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Iranian media: Explosion near Tabriz; air defenses activated to intercept targets

No injuries are reported following Iran's latest ballistic missile attack, the fifth today. The missile, which triggered sirens in the southernmost city of Eilat, was likely intercepted according to preliminary military assessments

Iranian media: Three explosions in Bushehr following attacks on the airbase and airport in Iran

Israeli media: An Iranian missile heading towards the Dimona area was intercepted.

Warning from Iran to civilians in Israel in the following areas: Upper Galilee, Lower Galilee, Golan Heights, and Haifa

US Central Command: We have conducted more than 9,000 sorties since the start of the operation in Iran.

12-Hunter Army Air Field/Fort Stewart, GA; 8-Unknown; 7-JB Lewis-McChord, WA 6-Pope Army Air Field/Fort Bragg, NC; 4-Campbell Army Airfield/Fort Campbell, KY;4-Gray Army Airfield/JB Lewis-McChord, WA; 4-Naval Air Station Oceana, VA; 1-MacDill AFB, FL; 1-JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ; Destinations: 17-Ovda Air Base, Israel; 13-King Faisal Air Base, Jordan; 4-King Hussein Int'l Airport, Jordan

Pentagon officias are weighing a possible deployment of airborne troops to support U.S. military operations in Iran, defense officials said. - NYT

Netanyahu's first response to Trump's announcement: "We will protect our vital interests in any situation"

Revolutionary Guard spokesman: There is no need to plant mines in the Strait of Hormuz because the Iranian armed forces have complete control over it

US is still deploying thousands more Marines and sailors to the Middle East, military sources told CBS News

6 massive explosions in Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran

Explosions heard it the port of Quriyat in Oman

Trump on Iran: The Democrats call it a war; we call it a "military operation”

The U.S. Embassy in Muscat has issued a nationwide shelter-in-place alert for Oman due to "ongoing activity”

Trump: The world will soon be safer, and discussions with Iran began Saturday night.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf in a post on X: Our people demand complete and remorseful punishment of the aggressors. All officials stand firmly behind their leader and people until this goal is achieved. No negotiations have been held with the US. Fake news is to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped.

Talks are underway for a meeting between senior Iranian and American officials in Pakistan's capital Islamabad later this week, a senior Israeli official tells @BarakRavid

Trump on Iran and oil: The Strait of Hormuz will be opened very quickly if an agreement is reached.

Trump: There might be a joint leadership in Iran, and we might find a leader like we did in Venezuela.

Trump: The agreement with Iran must be good and must ensure that no more wars break out and that no nuclear weapons are acquired.

Trump says if a deal is reached with Iran, US will move to take Iran's enriched uranium critical to nuclear program

Trump: Iran was an imminent threat to the United States

Trump says US talking with a top Iranian official - but it's not the supreme leader. US hasn't heard from the second supreme leader, the son, he said. "We don’t know if he is living." He's "unavailable." "I don't consider him really the leader."

Trump: If Iran had a nuclear weapon, it would control the Middle East.

Airstrike at IRGC Aerospace Park

Smoke from an explosion following an attack on an air defense site in Kahrizak.

Turkish Foreign Ministry: Minister Fidan discussed efforts to stop the war in two phone calls with his Egyptian and Norwegian counterparts

Iran's State TV IRIB: The Islamic Republic’s position on the Strait of Hormuz has not changed and will not change

2 strikes on Garmdarreh, Tehran Province, Iran

Trump: Recent Iran talks happened last night. I am not sure what Iran media is talking about

Axios: Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan have been passing messages between the U.S. and Iran over the past two days in an effort to de-escalate, U.S. source says. Senior officials from the three countries held separate talks with White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the U.S. source says. "The mediation is ongoing and making progress. The discussion is about ending the war and resolving all outstanding issues. We hope to have answers soon," the source says

Washington had kept Israel informed of its talks with Tehran, and that Israel would likely follow the U.S. in suspending any targeting of Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure, a source briefed on Israel's war plans against Iran told Reuters

Missile depots bombed in Sirjan, northern Iran

At around 3:30 PM on Monday, March 23, the IRGC's Khordad 15 base in the Baharestan area of Isfahan was targeted.

Iranian Foreign Ministry: There have been initiatives by regional countries to reduce tensions, and our response to all of them is clear: we are not the party that started this war, and all such requests should be directed to Washington

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Statements by the U.S. president are part of efforts to lower energy prices and buy time to implement his military plans.

Israeli army: We have begun a new wave of airstrikes on Tehran

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier that has been part of Middle East war operations, on Monday returned to a naval base in Crete, an AFP photographer said

Trump says he has instructed the Pentagon to postpone any & all military strikes against Iran power plants for a 5 day peroid

IRGC-affiliated Iranian media say there were no discussions with Trump, and claim he backed down out of fear of an Iranian retaliation

Today UAE air defenses intercepted 7 ballistic missiles and 16 drones launched from Iran. Since the beginning of Iran's attacks, UAE air defenses have intercepted 352 ballistic missiles.

The Kremlin: Russia is conducting ongoing dialogue with the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding the situation at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.

Iranian news agency Tasnim: Bombing in Bushehr kills head of meteorological department

Iranian media: At least 6 killed in an airstrike on Tabriz

Bahrain Defense Force: Intercepted and destroyed two missiles and 36 Iranian drones today

Director of the International Energy Agency: More than 40 energy sites and facilities in 9 Middle Eastern countries have been severely damaged.

One dead and four wounded in the Israeli raid on Al-Shahabiya, and severe damage to a residential neighborhood.

Israeli radio: Rocket fragments fell in the city of Ashkelon, causing damage to a building but no injuries.

UAE President MbZ's Advisor Anwar Gargash: Where are the Arab and Islamic institutions—especially the Arab League and the OIC— while our countries face Iranian aggression. And where are the “major” regional powers? No one should later complain about declining Arab and Islamic roles or criticize Western and American presence

Al Jazeera: Sirens sounded in the Jordanian capital Amman and other cities

Kuwaiti Army: Air defenses are currently intercepting missile and drone attacks

A devastating and unprecedented bombing campaign is underway in Tehran.

Senior American officials in recent days have told their counterparts in Israel and other countries that the United States will be forced to launch a ground operation to capture Iran’s Kharg Island, the primary oil export terminal for the Islamic Republic, in the Northern Persian Gulf, according to two sources familiar with the details who spoke to Israel’s i24News

Very heavy bombardment on Damavand Street in the capital Tehran

Explosions heard and air defenses activated in the Iranian capital, Tehran

Footage from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard shows drones being launched toward Israel and US bases in the Gulf today.

The Iranian army: We targeted Israeli aerospace industries with drones near Ben Gurion Air Base. We also targeted US reconnaissance aircraft sites at Prince Sultan Air Base in the region with drones.

Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters: If Trump carries out his threats to target Iranian energy facilities, we will completely close the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz is only closed to the enemies and has not yet been completely closed; it is under our intelligent control.

Israeli army announces the end of a wave of airstrikes that targeted vital facilities in Iran, including weapons production and storage sites, as well as military and security intelligence headquarters

Explosions east to Tehran

Images circulating online show plumes of smoke rising from the Iranian city of Bushehr after it was hit by airstrikes.

The IDF announced that it carried out a large-scale overnight wave of airstrikes in the Tehran area targeting key Iranian regime military infrastructure. The strikes focused on weapons production and storage facilities, including a Ministry of Defense site, an IRGC Air Force production facility, and a military base used for training and housing missile systems. In addition, Israeli forces targeted intelligence and internal security infrastructure, including a Ministry of Intelligence headquarters and an emergency command center of Iran’s Internal Security Forces.

Kuwaiti Civil Aviation: We have submitted an official protest to ICAO due to the grave violations and Iranian aggressions

Destroyed buildings were seen in Mohammadshahr in Alborz province after Israeli airstrikes, a video sent to Iran International shows

UAE air defenses engaged Iranian ballistic and cruise missiles and UAVs

Emergency forces are responding to reports of cluster munition impacts in several scenes across central Israel

US-Israeli airstrikes target Isfahan nuclear complex, damaging command and control center