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As U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian cities intensify, the return of Afghans from Iran has increased

Larijani: We will not tolerate any move by separatist groups, and our armed forces are in complete control of the situation.

Saudi Ministry of Defense Spokesperson: Three cruise missiles intercepted and destroyed outside the city of Al-Kharj.

United Nations: Nearly 100,000 people were displaced from Tehran during the first two days of the war.

Intense airstrikes on Sulaymaniyah, KRI, Iraq Source tells it's against the Kurdish groups

Office of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: No Iraqi Kurd has crossed the border, and what has been reported in this regard is completely false.

4 more blasts, Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran

Tasnim News Agency quoted an Iranian security official as saying: Security on the border with Iraq is stable, and our forces are defending Iran's sovereignty and borders.

Explosions reported in various parts of Bahrain amid new missile and drone attack. Local confirms hearing at least one large boom, calling it the "loudest so far during the war"

Israeli airstrikes targeted the governor’s office and nearby residential areas in Bukan (West Azerbaijan province), causing heavy destruction. The strike reportedly occurred in two waves and resulted in many civilian casualties, including women and children

Bombardment continues in Tehran this evening

The U.S. Senate has blocked an effort to force President Trump to end military strikes on Iran without congressional approval. The war powers resolution failed

Rudaw: A source from Iranian Kurdish opposition group, Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan told Rudaw that they dismiss media reports that the group has launched a ground offensive into western Iran (Rojhelat)

Yazd, Iran. Airstrikes target IRGC ballistic missile sites causing massive explosions

Thousands of Iraqi Kurds have launched a ground offensive in Iran: US official tells Fox

Senior PJAK official, denied reports on Kurdish offensive in Iran: "I think they are wrong when they say that we have already started the war now, but we are preparing for the right opportunity."

Several airstrikes on missile site in southwest of Yazd. Yazd Province, Iran (Video: @vahid)

The Israeli Air Force is carrying out intensive airstrikes on Basij force centers in the Kurdish city of Saqqez

Map of the strikes in the war against Iran

Israeli army says a large wave of Israeli airstrikes in central and western Iran destroyed dozens of ballistic missile launchers and air defense systems, some were hit while Iranian crews were operating them

US Navy: All Iranian ships and submarines in the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Oman have been sunk. US Navy: The Strait of Hormuz is under our complete control.

Israeli airstrikes on the IRGC headquarters in Marivan

The Israeli army announces the launch of "the 11th wave of raids on Tehran"

The President of the UAE received a phone call from the interim President of Venezuela, during which she affirmed her solidarity with the UAE following the Iranian attacks on its territory.

Heavy airstrikes target sites in the cities of Yazd and Tabriz in central and northwestern Iran.

Dubai Government Media: The sounds heard were due to successful aerial interceptions with no injuries reported.

White House spokeswoman: Our allies in Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE are engaging their air defenses in the current war.

White House: Our forces bombed 2,000 targets and destroyed hundreds of drones

White House: We have killed Iran's nuclear program

Heavy airstrikes rock the Tehransar area west of the capital, Tehran

The Israeli Air Force publishes footage of F-16I fighter jets flying to Iran to carry out strikes

British Ministry of Defence: Our fighter jets continue their defensive air operations in the Middle East to protect British interests.

Greek Air Force F-16s intercepted a pair of Iranian-made Shahed attack drones near Cyprus today

New missile barrage launched towards central Israel

President Erdoğan: "We are taking all necessary measures in close consultation with our NATO allies and are intervening immediately when needed."

Sources close to the Al Hadath: Yesterday's Israeli airstrike on Hazmieh in Beirut targeted an Iranian official, likely a diplomat.

WSJ: Iranian missile was heading towards Turkey’s Incirlik base which hosts US forces. A US navy destroyer shot down the missile

According to several Iraqi sources who've gone on the record, a foreign force carried out an airborne landing in the desert of Najaf & clashed with Iraqi security forces, killing one. Possibly linked to a cryptic line in today's written statement of the Commander of the Israeli Air Force: "These days, the fighters of the special units of the IAF are carrying out special missions, which could ignite the imagination." nThe IAF has several special forces units: Shaldag, Unit 669 (special rescue), a special forces intelligence unit, and Unit 5700 (forward air field tactical unit)

Türkiye summons Iran's ambassador to Ankara. The Foreign Ministry conveys a protest to the Iranian envoy over the ballistic munition fired from Iran towards Turkish airspace

Interception of aerial threats in Bahraini airspace

Iranian President: We respect the sovereignty of neighboring countries

Israeli army: The Israeli army has just completed a large-scale airstrike on a major military complex belonging to the Iranian regime, which houses command headquarters and soldiers from all branches of the Iranian security establishment. Under precise guidance from Military Intelligence, Air Force fighter jets have just completed a large-scale airstrike on the complex.

UAE air defenses successfully intercepted Iranian ballistic and cruise missiles and UAVs

Israeli air defenses attempting to intercept Iranian missiles over Jerusalem.

Qatar will fully shut gas liquefaction, two sources say. Initial estimates suggest it would take about two weeks to restart operations and at least another two weeks to return to full capacity - Reuters

Qatari Energy has stopped production of liquefied natural gas, declares Force Majeure

Alarm sounds in Bahrain

At least 80 killed when a US submarine torpedoed the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dana off the coast of Sri Lanka, according to Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister - Reuters

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: We set the terms of war with Iran at every stage. and we control the sea and air routes.

Hegseth says US 'investigating' deadly strike on Iranian girls' school

The U.S. military said on Wednesday that it killed an Iranian official who headed a unit behind an alleged assassination plot against President Donald Trump. "The leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed. Iran tried to kill President Trump and President Trump got the last laugh," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a news briefing. Hegseth did not name the individual but said the operation took place on Tuesday. In 2024, the U.S. Justice Department charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by the IRGC to assassinate Trump, then U.S. president-elect

US General Dan Caine: US Central Command has established air superiority over the southern regions of the Iranian coast and we will begin expanding inland.

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman: We will begin expanding air control into Iran.

Trump admin officials acknowledged during a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill Tuesday that Iran’s Shahed attack drones represent a major challenge and US air defenses will not be able to intercept them all. The drones, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine acknowledged, are posing a bigger problem than anticipated, per sources in the briefing.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters

US Secretary of Defense: Top Iranian leaders killed, their successors either missing or in hiding

Iranian IRGC Navy Soleimani-class corvette burning off the port of Bandar Abbas today after a U.S./Israeli airstrike

US Secretary of Defense: Iran can do nothing about our control of its airspace.

Airstrikes on IRGC bases in Sardasht city, northwest of Iran

The Israeli army: The air force destroyed air defense and monitoring systems at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran today.

Officials told Reuters that a US military submarine targeted an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer: We are doing our utmost with our allies to maintain the flow of trade through the Strait of Hormuz. Radar systems, air defenses, drone countermeasures, and F-35 aircraft have been deployed in coordination with Washington

Israeli media, citing sources: A simultaneous attack from Iran and southern Lebanon targeted Tel Aviv, southern Haifa, and Ashkelon.

Turkey conveys its protests to Iran for firing a misile into Turkish airspace in a phone call between Fidan and Araghchi, per Turkish sources. Fidan asked Araghchi to avoid steps that could spread the war to the region

UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says it received a report of an incident 2 nautical miles north of Oman involving a vessel transiting eastbound in the Strait of Hormuz. UKMTO: A container ship has reportedly been hit by an unknown projectile just above the waterline, causing a fire in the engine room.

The Israeli army says it had detected a new launch of ballistic missiles from Iran. Sirens are expected to sound in central Israel in the coming minutes. Alerts are meanwhile in central Israel due to rocket fire from Lebanon

Sirens sound in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, opposite Eilat in southern Israel

Explosion heard in the city of Tabriz in the northwest of the country

IRGC reports a missile strike on Komala and anti-Iran group bases in Iraqi Kurdistan. Three missiles hit their targets at 11:00 AM, launched by IRGC missile units.

Iranian media: Death toll from airstrikes rises to 1045

Turkish Defense Ministry: NATO air defense systems intercepted a missile launched from Iran over Hatay.

Iranian media: Airstrikes targeted residential buildings in southeast Tehran

Tabriz was subjected today to raids carried out by American and Israeli aircraft, which caused widespread damage in a number of areas.

Food distribution and access to basic supplies have been disrupted in parts of Tehran’s Evin prison following US and Israeli airstrikes, with some detainees reporting they are surviving on limited bread and water, according to families who spoke to Iran International

A citizen sent a video to IranWire, reporting several consecutive explosions in the city of Baneh. The United States and Israel extensively targeted some positions of the Islamic Republic in the city of Baneh today

Marand Industrial Town was hit again today @ 1035Z East Azerbaijan Province, IranAirstrike on Marand Industrial City, East Azerbaijan province @~ 12:00 local time (0830Z) It was targeted during the 12-days war, too

Qatari Ministry of Defense: Our air force intercepted 6 drones and 2 cruise missiles

UAE Ministry of Defense: Air defenses successfully intercept 3 ballistic missiles and 129 drones

Renewed Israeli-American airstrikes on Tehran

Targeted assassination in Borujerdi Town where houses Islamic Regime's Ministry of Defense personnel. Southeastern Tehran, Tehran Province

SPA, quoting an official from the Saudi Ministry of Energy: The Ras Tanura refinery was targeted in a drone attack attempt, but no damage was reported and supplies were unaffected.

The IRGC directed a message to the Kurdish people that states: *If Any Peshmerga crosses into eastern Kurdistan (Rojhelat) from southern Kurdistan (KRG), it will be perceived as a declaration of war*

Strike on Iranian government's military bases in the border city of Baneh

Iranian navy frigate Iris Dena sinks off coast of Sri Lanka following alleged US airstrike, as Sri Lankan forces deploy ships and aircraft to rescue 30 sailors on board

Intense airstrikes in eastern Tehran, One sources counted over 25 blasts. Tehran Province, Iran

Security sources told Lebanon 24 that the target of the raid on the Comfort Hotel in Hazmieh was an Iranian diplomat, and that Hezbollah was involved in moving his charred body.

Kuwait is responding to a wave of missiles and drones entering its airspace, the army says

Israeli military spokesman: We have completed the opening phase of the war on Iran by assassinating the Supreme Leader and achieving air superiority.

Airstrike in Baneh, Iran

Fighter jet flying over Tehran without being intercepted by air defenses.

Iran’s judiciary chief threatens “those who say or do anything” in support of the US-Israeli airstrike campaign, AP reports

Israeli army: IRANIAN JET SHOT DOWN: An IAF F-35I “Adir” fighter jet shot down an Iranian Air Force YAK-130 fighter jet. This is the first shootdown in history of a manned fighter aircraft by an F-35 “Adir” fighter jet

Iranian media: 5 killed in airstrikes on Isfahan last night

Bombing of Shiraz Air Base belonging to the Iranian Army

Israeli army: We launched a tenth wave of airstrikes on Tehran

Loud explosion in eastern Tehran

US/Israeli airstrike this morning in Tehran, targeting an Iranian site in the government and military-heavy District 4

Severe Israeli and US attacks on Urmia

The Israeli military launched an assault overnight on buildings affiliated with Iran’s internal security forces, with the Israeli Air Force carrying out "an additional wave of airstrikes targeting regime-affiliated sites across Tehran," the Israeli army said

Explosion following an airstrike on the capital, Tehran