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Missiles and bombs landed across Iran, hitting political and security targets in Tehran, including supreme leader’s residence
Members of Congress swiftly denounced the president’s military action against the Islamic Republic alongside Israel
When Hossein woke up in his eastern Tehran home on Saturday morning to the sounds and news of US and Israeli strikes, he immediately tried to contact his parents.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baqai has told Al Jazeera Arabic that Tehran views the latest US and Israeli strikes as "a declaration of war" rather than a "limited operation.”
People take shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming strikes by Iran, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
When Hossein woke up in his eastern Tehran home on Saturday morning to the sounds and news of US and Israeli strikes, he immediately tried to contact his parents.
Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt.
Iran considers all US and Israeli bases, facilities, and assets in the region to be "legitimate military objectives," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a letter on Saturday.
Lebanon's Hezbollah has expressed solidarity with its ally Iran, but has not said whether it would get involved.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that US and Israeli strikes on Iran have created an opportunity for the Iranian people to oust the "terrorist regime" in Tehran, Russia's ally.
The United States and Israel on Saturday launched an attack on Iran, with explosions seen across Tehran and in multiple cities across the country. Tehran has responded by launching waves of missiles and drones at Israel and towards several military bases in the Middle East where US forces operate.
The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting on the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
The US-Israeli air and missile strikes across Iran on Saturday have raised renewed questions about the two nations’ alleged breaches of international legal norms.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Oil markets currently closed for the weekend are set to see price swings next week as the impact from the U.S. and Israeli strikes on oil supplies from the Middle East remains unclear.
An official from the European Union's naval mission Aspides said on Saturday that vessels have been receiving VHF transmission from Iran's Revolutionary Guards saying "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz".
It was around 09:40 local time (06:10 GMT) when Iranians in several cities reported hearing loud explosions.
The death toll from an attack on a girls school in Iran's south has risen to 85, the Iranian judiciary said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian are still alive “as far as I know”, amid speculation about their fate following the US-Israeli strikes on Tehran on Saturday.
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BERLIN, Germany — Britain, Germany and France slammed Iran for retaliating to US-Israel strikes Saturday with attacks on countries in the Middle East hosting US military bases.
The United States on Friday eased sanctions on several senior Malian officials, following the penalties that were previously imposed over their alleged ties to Russian mercenary group Wagner.
The US has suffered 200 casualties in Iranian retaliatory strikes on bases across the Middle East, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed.
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Syria and the UAE all announced at least partial closures of their skies
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
US military bases in several Gulf states were targeted by Iranian missiles on Saturday, following Tehran’s vow to retaliate in the wake of American and Israeli strikes.
The assault, which Washington says was needed to counter nuclear threats, has split world opinion and prompted Iranian missile retaliation
The death toll from an air strike on a girls' school in Iran has risen to 63, according to Mehr news agency.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the military escalation in the Middle East, following US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's subsequent retaliation against American bases in the region.
China's ministry of foreign affairs on Saturday expressed deep concerns over the US and Israel's military strikes against Iran, urging an immediate ceasefire.
Commentators within Israel have described a sense of business as usual in the wake of the country’s joint attack with the United States against Iran.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were alive, “as far as I know.”
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LONDON — The US and Israel's attack on Iran is disrupting flights across the Middle East and beyond.
Iran’s Defence Minister, Amir Nasirzadeh, and Revolutionary Guards commander, Mohammed Pakpour, are believed to have been killed in Israeli air attacks, Reuters reported citing two sources familiar with Israel’s military operations and one regional official.
On Saturday, as President Donald Trump announced that the United States had launched a major attack on Iran, the Israeli military declared that the joint US-Israeli attack had targeted "dozens of military targets" in Iran.
The sudden escalation in military operations has left many in the Middle East on edge
The outbreak of conflict between Israel and the United States against Iran, triggered by joint US-Israeli strikes across Iran, has drawn frantic calls for calm across the globe.
Behrouz Farahani, a political analyst and opponent of the Islamic Republic living in exile in France, condemned the US and Israeli military attack on Iran. He said the war would only bring destruction to Iran and more suffering for its people, and he called for an immediate ceasefire.
Some large oil companies and top trading houses have suspended crude oil and fuel shipments via the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing US and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran's retaliation in the region, four trading sources said on Saturday.
Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi on Saturday denounced the US-Israeli military strikes on Iran, suggesting Washington was duped into war by the Israelis, as a deal was within reach.
Tehran says strikes on country, which targeted key leaders and have killed at least 40 children, breach UN charter
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy, Hamid Ghanbari, said that the joint US-Israel attack on the coutnry have put regional security at risk.
Over 100 students have been killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a girls’ primary school in the city of Minab, in southern Iran, according to the country’s news agency Tasnim. The attack comes amid ongoing airstrikes on the Islamic Republic by Israel and the US.
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
This is deterrence fatigue: escalation thresholds weakened by repeated testing and retaliation. The risk is not only war but systemic strain
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