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U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran continued for a 2nd time connected Sunday aft the sidesplitting of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threw the aboriginal of the Islamic Republic into uncertainty and raised the hazard of determination instability.
There were explosions successful Tehran connected Sunday nighttime arsenic Israel said it was taking its attacks to the “heart” of Iran’s capital.
Iran retaliated by firing missiles and drones astatine Israel and astatine U.S. subject installations astir the Gulf, and besides astatine the Saudi superior and the planetary concern hub of Dubai. Earlier Sunday, Iran selected a 66-year-old cleric to articulation the three-member enactment assembly that volition govern the state until a caller ultimate person is selected.
A elder White House authoritative says that “new imaginable leadership” successful Iran has suggested they are unfastened for talks with the United States. The official, speaking connected information of anonymity to sermon interior medication deliberations, said President Donald Trump says helium is “eventually” consenting to talk, but for present the subject cognition “continues unabated.”
Trump told The Atlantic successful an interrogation connected Sunday that helium planned to talk with Iran’s caller leadership. “They privation to talk, and I person agreed to talk, truthful I volition beryllium talking to them,” helium said, declining to remark connected the timing.
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Trump says Iran combat could spell connected for ‘4 weeks oregon so’
U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed a timeline for the warring successful Iran during a telephone interrogation with a British newspaper.
“We figured it volition beryllium 4 weeks oregon so,” Trump told the Daily Mail. “It’s ever been astir a four-week process, so, arsenic beardown arsenic it is -- it’s a large state -- it’ll instrumentality 4 weeks, oregon less.”
The U.S. subject said 3 work members person been killed, the archetypal known American casualties from the conflict. Trump called those killed “great people.”
“You know, we expect that to happen, unfortunately,” Trump told the newspaper. “Could hap continuous — it could hap again.”
Sound of explosions stone Jerusalem
Loud booms and explosions rocked Jerusalem connected Sunday nighttime arsenic different batch of Iranian missiles attempted landfall.
Shelters were afloat and immoderate residents concurred that the booms were the loudest they’d heard since the commencement of the war.
It was not instantly wide whether the booms were the sounds of missiles landing oregon of interceptions.
‘Door to diplomacy remains open’ — Omani minister
The diplomat who mediated indirect atomic talks held past week successful Geneva betwixt the U.S. and Iran has called for negotiations to resume, saying that the “door to diplomacy remains open."
Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said successful a station connected X that determination had been a “genuine advancement towards an unprecedented agreement” during the past circular of talks.
“I inactive judge successful the powerfulness of diplomacy to resoluteness this conflict,” helium said. “The sooner talks are resumed the amended it is for everyone.”
Oman’s Duqm Port earlier Sunday was struck by Iranian exploding drones, wounding 1 worker.
E3 nations pledge 'proportionate antiaircraft action' against Iran
Britain, France and Germany — known arsenic the E3 — said they are acceptable to enactment with the U.S. and partners to assistance halt Iran’s retaliatory attacks.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said successful a associated connection that they are “appalled” by Iran’s “reckless” strikes connected their allies which are threatening their work members and citizens successful the region.
“We volition instrumentality steps to support our interests and those of our allies successful the region, perchance done enabling indispensable and proportionate antiaircraft enactment to destruct Iran’s capableness to occurrence missiles and drones astatine their source. We person agreed to enactment unneurotic with the U.S. and allies successful the portion connected this matter,” the connection said. It did not supply further details.
Filipino killed successful Tel Aviv rocket attack
The Philippine Embassy successful Israel confirmed the decease of a Filipino nationalist successful a rocket onslaught successful Tel Aviv connected Saturday.
Mary Ann V. de Vera, 32, a caregiver from Basista, Pangasinan, had been moving successful Israel since 2019. Her individuality was confirmed done biometric records astatine the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, wherever her hubby besides positively identified her remains.
Ambassador Aileen Mendiola conveyed condolences to the household and assured them of the Philippine government’s afloat assistance, the embassy said successful a statement.
France volition ‘adapt’ its subject posture — Macron
President Emmanuel Macron said the struggle has prompted France to reenforce its subject posture and its antiaircraft enactment for allies successful the Middle East. He did not elaborate.
Noting that a drone deed a hangar Sunday astatine a French naval base, helium said France needs to "be capable to accommodate our posture to the improvement of the past fewer hours." France has subject bases successful the Gulf.
Chairing an exigency defence gathering successful Paris, Macron said apical information officials would sermon the risks the struggle creates for France, and its economical consequences. Macron spoke with the leaders of respective countries astir the Mideast implicit the weekend.
On Monday, Macron heads to a atomic submarine basal wherever helium is expected to update France’s atomic weapons doctrine to instrumentality into relationship the evolving planetary information context.
Trump speaks with leaders of Israel, Bahrain and UAE
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a station connected X that U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken to the leaders of Israel, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, without providing further details.
Trump has spoken to leaders passim the portion since the commencement of U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran.
Israel activates other 100,000 reservists
Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin told a briefing that 100 combatant jets simultaneously struck authorities targets successful the Iranian superior connected Sunday.
He said the targets included buildings belonging to Iran’s aerial force, its rocket bid and its interior information force, which violently quashed anti-government protests successful January. “Our connection to the Iranian authorities is clear,” helium said. “No 1 is immune.”
Defrin besides said Israel has activated an further 100,000 reservists to fortify Israel’s borders. He said determination was a peculiar absorption connected the Lebanese militant radical Hezbollah, which truthful acold has stayed connected the sidelines of the latest war.
“We are keeping a adjacent oculus connected Hezbollah,” helium said.
UAE closes embassy successful Iran
The United Arab Emirates has closed its embassy successful Iran and announced the withdrawal of its diplomatic ngo aft strikes from the Islamic Republic deed the country.
The announcement from the Gulf country’s Foreign Ministry comes arsenic Iranian retaliatory attacks targeting U.S. bases successful the Mideast person deed Dubai airdrome and different civilian buildings, forced the closure of its airspace, and disrupted regular life.
“The Foreign Ministry arsenic confirmed that this determination reflects its steadfast and unwavering presumption against immoderate aggression that threatens its information and sovereignty,” the connection said.
Turkey's Erdogan offers condolences implicit the decease of Khamenei
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a connection of condolence implicit the decease of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei successful U.S.–Israeli airstrikes.
In a station connected X, Erdogan emphasized Turkey’s committedness to bid and stableness successful the region, adding that Ankara would proceed moving toward a “return to diplomacy” to assistance extremity the conflict.
Cuba's president sends condolences to Iran
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his medication extended its “deepest condolences” to Iran’s radical and its authorities for what helium called the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“This heinous enactment constitutes an unscrupulous usurpation of each norms of planetary instrumentality and quality dignity,” helium wrote successful a station connected X. “In Cuba, helium volition beryllium remembered arsenic an outstanding statesman and person of his radical who contributed to the improvement of affable relations betwixt Cuba and Iran.”
Pro-Iran protesters march connected determination of US Embassy successful Iraq
Iraqi information forces person fired teardrop state astatine dozens of pro-Iran protesters trying to participate the heavily-fortified Green Zone successful Baghdad wherever the U.S. Embassy is located.
Protesters successful Iraq earlier marched to mourn Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei who was killed Saturday successful a bid of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes.
Iran-backed Iraqi militias person claimed work for attacks connected U.S. bases successful the state successful solidarity with Tehran. The U.S. Embassy successful Iraq is 1 of the largest globally.
More strikes connected Tehran
Blasts rocked bluish Tehran and rattled windows connected Sunday night, according to a nonmigratory of the Tajrish district, who spoke connected information of anonymity retired of fearfulness of retaliation.
The reports of explosions came arsenic the Israeli Defense Forces announced that its Air Force was continuing strikes connected targets successful Tehran.
Iran's FIFA World Cup games successful US successful doubt
Mehdi Taj, the president of Iran’s shot federation, formed uncertainty connected the nationalist team’s quality to play World Cup matches successful the U.S. aboriginal this year.
Iran is scheduled to play 2 World Cup games successful Inglewood, California, and 1 successful Seattle.
Taj told an Iranian sports tv amusement helium wasn’t definite however it would beryllium imaginable pursuing Saturday’s strikes.
“What is definite is that aft this attack, we cannot beryllium expected to look guardant to the World Cup with hope,” Taj told sports portal Varzesh3.
Trump signals willingness to speech to Iran’s caller leaders
A elder White House authoritative says that “new imaginable leadership” successful Iran has suggested they are unfastened for talks with the United States.
The official, speaking connected information of anonymity to sermon interior medication deliberations, said President Donald Trump says helium is “eventually” consenting to talk, but for present the subject cognition “continues unabated.”
The authoritative did not accidental who the imaginable caller Iranian leaders are oregon however they made their alleged willingness to speech known.
Trump told The Atlantic successful an interrogation connected Sunday that helium planned to talk with Iran’s caller leadership.
“They privation to talk, and I person agreed to talk, truthful I volition beryllium talking to them,” helium said, declining to remark connected the timing.
9 Iranian naval vessels sunk — Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said connected societal media that 9 ships successful the Iranian navy had been “destroyed” and sunk, “some of them comparatively ample and important.”
Trump said the remainder of Iran’s fleet of subject vessels “will soon beryllium floating astatine the bottommost of the sea, also!"
Death toll from onslaught connected schoolhouse present 165 — Iranian authorities media
The decease toll successful onslaught astatine an each girls schoolhouse successful confederate Iran has risen to 165, according to the state-run IRNA quality agency.
The section authoritative of Minab successful Iran’s Hormozgan state was quoted Sunday arsenic saying 96 different radical were injured successful the strike.
A section authoritative said the casualties from the Saturday onslaught included students, parents and schoolhouse staff.
The Israeli subject said it was not alert of strikes successful the area. The U.S. subject said it was looking into the reports.
CIA tracked Iranian leaders’ movements for months
The CIA tracked the movements of elder Iranian leaders, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for months earlier Saturday's airstrikes, according to a idiosyncratic acquainted with the cognition who was not authorized to remark publically and spoke connected information of anonymity.
The quality was shared with Israeli officials, and the timing of the strikes was adjusted successful portion due to the fact that of that accusation astir the Iranian leaders’ location, the idiosyncratic said.
The New York Times earlier reported astir the CIA’s efforts up of the Israeli-U.S. strikes.
Attack connected Iran is an ‘illegal disastrous war’ — US senator
Sen. Chris Murphy is predicting that the aerial run against Iran volition backfire and effect successful an adjacent much hardline authorities successful Tehran.
“We’re not going to get a democracy. We’re going to get an adjacent worse leadership,” Murphy told CBS’ “Face the Nation”. “It’s nary concealed that our allies successful the region, with the objection of the right-wing authorities successful Israel, they begged america not to instrumentality this action.”
The Connecticut Democrat and subordinate of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said authorities alteration successful Iran would ne'er win without troops connected the crushed — thing that President Donald Trump has ruled out.
Barring that, Murphy said helium expects the Iranian authorities to clasp connected to powerfulness and reconstitute itself successful a much hardline form.
Iran’s ballistic rocket sites deed — US military
B-2 stealth bombers struck Iran’s ballistic rocket facilities with 2,000-pound bombs, the U.S. subject said Sunday successful a station connected X.
Ballistic missiles person been 1 of the concerns President Donald Trump has raised successful the pb up to the attacks connected Iran. Trump has claimed that Iran has been gathering ballistic missiles that could scope the U.S. homeland.
Iran hasn’t acknowledged it is gathering oregon seeking to physique intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said successful an unclassified study past twelvemonth that Iran could make a militarily viable intercontinental ballistic rocket by 2035 “should Tehran determine to prosecute the capability.”
Airstrikes to past ‘probably a fewer weeks’ — US senator
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, the president of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says helium expects the monolithic airstrike run against Iran volition proceed for “probably a fewer weeks.”
The Arkansas Republican told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that President Donald Trump “has nary program for immoderate benignant of large-scale crushed unit successful Iran.”
Cotton would not accidental however the U.S. and Israeli knew the determination of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
“We person exquisite quality postulation methods,” helium said. “Israel and the United States erstwhile again proved that our federation person capabilities that nary different federation connected Earth has.”
Crowds successful Paris invited strikes connected Iran
Thousands of jubilant demonstrators marched done Paris connected Sunday to observe the U.S. and Israeli strikes and explicit anticipation for authorities alteration successful Iran.
Waving Iranian, Israeli, American and French flags, the assemblage chanted ″Freedom for Iran!″
Members of the ample Iranian diaspora successful France and their French supporters marched from Bastille Plaza, birthplace of the French Revolution, toward a statue of Joan of Arc. One radical opened a vessel of Champagne, and the ambiance was festive.
The nighttime before, a assemblage of Iranian demonstrators danced crossed from the Eiffel Tower.
Paris besides saw a tiny counter-protest Sunday by left-wing groups denouncing ″American imperialism″ and informing of broader war.
Meanwhile, France is postponing an planetary league meant to bolster Lebanon’s information due to the fact that of the widening struggle successful the Middle East.
″Conditions are not met″ to clasp the league arsenic scheduled successful Paris connected March 5, French President Emmanuel Macron’s bureau said Sunday. It said Macron spoke Sunday with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and they jointly decided to hold it until April.
Tehran's residents enactment disconnected streets
The streets were astir bare successful Iran’s superior Sunday. Merchants said shoppers were buying successful bulk portion supplies were arriving successful Tehran astatine a trickle.
Ali, a 42-year-old nutrient vendor, said trucks of potatoes and tomatoes were arriving successful less numbers due to the fact that drivers were wary of driving into the superior portion strikes were ongoing.
“People are buying arsenic overmuch arsenic they tin retired of fearfulness of the existent mess,” said Ali, who lone agreed to springiness his archetypal sanction retired of fearfulness for his ain security.
Some residents expressed fearfulness of the strikes, but besides of the future.
Reza Mehrabi, 67, said celebrations of the deaths of Iranian elder leaders look premature. He recalled akin celebrations aft the 1979 gyration erstwhile the Shah was deposed, and the Islamic Republic reign began.
“I saw immoderate radical were blessed astir the losses, but erstwhile I retrieve 1979 gyration and its aftermath, I request much information to recognize if the federation and the state is connected the close path.”
‘I americium starring this transition,’ says erstwhile Shah's exiled son
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled lad of Iran’s past shah overthrown during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, claims helium is taking complaint of the modulation to a caller government.
Speaking to Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” helium said: “This is clip present for a precise strong, unchangeable transition. I americium starring this transition. I person the enactment of millions of Iranian people. I person the radical wrong the state that are joining … the subject volition broadside with us. We person a program of enactment and a modulation plan.”
He says that process would pb yet “to a antiauthoritarian result truthful the Iranian radical get to take their aboriginal authorities and system.”
Asked however agelong his transitional enactment would be, helium said that “to beryllium realistic from the clip that we commencement until the time we tin person the last referendum, I expect a play that should beryllium longer than a mates of years astatine the most. But what’s captious is the archetypal 100 days.”
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