually managing to leave via a complicated route involving multiple flights.
“We ended up doing a FlyDubai flight to Croatia,” she said. “Then we had to go from there to Copenhagen, and then Iceland.”
“It just was like a 24-hour travel day, but we’re so happy that we’re safe,” she added.
But the extra week, and the last-minute flights, had come at a significant cost.
“I’m afraid to look at my bank account,” she said. “I can only imagine how much we spent. I don’t even want to look.”
Israel says it has launched 3,400 strikes in Iran since start of war
Israeli military spokesperson Effie Defrin said the IDF has launched roughly 3,400 strikes across Iran since the start of Operation Roaring Lion a week ago, putting more than 150 Iranian air defense systems out of service.
The IDF has also dropped about 7,500 munitions on targets across Iran, Defrin said, adding that the operation has now moved into a new phase focused on expanding strikes on major regime production sites, including facilities in Parchin and Shahroud tied to ballistic and cruise missile production.
Israel's campaign in Iran "may continue for some time, but it is necessary," he said.
Photos: Satellite images show airstrike damage at Iran's Bushehr naval base
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New before-and-after satellite images taken on Feb. 27 and March 7 show damage from airstrikes at Iran’s Bushehr naval base, where a ship can be seen capsized following the strikes.
One person killed in Dubai after fragment falls on a vehicle
One person was killed in Dubai after falling debris from a missile that was shot down fell onto a car in the Al Barsha neighborhood, according to the Dubai Media Office.
The victim, who was not identified, is of Pakistani origin, the media office said.
A free Iran is their shared dream. But the diaspora remains torn on the best path forward.
The mix of joy and anxiety among the Iranian diaspora in recent days reflects the complicated emotions many feel as violence escalates in the Middle East — especially those whose families fled the theocratic regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
“Some people are so aggrieved at this regime that they say, ‘At any cost, come and destroy this regime even if it means destroying parts of the country,’” said Abbas Milani, director of Iranian studies at Stanford University. “Others want to get rid of the regime but not at the expense of war.”
The divisions mark a shift from earlier this year, when the diaspora appeared united in supporting Iranians protesting the government’s brutal crackdown. While many share the same goal — a free Iran — they disagree sharply on how to achieve it.
People walk under a pre-1979 Islamic Revolution Iranian flag during a demonstration in Los Angeles last month. Apu Gomes / AFP - Getty Images
Photos: Israeli police officers clash with protesters during a small anti-war protest in Tel Aviv
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Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty Images
Israeli police officers clashed with and arrested protesters during a small anti-war protest in Tel Aviv today.
Explosions in Tehran turn the sky orange
Multiple explosions were heard in Tehran, with blasts lighting up the sky and turning it orange, according to reports from the Iranian capital.
Semiofficial news agency Mehr News confirmed explosions in the city, though it was not immediately clear what caused them or what areas may have been targeted.
Planes carrying fallen U.S. service members arrives at Dover Air Force Base
A military aircraft carrying the remains of U.S. service members killed in the Kuwait has arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where Trump and other administration officials are attending a dignified transfer.
The C-17 aircraft carrying the transfer cases arrived at the base this afternoon, according to the pool reporter.
Dignified transfers, or the solemn return of fallen service members to U.S. soil, usually take place at Dover Air Force Base, the military's primary mortuary facility.
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Photos: Dutch citizens arrive in the Netherlands
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Dutch citizens arrive at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol from Muscat International Airport in Oman after a repatriation flight. Thousands of travelers have been stranded across the Middle East after the U.S. military started striking Iran last week.
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Iranian foreign minister says U.S. attacked a freshwater desalination plant on Iranian island
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the U.S. attacked a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
"Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted," Araghchi wrote on X. "Attacking Iran’s infrastructure is a dangerous move with grave consequences. The U.S. set this precedent, not Iran."
Iranian official: 'As long as American bases exist in the region, countries will not see peace'
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s speaker of Parliament, said in a statement today that the country's defensive policies remain "unchanged."
"As long as American bases exist in the region, countries will not see peace," Ghalibaf wrote on X. "All officials and the people are united on this principle."
Earlier, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country’s temporary leadership council agreed to “no longer attack neighboring countries or launch missiles unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries.”
Human Rights Watch: Iran school attack should be investigated as a war crime
The attack on an Iranian primary school in southern Iran last week was "unlawful" and should be investigated as a war crime, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.
The attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School killed more than 170 people, including many students, according to Iranian officials. One U.S. official and one person familiar with the preliminary findings of the U.S. investigation into the attack say it looks increasingly likely that a U.S. munition was responsible for the strike.
From left: The Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, southern Iran, on Dec. 1, 2025, and on March 4, 2026, following a deadly U.S.-Israeli airstrike. Vantor; Planet Labs
While the school has been found to be located on an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound, HRW reviewed information that shows the school is walled off "and has a separate entrance to the street from the rest of the compound."
"The pattern of strikes in which distinct structures across the compound, including the school, were directly struck, as well as the entry points of the munitions visible on multiple buildings, indicate that the attack was carried out by highly accurate, guided munitions, rather than errant weapons whose guidance or propulsion systems failed or were otherwise disrupted and randomly struck the area," the organization said in the report.
An investigation into the attack is needed to assess if those responsible should have known that there was a school there that was full of children and teachers, said Sophia Jones, a researcher with the Digital Investigations Lab at Human Rights Watch.
"Those responsible for an unlawful attack should be held to account, including prosecutions of anyone responsible for war crimes," Jones said.
U.K. Ministry of Defense says U.S. is using British bases in war against Iran, 'putting British lives at risk'
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense says the U.S. is using British bases "to prevent Iran firing missiles into the region, which is putting British lives at risk."
The ministry also said British jets are continuing air operations over Jordan, Qatar and Cyrpus "in defence of British interests and allies," with additional resources, including a Merlin helicopter, on the way.
Meeting to select Iran's next leader will be held within 24 hours, state media reports
A meeting to select Iran's next leader will be held within the next 24 hours, according to the country's semiofficial news agency Fars, citing a member of the Assembly of Experts.
“The people’s representatives in the Assembly of Experts … are eagerly awaiting the conditions for holding a session and consultation to choose a new Leader,” Reza Mozaffari-Nia said.
Mozaffari-Nia also urged the public to avoid speculation and rumors while the process plays out.
The Assembly of Experts — a powerful clerical body tasked with appointing and overseeing Iran’s supreme leader — is responsible for selecting a successor when the position becomes vacant.
Qatar says its intercepted incoming missiles
Qatar's Ministry of Defense said in a brief post on X that it has intercepted incoming missiles.
Over the last week, Iran has been striking oil refineries and U.S. military bases in several Gulf nations, including Qatar.
Camouflage and crudites: Trump wages war and hosts parties at Mar-a-Lago
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Last weekend, President Donald Trump greeted guests at a children’s charity gala inside his private Mar-a-Lago club. “Have a good time, everybody,” Trump told the crowd, clad in gowns and tuxedos. “We gotta go work.”
Then, beyond heavy, gold-plated doors and layers of security at the same estate, he watched “Operation Epic Fury” unfold from a separate space converted to a makeshift “situation room.” From there, the president, alongside his top aides and national security officials, observed B-2 bombers striking Iranian military targets and Israeli forces targeting senior Iranian leadership, ultimately killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The White House released photographs of the heavily curtained space, complete with rows of classified phone lines and monitors.
By the night’s end, Trump moved from war planning to a Republican fundraiser all without leaving the sprawling Palm Beach compound.
The Iran operation marks the sixth major military action Trump has directed from Mar-a-Lago during his second term, underscoring the resort’s evolution from social playground to presidential command center.
Trump says U.S. military has destroyed 42 Iranian navy ships
Trump said that the U.S. military has destroyed 42 Iranian navy ships over the last three days.
He made the claims while addressing heads of state from 12 Western Hemisphere countries at the "Shield of the Americas Summit" in Doral, Florida.
"That was the end of the navy. We knocked out their air force, we knocked out their communications, and all telecommunications is gone," Trump said. "I don’t know how they communicate, but I guess they will figure something out too well."
Trump also repeated the claim — without providing evidence — that Iran was getting close to developing a nuclear weapon.
"They would have had a nuclear weapon, you know, crazy, and they would have used it," he said. "So, we did the world a favor."
Kuwait says it has cut oil production
Kuwait announced today that it has reduced crude oil production following "ongoing aggression" by Iran against the country.
Kuwait Petroleum Corp. said threats against the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz had also impacted its decision.
"KPC emphasizes that this adjustment is strictly precautionary and will be reviewed as the situation develops," it said on X. "It remains fully prepared to restore production levels once conditions allow.
Normally jammed with oil tankers and cargo ships, the Straight of Hormuz has been nearly emptied by the war, with traffic dropping around 90% last week due to the ongoing strikes by the U.S. and threats from Iran.
Trump on killed U.S. service members: 'When it comes to war, there's always that'
President Donald Trump again suggested that deaths of six U.S. service members in the Middle East were inevitable.
He addressed the deaths briefly while speaking at the “Shield of the Americas Summit” in Doral, Florida, in front of heads of state from the Western Hemisphere.
Donald Trump speaks at the "Shield of the Americas Summit" in Doral, Fla., today. Roberto Schmidt / Getty Images
"I’ll be going for Dover, very sad situation, to greet the families of the heroes coming home from Iran and coming home in a different manner than they thought they’d be coming home," he said. "But they’re great heroes in our country, and we’re going to keep it that way. When it comes to war, there’s always that."
Trump is scheduled to travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to receive the bodies.
A week has passed without internet in Iran
Iran has been without internet for a week now since the regime imposed a national internet blackout, internet watchdog NetBlocks said today.
"The measure remains in place at hour 168, leaving the public isolated without vital updates and alerts while officials and state media retain access,” it posted on X.
Israeli strike on Lebanese town Nabi Chit and areas nearby leave 41 dead
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes on the eastern town of Nabi Chit and nearby have left 41 dead and 40 wounded.
The area witnessed intense clashes and airstrikes overnight after an Israeli force landed there and clashed with local gunmen. The Lebanese army said the dead included three Lebanese troops.
Ali Salem / AP
Ali Salem / AP
People check the damage left by Israeli airstrikes in the village of Nabi Chit, eastern Lebanon, today. Ali Salem / AP
Israel said its forces were looking for information about Israeli navigator Ron Arad, who went missing after his fighter jet crashed in Lebanon 40 years ago. The Israeli military did not find Arad’s remains in the operation.
A resident of the eastern town of Nabi Chit told The Associated Press that the force entered the town and dug up a grave in a cemetery before it left.
Photos: Pro-government demonstrators march in Tehran
Vahid Salemi / AP
Vahid Salemi / AP
Vahid Salemi / AP
Thousands of Iranian pro-government supporters gathered in Tehran yesterday to protest the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign.
The Israeli military has released footage of a strike on an underground bunker that was built for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Although Khamenei was killed before he could use the bunker, senior Iranian officials were still using it, the IDF said in a statement.
Photos: U.S. bomber lands at U.K. air base
A Rockwell B-1 Lancer U.S. bomber was pictured landing at RAF Fairford airbase in Gloucestershire, England, this morning.
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A U.S. Airforce Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber lands at RAF Fairford today. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is allowing the U.S. to use British bases, including RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia, to launch “defensive” strikes against Iranian missile sites while stating the U.K. would not join “offensive” combat.
Second Japanese national has been detained in Iran, Japan says
A second Japanese national has been detained in Iran, The Associated Press reported, citing the Japanese foreign ministry.
The ministry said the second person was detained before the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28. It did not provide further details on the timing of the detention or say whether it was related to the earlier reported detention of a Japanese journalist.
The ministry, which has not publicly identified the first person who was detained, demanded the release of both Japanese nationals. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told lawmakers today that they were safe and the government was “doing everything to support them, their families and others involved,” the AP said.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the first person detained was Shinnosuke Kawashima, the Tehran bureau chief for Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Kawashima was arrested Jan. 20 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and transferred to Iran’s notorious Evin Prison on Feb. 23, the New York-based group said, citing an unidentified source who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
Trump says parts of Iran 'under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death'
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post this morning that "today Iran will be hit very hard."
"Areas and groups of people" in Iran are "under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death," Trump said, citing what he called "Iran’s bad behavior."
He also responded to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's earlier announcement that Iran will no longer strike at neighboring countries unless they facilitate U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Trump said Iran had "apologized and surrendered" to its neighbors, adding: "This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East."
He continued: "Iran is no longer the 'Bully of the Middle East,' they are, instead, 'THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST,' and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse!"
From Sri Lanka to Europe, the war spreads far beyond Iran
Thousands of miles from Iran’s capital, Tehran, the war in the Middle East reached Sri Lanka’s southern coast.
Fishing boats and tourist traffic usually define daily life in the historic city of Galle, but survivors of the Iranian warship sunk by a U.S. submarine were being treated there after a dramatic sea rescue.
The city’s hospital is just 2 miles from the office of Dr. Chathura Welivitiya, chairman of a local aid organization.
“People are scared,” Welivitiya told NBC News in messages sent via WhatsApp. “People are now in disbelief.”
Photos: Displaced people fill the streets in Lebanon
Thousands of displaced people who fled Beirut’s southern suburbs are filling the streets and public squares of the Lebanese capital.
Lebanon’s Disaster Risk Management Unit said 110,162 people have been internally displaced following Israeli evacuation warnings for areas in southern and eastern Lebanon and across Beirut’s southern suburbs, a densely populated district on the outskirts of the capital that is home to hundreds of thousands.
A displaced man who fled Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, sleeps at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut today. Bilal Hussein / AP
Displaced people fleeing Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, sleep at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut today. Bilal Hussein / AP
Displaced people fleeing Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, sleep at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut today. Bilal Hussein / AP
Tehran will not back down against U.S. or Israel, says IRGC adviser
Iran will not back down against the U.S. or Israel, an adviser to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said today.
"Countries that have not allowed their territory or facilities to be used by America or the Zionist regime have not been and will not be targeted," Moghadam Far said in a statement.
"All bases that were used as launch points for attacks against Iran were hit," he added.
Smoke and fire rise from the site of airstrikes at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran this morning. Atta Kenare / AFP via Getty Images
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said earlier today that the country will “no longer attack neighboring countries or launch missiles unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries.”
He also rejected Trump’s call for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.”
Qatar urges all residents to stay indoors
Qatar's Interior Ministry has called on residents to stay at home today after announcing the security threat level is high, the state-run Qatari News Agency said today.
A market in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday. Karim Jaafar / AFP via Getty Images
The warning advised people to stay away from windows and exposed areas.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said earlier the country will “no longer attack neighboring countries or launch missiles unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries.”
Azerbaijan says it foiled Iranian plots including plan to attack major pipeline
Azerbaijan said it had prevented several acts of “terrorist” sabotage planned by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including a plot to attack a major oil pipeline running through the South Caucasus to Turkey.
The targets included the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan, an Ashkenazi synagogue and the leader of an ancient Jewish community in Azerbaijan called the Mountain Jews, according to a State Security Service statement cited by the Azertag state news agency late on Friday.
Iran has not commented on the statement.
The BTC pipeline travels via Georgia and Turkey and sends oil to Europe, and also accounts for roughly a third of Israeli oil imports. Any damage to its infrastructure could drive global energy prices even higher as the war in the Middle East enters its second week.
The Azerbaijani statement came just a day after Baku vowed to retaliate for what it said was an incursion of four Iranian drones into its Nakhchivan exclave, which injured four people and damaged airport infrastructure. Iran flatly denied it sent the drones into Azerbaijan.
Baku said an investigation found two Iranian citizens and an Azerbaijani national had colluded to bring over seven kilograms of the C-4 explosive into Azerbaijan on the instructions of the IRGC. Authorities have issued international arrest warrants for four people.
Qatar’s foreign minister calls Iran missile attacks a violation of sovereignty
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi told foreign ministers from Lebanon, Cuba and other countries that Iranian missile attacks are unacceptable.
The foreign minister “stressed that the targeting of Qatari territory with Iranian ballistic missiles constitutes a blatant violation of Qatar’s national sovereignty, is inconsistent with the principles of good-neighborliness, and cannot be accepted under any justification or pretext,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on the calls.
The foreign ministry also said that Qatar “has consistently sought to distance itself from regional conflicts and has worked to facilitate dialogue between Iran and the international community.”
The statement said the ministers Al Muraikhi spoke with “expressed their countries’ concern over regional developments, calling for de-escalation, the prioritizing of reason, and a return to negotiations and diplomatic channels to prevent further chaos.”
Nearly 24,000 Americans have returned to the U.S. from Middle East, says State Dept
Nearly 24,000 American citizens have returned to the U.S. since the war began a week ago, the State Department said today, but thousands remain stranded in the Middle East.
"Several flights have safely returned hundreds of Americans to the United States with additional flights scheduled to take place over the coming days, as security conditions allow," it said.
"The Department continues to proactively call American citizens to offer charter flight or ground transport travel assistance," the statement added.
Dubai airport says it has partially resumed operations today, just hours after Emirates said all flights to and from the city had been suspended.
Photos: Funeral for Iranian 2-year-old killed in strike
Majid Asgaripour / West Asia News Agency via Reuters
Majid Asgaripour / West Asia News Agency via Reuters
Mourners gathered in Tehran today for the funeral of Zainab Sahebi, a 2-year-old child who was killed in a strike amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
India’s foreign minister confirms an Iranian naval ship docked at the port in Kochi
India has allowed an Iranian warship to dock as a humanitarian gesture, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Saturday, after the U.S. sank another Iranian navy vessel off neighboring Sri Lanka.
A fisherman moves on the waters of Vembanad Lake with the Iranian ship IRIS Lavan docked at a port in the background in Kochi, India today. Sivaram Venkitasubramanian / Reuters
The Lavan docked at India’s southern port of Kochi on Wednesday, the same day a U.S. submarine struck Iranian navy frigate Dena, after an urgent request from Tehran, an Indian government source told Reuters.
President Donald Trump has said destroying the Iranian navy is one aim of the war he and Israel launched against the Islamic Republic a week ago.
The Lavan — an amphibious landing vessel, according to the U.S. Naval Institute’s online news site — and two other ships “were coming in for a fleet review and then they got, in a way, caught on the wrong side of the events,” Jaishankar told the annual Raisina Dialogue event.
At least 87 people were killed in the U.S. attack on the Dena in Sri Lanka’s exclusive economic zone 19 nautical miles off the coast, outside its maritime boundaries.
Iran responds to U.N.'s call to 'stop the fighting'
The war in the Middle East is "an unprovoked act of aggression," Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on X, addressing the United Nations secretary-general.
The U.N. chief said on X yesterday that it was “time to stop the fighting,” calling attacks in the Middle East “unlawful.”
"Dear Mr. Secretary General, Let’s call a spade a spade," Esmaeil Baqaei said in response. "This is not 'the fighting'; this is an ‘unprovoked act of aggression’ launched by two nuclear armed regimes against Iran."
Baqaei said Iran was in “serious diplomatic negotiations” when the U.S. and Israel attacked the country last weekend, "for a second time during the past 9 months."
"The UN shall be forthright and shoulder its legal and moral responsibilities regarding this illegal war on Iran," he said.
Iranians warned they could be treated as 'enemy spies' if they photograph impact sites
Iranian authorities have warned people not to photograph impact sites in the country, saying they could be treated as "enemy spies."
"Do not send images to terrorist satellite networks, otherwise we will deal with you with strong measures," Iran's Ministry of Intelligence said today, as reported by the country's Fars state-run news agency.
It claimed small number of "American-Zionist" spies were photographing locations and sending them to "terrorist satellite networks," the report added, claiming that espionage activities "are being monitored."
Stranded American made it home for his son’s first birthday party
An American who was left stranded in Dubai when the war broke out has made it home just in time for his son’s first birthday party.
Cody Greene, 36, who was visiting Dubai for work, was left scrambling to find a way out of the Gulf as missile and drone attacks canceled flights across the region.
“To finally get back here is just a weight off my shoulders,” he said yesterday from his home in Tampa, Florida, after securing a last-minute flight out of the country after multiple previous cancellations.
“The flight was very tense up until we were actually like 20,000 feet up,” he said. “And then everyone realized things were OK. There was just a massive cheer and celebration when we landed.”
Cody Greene was stranded in Dubai when the war started. Courtesy Cody Greene
Happily, Greene made it back in time for his son Reece’s birthday party. “I’m even back in time to help set up for it,” he said.
“My heart’s still with everyone that’s still there and still trying to get out,” he said, adding that there had been little help from U.S. officials.
Israel launches 'broad wave' of strikes toward Iran
Israel has launched a "broad wave" of strikes toward Iranian infrastructure in Tehran and Isfahan, the IDF said in a statement today.
Israel targeted the Iranian capital Tehran with intense overnight bombardment that woke residents and shook windows. An NBC News freelance producer in Iran reported jets passing by and huge explosions in the east of Tehran.
Iran’s escalating retaliatory campaign continued with a new round of strikes, including on Tel Aviv.
Israeli strikes kill 16 in Lebanon
Israeli strikes have killed 16 people in Lebanon, the country's public health ministry said today.
Raids launched by Israel on the town of Nabi Sheet in Lebanon's north eastern Baalbeck district "resulted in a preliminary total of 16 citizens being martyred and 35 others being wounded," it said.
In recent days, Israel has launched a wave of airstrikes and evacuation orders in south Lebanon and Beirut, including a prominent bombardment last night.
Approximately 300,000 people have been displaced by the strikes in Lebanon and sweeping Israeli evacuation orders, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council.
Dubai airport partially resumes operations
Dubai airport says it has partially resumed operations today, just hours after Emirates said all flights to and from the city had been suspended.
"Please do not travel to the airport unless you have been contacted by your airline that your flight is confirmed, as schedules continue to change," Dubai airport posted on X.
Dubai International Airport on Monday. Fadel Senna / AFP - Getty Images
Emirates also said it will resume operations, "including customers transiting in Dubai."
It said earlier that flights to and from the city had been suspended until further notice amid ongoing strikes in the region.
Dubai's airport is one of the busiest in the world, welcoming over 95 million guests in 2025. It has begun running a limited number of services from Dubai in recent days following the outbreak of war.
Iran will only attack neighbors used to launch strikes, President Masoud Pezeshkian says
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the country's temporary leadership council had agreed to “no longer attack neighboring countries or launch missiles unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries.”
He blamed the loss of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and senior military commanders for some of his country's strikes, saying in an address on state television that some attacks were carried out because the armed forces "acted independently."
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran in February. Iranian Presidency / Anadolu via Getty Images
But Pezeshkian warned Iran's neighbors not to become "tools of imperialism," one week on from the outbreak of the war that has seen strikes across the Gulf.
"Let us set aside all disagreements, concerns and grievances," Pezeshkian said. "Today we must defend our own land to bring Iran out of this crisis with dignity."
He also rejected President Donald Trump’s call for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” responding: "They will take their dream to the grave if they think we will surrender unconditionally."
Trump to attend dignified transfer of 6 U.S. soldiers
Trump said he will attend the dignified transfer today of the six U.S. service members who were killed in Operation Epic Fury.
“I will be going to Dover Air Force Base tomorrow, with the First Lady and Members of my Cabinet, to pay our Highest Respect to our Great Warriors, who are returning home for the last time,” the president said in a post on Truth Social last night.
Trump is expected to fly up to Delaware to attend the dignified transfer after hosting and participating in the Shield of the Americas Summit in Doral, Florida, a White House official confirmed to NBC News.
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted missiles, UAE says incoming attacks
Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said that it intercepted two ballistic missiles fired at the Prince Sultan Air Base and that a drone was intercepted east of Riyadh.
The United Arab Emirates also said that it was “currently dealing with incoming missile and drone threats from Iran.”
“The Ministry of Defense confirms that the sounds heard in various areas of the country are the result of the air defense systems intercepting ballistic missiles, and fighter jets intercepting drones and loitering munitions,” the UAE’s defense ministry said on X.
