Iran Attacks: Live Updates on Strikes, Retaliation & Escalating Conflict (March 1, 2026)

“As of now, seven people with varying degrees of injuries have been evacuated for medical treatment,” fire officials reported.

Multiple explosions were previously reported in Jerusalem after the Israeli military detected missile launches from Iran. Israeli police stated they are conducting searches “following reports of fragments of interceptor missiles falling in various locations.” (afp/efe)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed Sunday that he has agreed to allow the United States to use British bases to launch “defensive” strikes aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and launchpads.

The Labour leader clarified in a video posted on social media that his country will not participate in the operations. In a prior joint statement, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom stated they were prepared to take measures against Iran. (afp/reuters)

“Sadly, there will be more before it’s over,” said the White House leader in a video regarding the deaths of US soldiers. “But the United States will avenge their deaths and deliver the most devastating blow to the terrorists who are waging a war, basically, against civilization.”

“Once again I urge the Revolutionary Guard, the Iranian army and the police to lay down their arms and receive full immunity or face certain death,” he stated. (afp/ap)

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “no longer has a headquarters,” the US Central Command for the Middle East (Centcom) said in a statement Sunday.

“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has killed more than 1,000 Americans in the last 47 years. Yesterday, a massive US strike cut off the head of the snake,” the statement read.

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he anticipates military operations for the next four weeks against Iran, following attacks carried out jointly with the Israeli military that have decimated the Islamic regime’s defense capabilities.

“We estimate it will be about four weeks,” Trump told the British newspaper Daily Mail. “It’s a massive country, it will take four weeks or less,” he added. (afp/ap)

The NATO commander for Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich, noted he is “closely following” the conflict in Iran and “adjusting and will continue to adjust the alliance’s force posture” to ensure the security of its 32 member states.

Here’s with the intention of defending NATO “from potential threats,” the Atlantic organization stated in a statement published on the social network X. The text specifically cited the threat of “ballistic missiles or unmanned aerial devices, originating from that or other regions.”

The Israeli army announced Sunday it will mobilize approximately 100,000 reservists as part of the operation against Iran, stating that they “are increasing their level of preparedness on various fronts” as part of the operation, according to a statement. (afp/reuters)

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned Sunday the “massive and unjustified” attacks being carried out by Iran against other countries in the region.

“Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan are all caught up in a war they did not choose,” he lamented in a post on the social network X. The official said he was in contact with his counterparts in those countries, to whom he conveyed “the full solidarity and unconditional support” of France.

US President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that 48 Iranian leaders have died so far in the offensive against the Islamic regime launched Saturday by the United States and Israel.

“Nobody can believe the success we are having, 48 leaders have disappeared in one fell swoop. And this is moving quickly,” the White House leader declared in an interview with Fox News.

Iran has confirmed the death of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as the head of the Revolutionary Guard, Mohamad Pakpour, and Ali Shamkhani, a close advisor to Khamenei and head of the National Security Council. (afp/reuters)

Three US military personnel were killed and another five were seriously injured as part of the operation against Iran, the US Central Command for the Middle East (Centcom) announced Sunday.

These are the first known US casualties since the United States and Israel launched massive bombings against Iran. Centcom did not disclose the location or identity of the soldiers in its statement, published on the social network X. (afp/reuters)

The United States sank an Iranian naval vessel in the Gulf of Oman at the start of the offensive against the Islamic regime, the US Central Command for the Middle East (Centcom) announced Sunday.

“An Iranian Jamaran-class corvette was hit by US forces at the start of Operation Epic Fury,” the organization stated on the social network X. “The ship is currently sinking in the Gulf of Oman, near a pier in Chabahar,” a port city in southeastern Iran, it added.