Donald Trump Iran strike

Trump alleges Iran tried twice to assassinate him

Iran tried several times to assassinate him, U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl.

2 March, 12:44 PM

U.S. and Israel target Iran’s leadership, security forces in bid to topple regime — ISW

The first days of the U.S.-Israel operation against Iran have centered on a campaign to “decapitate” the regime and strike its internal security apparatus — actions that could weaken Tehran’s ability to suppress unrest and govern effectively, the Institute for the Study of War said in a report covering the first two days of the campaign on Feb. 28 — March 1.

2 March, 12:30 PM

Iran rejects U.S. talks after Trump claims Tehran wants negotiations

Iran will not negotiate with the United States, Ali Larijani, a representative of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, wrote on X on March 2 after President Donald Trump stated that Tehran wanted to resume talks.

2 March, 11:45 AM

Oil rockets to four-year high as Strait of Hormuz traffic grinds to a halt

Global oil prices surged to their highest level in four years, Bloomberg reported on March 2, as traders assessed the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz triggered by the war involving the United States and Israel, pushing Brent crude toward $78 a barrel before prices pared gains.

2 March, 10:41 AM

Trump ordered Iran strike after Israeli, Saudi pressure — WP

President Donald Trump ordered a strike on Iran after pressure from Israel and Saudi Arabia in the lead-up to the Feb. 28 attacks, The Washington Post reported on March 1, citing four sources.

1 March, 09:30 PM

Russian dictator Putin calls Khamenei death a ‘cynical violation’

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Feb. 28 over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in U.S. and Israeli missile strikes, calling the killing a “cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law,” according to the Kremlin.

1 March, 08:05 PM

Israel strikes Tehran government sites after Khamenei reported killed

The Israel Defense Forces carried out new strikes on government facilities in Tehran on March 1, a day after Iranian state media confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S. and Israeli attacks, the IDF said.

1 March, 05:10 PM

What to know about Iran’s IRGC after U.S. and Israeli strikes

President Donald Trump called on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to lay down its arms on Feb. 28 amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. NV reminds readers what to know about the armed forces of Iran’s regime, which the United States and Ukraine have designated as a terrorist organization.

1 March, 04:43 PM

Iran vows ‘most powerful’ operation; Trump threatens unseen strike

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of a strike “that no one has ever seen before” after Tehran threatened what it called the “most powerful offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic,” he wrote on Truth Social on Feb. 28.

1 March, 03:57 PM

U.S.-Israel assault kills four Khamenei family members

Four members of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s family were killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Feb. 28, Iran’s Fars news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported.

1 March, 03:21 PM

Arafi installed as Iran’s acting leader after Khamenei killed

Senior cleric Ayatollah Alireza Arafi will serve as Iran’s acting supreme leader following the killing of Ali Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, the Iranian state news agency ISNA reported on March 1.

1 March, 02:44 PM

Iranians flood Tehran streets to celebrate Khamenei’s death — photo report

Iranians took to the streets in Tehran and other cities across the country to celebrate the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes, The New York Times reported.

1 March, 01:48 PM

U.S., Israel unleash 200 jets in strike that destroys Khamenei compound

A months-long U.S.-Israeli operation involving 200 fighter jets culminated on Feb. 28 in a daylight strike on Iran that Israeli officials described as a “tactical surprise,” The Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. and Israeli intelligence sources.

1 March, 01:24 PM

Iran claims 27 strikes on U.S. bases as Middle East conflict widens

Iran claimed it struck 27 U.S. military facilities in the Middle East as missile exchanges continued across the region, Sky News reported.

1 March, 11:09 AM

Orbán presses Zelenskyy to restore Russian oil as Middle East war escalates

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that after the outbreak of war in the Middle East, securing Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline has become even more critical for Hungary.

1 March, 10:47 AM

Israel claims Khamenei dead after strike on Tehran residence

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead and his body has been found, Reuters reported on Feb. 28, citing a senior Israeli official.

28 February, 11:47 PM

Zelenskyy calls Iran ‘accomplice’ of Putin as U.S. strikes reshape Middle East

Iran’s regime was accused of acting as an accomplice of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin amid rapidly unfolding events in the Middle East and the Gulf during U.S. strikes on Iran, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram video address on Feb. 28.

28 February, 07:50 PM

Macron demands urgent U.N. meeting after U.S., Israeli strikes on Iran

French President Emmanuel Macron called for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council over U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, Reuters reported.

28 February, 06:51 PM

Israeli strike on Iran girls’ school kills 85, Tehran vows retaliation

At least 85 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran, Al Jazeera reported on Feb. 28, citing Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.

28 February, 06:30 PM

Saudi Arabia backs ‘any measures’ after Iranian attacks on Gulf states

Saudi Arabia strongly condemned Iranian attacks on the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan on Feb. 28, after Israel and the United States launched an operation against Iran, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

28 February, 05:43 PM

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