By Gram Slattery and Erin Banco March 1 (Reuters) - Following the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, many senior U.S. officials remain skeptical that the U.S. and Israeli military operation against the Islamic Republic will lead to a regime
In the long run, the people who may well succeed him are the fanatic extremists of the Revolutionary Guards, which doesn't concern itself with theological issues, but invests all its efforts in a murderous fight against Israel, the West and Sunni Arab countries
By Laila Bassam, Yomna Ehab and Nayera Abdallah March 2 (Reuters) - Israeli military said on Monday it was striking targets of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militants across Lebanon, after the group launched missiles and drones towards Israel in retaliation for the killing of
By Renju Jose SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday it would not take part in any military operations in Iran, ruling out deploying troops to the Middle East if the conflict escalates, as Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran and Iran responded with more
President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Iran's cleric-run state, which fired missiles across the Middle East even as the headquarters of its elite Revolutionary Guards was reduced to rubble. Trump said he was planning
The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel expanded its bombing to Lebanon on Monday as President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Tehran's ruling clerics. Iranian forces fired missiles and drones across
MOSCOW, March 1 - About 500 Russian nationals are readying for evacuation from Iran via Azerbaijan, the Russian embassy in Baku said on Sunday. "We would like to express our gratitude to the Azerbaijani side for their assistance, including for the prompt consideration of issues
March 1 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that his country has accepted a U.S. request to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iranian missiles in storage depots or launchers. "The United States has requested permission to use British
The gunman who killed two people and wounded 14 overnight in Austin, the capital of the US state of Texas, had expressed "pro-Iranian regime sentiment" on social media, the SITE Intelligence Group said Sunday. The organization, which monitors jihadist groups, identified the
Maersk, the major container shipping company, said Sunday it was halting passage through the Suez Canal and the narrow Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, next to Iran, for "safety" reasons. The Danish group was the latest of several shipping groups to make similar announcements
France, Germany and the UK said Sunday they were ready to defend their interests and those of its allies in the Gulf if necessary by taking "defensive action" against Iran. The three countries' leaders were "appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks
WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that combat operations in Iran were continuing and would carry on until all of Washington's objectives are achieved. Trump confirmed in a video posted on Truth Social that three U.S. service members
As news of Iran's supreme leader's death spread, reactions ranged from public celebrations to vows of vengeance. The fallout has laid bare deep regional divides over Iran's role and growing unease about Israel's expanding military reach
March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the conflict with Iran could go on for the next four weeks, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Sunday. "It's always been a four-week process. We figured it will be four weeks or so. It's always been about a four-week
The EU warned Sunday against a prolonged war in the Middle East, saying further escalation could threaten Europe and beyond, as it urged Iran to refrain from indiscriminate retaliation after US-Israeli strikes. Foreign ministers from the bloc's 27 nations -- most of which are
March 1 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that the changes in Iran brought about by U.S. and Israeli strikes should be "used properly" to benefit the country's people who had withstood violence from their authorities. Zelenskiy, speaking in his
By Lili Bayer and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, March 1 (Reuters) - The European Union's 27 nations on Sunday called for "maximum restraint" and full respect for international law in the Iran conflict, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. "We call for maximum restraint, protection
Dubai has been transformed into a major global economic hub through diversification in sectors such as transportation, finance and tourism, to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels. The emirate, along with several Middle Eastern cities such as Doha and Manama, was hit on Sunday
On a US late-night television show Saturday, the host played a clip from 2011 of a businessman warning that president Barack Obama "will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate." That businessman was Donald Trump. Fast-forward 15 years and Trump,
Iranians inside the country and abroad celebrated Khamenei's death, toppling statues, waving flags and holding demonstrations despite internet blackouts
IDF officials have said that one of the war's central objectives is to damage Iran's missile systems and launchers. Iran has managed to restore offensive capabilities following the 12-day war and even increase its missile production rate
By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and Emily Rose DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - The assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has plunged the Islamic Republic into its most perilous crisis since the 1979 revolution - confronting it with war on its own territory,
By Doina Chiacu March 1 (Reuters) - The United States has yet to spell out a "day-after" strategy for Iran following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed much of the country's leadership, lawmakers from both major political parties said on Sunday.
DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes hit a hospital in Tehran’s Gandhi Street area, two witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, saying the hospital was badly damaged and patients were being taken out. (Reporting by Parisa HafeziEditing by Peter Graff)
The killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the ongoing US-Israeli bombing campaign have ushered in a period of uncertainty for the country's leadership. At the beginning of the air campaign, US President Donald Trump urged Iranians to seize power once it
At least 17 people were killed Sunday across Pakistan as protesters outraged over the death of Iran's supreme leader took to the streets, with some attempting to storm US diplomatic buildings. In the Pakistani megacity of Karachi, an AFP journalist witnessed hundreds of
Ilana Malka doesn't know if her three great-nephews are alive after an Iranian missile struck a shelter in her city of Beit Shemesh, in central Israel, leaving a crater in the ground and a void in the community. The building that housed the shelter was blown to bits by the hit,
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the U.S. military was sinking Iran's Navy, having destroyed nine Iranian warships so far and "going after the rest." Trump made the announcement in a social media
The US military on Sunday said three service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in the war against Iran -- the first casualties announced on the US side. The news, which could have serious political ramifications in Washington, came as President Donald Trump
BERLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - Israel has flown its official government aircraft to Germany and parked it for safety at Berlin's airport, German government sources said, after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the region into
ATHENS, March 1 (Reuters) - More than a thousand demonstrators marched to the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Athens on Sunday to protest against strikes in Iran. Demonstrators mainly affiliated to the Greek Communist Party held banners and placards reading "Hands off Iran" and
The biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid pandemic snarled travel for a second day on Sunday, with thousands of flights affected and busy Gulf hubs including Dubai and Doha shuttered as Iran lashed out after US-Israeli strikes. Passengers were stranded
Within hours, Gulf governments condemned the attacks as violations of sovereignty and threats to civilian safety. Across the wider Arab world, however, reactions were more divided
WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran's new leadership wants to talk to him and that he has agreed, according to an interview with the Atlantic magazine. "They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them.
BERLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on U.S. and European partners to start planning for the future of Iran and the region, saying the people of Iran deserved a better future after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed its supreme leader. Merz said his
WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News on Sunday that 48 leaders have been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. "It's moving along. It's moving along rapidly. This has been this way for 47 years," he was quoted as saying in an interview
(Adds story links) KAPIKOY, Turkey , March 1 (Reuters) - Some Iranian citizens are being stopped from crossing into Turkey at Iran's northwestern Khoy land border gate, according to three foreign passport-holders who crossed on Sunday and some local Turkish media. A day after
By AJ Vicens March 1 (Reuters) - A wave of cyber-enabled operations took place early Saturday morning alongside the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on targets across Iran, according to cybersecurity experts and observers. The operations included the hacking of multiple news websites
They moved to the UAE expecting a non-stop VIP experience, but instead Dubai's influencers found themselves under a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones. Since early on Saturday, foreigners in the United Arab Emirates have been sharing videos of plumes of smoke rising above
Iranians were experiencing a mix of shock, grief and joy after the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Israeli and US strikes extended into a second day Sunday. The attacks unleashed on Saturday killed Khamenei and top military leaders and prompted Iranian
Shattered glass lay strewn across the streets of a residential area of Tel Aviv on Sunday, the day after an Iranian missile strike left one woman dead, but residents insisted they could withstand further attacks. The US and Israel launched a wave of strikes against Iran on
Five additional troops were "seriously wounded," US Central Command said, as the US, Israel and Iran continue their bombing campaigns.
WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Three U.S. service members have been killed in action as part of U.S. military operations against Iran, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. Five others were seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury, it said. (Reporting
By Yousef Saba, Jaidaa Taha and Jonathan Saul DUBAI/LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - At least three tankers were damaged off the Gulf coast after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered Iranian retaliation that put merchant ships at risk of collateral damage, shipping sources and
Bashar al-Assad, Nicolas Maduro and now Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In the last 18 months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost several key foreign allies -- and there is little that the Kremlin, bogged down in Ukraine, can do about it. Tehran has stood
March 1 (Reuters) - A Palau-flagged oil tanker under U.S. sanctions was hit on Sunday off Oman's Musandam peninsula, injuring four people, the country's maritime security centre said, without specifying what hit the vessel. The attack followed earlier drone strikes elsewhere in
By Raghed Waked, Amr Alfiky, Timour Azhari and Rula Rouhana DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - As Iran fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Gulf States in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli strikes, some in Dubai ran for cover and others froze at windows, watching the sky as if
MILAN, March 1 (Reuters) - Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Sunday that he was returning to Italy from Dubai, where he had been stranded with his family after flights were suspended because of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. The minister left Rome on Friday
Born in Mashhad and jailed repeatedly for opposing the Shah, Ali Khamenei rose through the clerical ranks after the Islamic Revolution, became Iran's Supreme Leader following Khomeini's death, and pursued an uncompromising anti-Western agenda while brutally suppressing domestic
CAIRO, March 1 (Reuters) - Six people were killed after a missile strike on the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, the Israeli ambulance service said on Sunday. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Muhammad Al Gebaly; Editing by Ros Russell)