President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.
Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes. His son Mojtaba Khameneiwas chosenon Sunday to succeed him.
Iran is responding to the operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
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Latest Developments
Mar 10, 1:17 PMRussia told Trump it isn't sharing US military asset intelligence with Iran, Witkoff says
Russian officials denied in a phone call with President Donald Trump on Monday that they are sharing intelligence on U.S. military assets with Iran, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said."We can take them at their word," Witkoff said Tuesday in an interview with CNBC. "That's a better question for the intel people, but let's hope that they're not sharing."Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday for about an hour. Witkoff also indicated during the interview that Trump is still open to dialogue with Iran."I think the president is always willing to talk, but the question is whether it would be productive or not," Witkoff said. "Do they actually want to make have a diplomatic solution here? And so far the evidence suggests no."
Mar 10, 12:05 PMHistoric Iranian landmarks damaged amid ongoing war
A number of historical sites and monuments across Iran are damaged as the war continues, the Iran's Cultural Heritage Ministry said Tuesday.ABC News has verified photos showing damage to historical sites in Isfahan and Tehran.
Several buildings are damaged in Isfahan, a city in central Iran known as the "cultural capital" of the country, home to many historical sites and monuments. Among them are Chehel Sotoun and Ali Qapu, which are UNESCO-listed palaces with significant cultural and historical importance as well as being popular tourist destinations, according to photos verified by ABC News.
Tehran's Golestan Palace, also a UNESCO-listed landmark, has been damaged. Pictures show considerable damage to the palace's famous Mirror Hall and the Berelian Hall, according to photos verified by ABC News.
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei urged an international response to the attacks, writing that "the aggressors' brutal crimes threaten the shared heritage of humankind," in a post on X on Wednesday.Iran's Ministry of Cultural Heritage listed other sites including Isfahan's Imam Mosque and the historic valleys of Khorramabad as locations exposed to potential damage.-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian,Maryam Moqaddam, Camilla Alcini, Helena Skinner and Zoe Magee
Mar 10, 11:49 AMOver 40,000 Americans have returned from Middle East, State Department says
The State Department says it is now aware of more than 40,000 American citizens who have returned to the U.S. since Feb. 28 and that its 24/7 task force has helped more than 27,000 Americans abroad.The department's figure on charter flights stands at "over two dozen," which have "safely evacuated thousands." It says these operations are continuing for the time being even though demand is lessening and flights are operating at a 40% capacity.
Mar 10, 11:35 AMBritish Airways cancels many Middle East flights this month
British Airways announced on Tuesday that it is canceling all of its flights to and from Amman, Jordan; Doha, Qatar; Dubai, UAE; Tel Aviv and Bahrain until later this month.The airline cited "continuing uncertainty of the situation in the Middle East and airspace instability."The airline also canceled all of its flights to Abu Dhabi until later this year.
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Mar 10, 10:30 AM43% of Americans disapprove of the U.S. strikes on Iran, 29% approve, new polling says
A new Ipsos poll found that 43% of Americans disapprove of the U.S. strikes on Iran, while 29% approve of them. Another 26% are unsure.The polling, which ran from March 6 to 9, found that 64% say that President Donald Trump has not explained the objectives of the war clearly.As a result of the U.S. military action in Iran, 67% think gas prices will get worse over the next year, including 85% of Democrats, 73% of independents and 44% of Republicans, the polling found. Nearly half of the respondents think the conflict will have a mostly negative impact on their own personal financial situation.Americans are also more likely to think U.S. military involvement in Iran will go on for an "extended period of time," 60%, rather than "end pretty quickly in a matter of weeks," 36%.
Mar 10, 9:16 AM9 drone strikes reported in UAE
Nine Iranian drones were able to make it through air defenses in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, the UAE Ministry of Defense said in a post on X.Twenty-six drones and eight ballistic missiles were intercepted on Tuesday, according to the ministry.
Mar 10, 8:31 AMIran not 'more formidable' than US expected, Caine says
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday that while Iran was "adapting" during the conflict, Tehran's military was not "more formidable" than the U.S. had expected.
"I mean, I think they're fighting and I respect that, but I don't think they're more formidable than what we thought," he said.
Mar 10, 8:19 AMIran campaign not 'endless nation building,' Hegseth says
The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran are not part of an "endless nation-building" effort, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday."This is not 2003. This is not endless nation building under those types of quagmires we saw under Bush or Obama," Hegseth said during a Pentagon press briefing. "It's not even close. Our generation of soldier will not let that happen again."
Hegseth added that President Donald Trump would not allow such open-ended conflict, saying he "very clearly ran against those kinds of never-ending nebulously scoped missions. Those days are dead."
Mar 10, 8:10 AMTuesday to mark 'most intense' US strikes in Iran, Hegseth says
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that U.S. strikes on Tehran would continue to amplify, meaning Tuesday's aerial strikes would mark "the most intense" of the 10-day conflict.
"Iran stands alone and they are badly losing on day 10 of Operation Epic Fury," Hegseth said. "We are winning with an overwhelming and unrelenting focus on our objectives, which are the same as the day I gave my first briefing here on Operation Epic Fury."
Mar 10, 7:50 AMIran's top security official responds to Trump: 'Beware lest you be the ones to vanish'
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said on Tuesday in a post on social media that Iranians don't fear "hollow threats," a response to an earlier social media post from U.S. President Donald Trump.
"The Ashura-loving Iranian people do not fear your hollow threats; for those greater than you have failed to erase it… So beware lest you be the ones to vanish," Larijani said.Trump had earlier said the U.S. would amplify its strikes on Iran if the country moved to further restrict traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.-ABC News' Morgan Winsor
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