A plume of smoke rises following reported explosions in Tehran on Sunday. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images AMMAN, Jordan and WASHINGTON — President Trump said more U.S. service members will likely be killed in the U.S.
A person holds a picture of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US and Israeli strikes, as people mourn at a square in Tehran on March 1, 2026.
How some Iranians reacted to attacks on their country What are people in Iran saying about today's attacks by the U.S. and Israel? We hear from people on the ground who experienced the event as it unfolded. EMILY KWONG, HOST: It was after sunrise when the U.S.
The United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday (February 28), an escalation that could lead to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.
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Small gestures sometimes say a lot: In his appearances since 2021, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei increasingly referred to himself when talking about the state. In late 2023, he even said that God had spoken through him.
The US military said on Saturday that it had received no reports of combat casualties after Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel and Gulf states in retaliation for a major US-Israeli attack. "Following the initial wave of U.S. and partner strikes, CENTCOM forces successfully defended against hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks.
On the morning of February 28, at around 8 a.m. local time, the first warning messages were sent to mobile phones throughout Israel. All residents were instructed to immediately seek shelter and await further instruction. Around the same time, Defense Minister Israel Katz declared a nationwide state of emergency.
"Significant progress" had been made during talks in Geneva, Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said on Friday. His country mediated negotiations between the United States and Iran, with the latter offering assurances that it would not seek to acquire nuclear material for the production of an atomic bomb.
After Israel launched "preemptive strikes" against Iran on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump announced in a speech that "major combat operations" by the US were also underway.
Pakistan and Afghanistan continued to exchange strikes on Saturday, offering conflicting reports on their progress and discrediting each others' versions of events. Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday that over 331 Afghan Taliban forces had been killed and more than 500 wounded during ongoing airstrikes and clashes with Afghanistan.
In the early hours of Wednesday, a speedboat carrying 10 Cuban exiles drew near the coast of Cuba. It appears to have set out from Florida . It was intercepted by a patrol boat of the Cuban coastguard. There was an exchange of fire that left four people in the speedboat dead and the other six injured.