US and Israeli strikes against Iran - 28 February 2026, Media, Maps & Timelines *NO DISCUSSION*

[JennieM]

4:29 PM GMT

Europeans call for an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Lebanon fighting​

BY EDITH M. LEDERER

France and four other European members of the Security Council requested the urgent meeting Monday as Israeli strikes have continued to pound Lebanon since Hezbollah struck Israel in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

The United States, which holds the council presidency this month, has not yet scheduled a session on Lebanon.

Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Danny Danon, said another council meeting would not change the situation on the ground.

“Discussions will not disarm Hezbollah,” he said.

“The Lebanese government must disarm Hezbollah and take full control of southern Lebanon,” Danon said. “If Lebanon does not do so, Israel will disarm Hezbollah to protect its citizens.”

https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-khamenei-03-09-2026

 

[JennieM]

25m ago

Iran says ready to form joint team to investigate 'allegations' of missile attacks on Turkey​

Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Tehran is ready to form a joint team to investigate “allegations” of Iranian missile attacks on Turkey, Iranian media reports.

As we reported earlier, Turkey said today that Nato air defences shot down an Iranian ballistic missile that had entered its airspace and warned that it would move against any such threats. The incident in southern Turkey marks the second intercepted missile from Iran in the last week.

Middle East crisis live: Iranian missiles intercepted over Turkey and Qatar as Israel resumes strikes across Tehran and Beirut

Trump calls Operation Epic Fury ‘one of the most complex and stunning operations ever conducted’; Iran’s foreign minister says ‘Iran does not want to harm ordinary Americans’

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

5:03 PM GMT

France’s Macron orders naval deployment to Mediterranean after Cyprus strike​

BY MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS

The French President ordered the French frigate Languedoc to waters off Cyprus, a fellow European Union member, to bolster its anti-drone and anti-missiles defences, and decided to send ground-based anti-drone and anti-missile defences to the island, which sustained the first drone attack of the Iran war on European territory.
France will deploy eight warships, including the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and two helicopter carriers, to the Eastern Mediterranean and wider Middle East to bolster security around the European Union’s eastern frontier, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday.

Speaking in Cyprus days after a drone struck the British base on the island — the first attack of the war on European soil — Macron also said France is working on an initiative to escort oil and gas tankers through the Strait of Hormuz once the conflict’s most intense phase eases.

https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-khamenei-03-09-2026

 

[JennieM]

5:05 PM GMT

A second Iranian nuclear site has been struck, UN says​

BY JOHN LEICESTER

However, any damage to the Isfahan site appears to be minor, said Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog.

He didn’t say when the site was struck or by which countries’ forces. Satellite images of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility have also shown damage to buildings and additional damage across the facility’s complex.

“Since the beginning of this campaign, we’ve seen some impacts in Natanz — a couple — and one in Isfahan. Not a very major one, I should say,” Grossi said, speaking to reporters in Paris.

“What we saw was an impact close to one axis, to one of the tunnels there and this is all we saw,” he said.

https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-khamenei-03-09-2026

 

[JennieM]

35 sec ago

Prewar US intel assessment found intervention in Iran wasn’t likely to change leadership​

BY MICHELLE L. PRICE, MARY CLARE JALONICK

The National Intelligence Council’s assessment in February concluded that neither limited airstrikes nor a larger, prolonged military campaign would be likely to result in a new government taking over in Iran, even if the current leadership was killed.

That’s according to two people familiar with the finding, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the classified report.

The determination undercuts the administration’s assertion that it can complete its objectives in Iran relatively quickly, perhaps in a matter of weeks.

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment on the assessment on Monday and referred questions to the White House.

Read more about the intelligence assessment on Iran.

https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-khamenei-03-09-2026

 

[JennieM]

Lebanese leader calls for ceasefire and international military aid​

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS
Image caption, Israeli troops and tanks have been gathering on the border with Lebanon, signalling further group operations against Hezbollah could be launched

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has called for a "complete ceasefire with a cessation of all Israeli land, air, and sea attacks on Lebanon".

Israel has carried out extensive strikes against Hezbollah - which is based in Lebanon and exercises control in some areas, but is opposed by the government.

The escalation began on 2 March when the Iranian-backed armed group launched rockets and drones at Israel to avenge the killing of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei.

Aoun asked for international support for his country's armed forces to allow them to take control of Hezbollah-controlled areas and to disarm the group.

He said Israel and Lebanon should begin negotiations with international oversight.

Trump says Iran war will be over 'pretty quickly' but US hasn't 'won enough' yet

Oil prices fall as Trump threatens Iran with 'fire and fury' over Strait of Hormuz

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Friday Fan]

President Trump sent conflicting signals on Monday about the duration of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, suggesting that the war could be near an end, and a few hours later leaving the timing open-ended.

The war “is very complete, pretty much,” Mr. Trump, who had predicted a duration of four or five weeks, said in a phone interview with the CBS reporter Weijia Jiang. He added, “We’re very far ahead of schedule.”

His comments to CBS appeared to ease market fears of a prolonged war, as oil prices dropped and stocks rose. But later, after markets had closed for the day, he told a gathering of Republican lawmakers in Florida: “We have won in many ways, but not enough. We go forward more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory that will end this long-running danger once and for all.”

“We will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated,” he added.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/09/world/iran-war-israel-trump-oil/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share

 

[Friday Fan]

Scheduled at 5:30 pm EDT Started around 5:50 pm

 

[JennieM]

36m ago

Iran says any Arab and European country that expels US and Israeli envoys will be able to freely use strait of Hormuz​

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said that any Arab or European country that expels Israeli and US ambassadors from its territory will be granted unrestricted passage through the strait of Hormuz starting on Tuesday.

According to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB, the IRGC said those countries would have the “full right and freedom” to transit the strategic waterway if they sever diplomatic ties with both Israel and the United States.

Hundreds of ships remain anchored on both sides of the strategic waterway as oil and shipping markets watch for any sign that sailings might pick up through the narrow corridor. Roughly a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas typically flows through the strait.

Vance and Hegseth attend dignified transfer ceremony – as it happened

This liveblog is closed

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

30 sec ago

Australia to send a surveillance plane and missiles to help protect Gulf airspace​

BY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY

Australia will deploy the E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft and around 85 military personnel for four weeks, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

He will also send the United Arab Emirates “advanced, medium-range airway missiles” in response to a request for them.

The prime minister said the move was purely to defend Gulf airspace, while Defense Minister Richard Marles cited the need to protect tens of thousands of Australians living in the region.

https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-khamenei-03-09-2026

 

[Magic8Ball]

Trump says ‘not happy’ with Iran’s new supreme leader, has replacement in mind

US president doesn't elaborate on plans, as Israel says Mojtaba Khamenei's 'hands already stained with bloodshed'; Iran's proxy forces pledge loyalty to new Iranian leader, Putin congratulates him

www.timesofisrael.com

Trump says ‘not happy’ with Iran’s new supreme leader, has replacement in mind​

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was “not happy” with the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s next supreme leader, and asserted he had a replacement in mind, without saying who that was.

Israel, meanwhile, said the incoming head of the regime has hands “already stained with the bloodshed that defined his father’s rule.”

 

[Magic8Ball]

Trump to Times of Israel: It’ll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends

US president, in phone interview, clarifies that he'll make final call to end operation 'at right time'; says he and PM ‘worked together' against Islamic Republic: 'We’ve destroyed a country that would have destroyed Israel'

www.timesofisrael.com

Trump to Times of Israel: It’ll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends​

Trump also asserted in the brief telephone interview that the Islamic Republic would have destroyed Israel if he and Netanyahu had not been around. “Iran was going to destroy Israel and everything else around it… We’ve worked together. We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel.”

 

[Magic8Ball]

Middle East strengthen ties with Israel amid Iran war | The Jerusalem Post

As the US-Israel war with Iran intensifies, countries like Morocco, UAE, and Bahrain boost military cooperation with Israel, strengthening regional alliances.

www.jpost.com

Israeli relations with Middle Eastern countries improving as war goes on with Iran​

As the US-Israel war with Iran intensifies, countries like Morocco, UAE, and Bahrain boost military cooperation with Israel, strengthening regional alliances.​

Israel’s relations with Middle Eastern countries are progressing as the war with Iran advances, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

Several Abraham Accords countries have been working directly with Israel militarily at particular junctures, and even those not yet part of the accords have been, at times, working in parallel to Jerusalem through US Central Command (CENTCOM), since the war has impacted those countries even more than it has the Jewish state.

Tehran’s latest massive ballistic missile and drone attacks on Middle Eastern nations have served to draw them closer to Jerusalem and Washington in a variety of ways.

 

[otto]

Canadian government debate ...

"We really do need to insist on the United Nations charter being observed and respected, or who will stand up for us if someday we need to remind people that the United Nations charter defends Canada's sovereignty?" she asked in her remarks.

"No one will disagree … that the Iranian regime is a despicable and brutal regime that oppresses, suppresses and kills its own people. But that doesn't mean that the United States and Israel have any legal grounds to go into bombing of Tehran. That was reckless."
...

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand kicked off the special debate on the hostilities in the Middle East. Anand raised concerns about the risks of further escalation of the conflict and called on belligerents to respect international law.

"Millions of civilians across the region, including Canadians, are now living under the threat of violence and instability," the minister told the House.

"The focus must be on rapid deescalation."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/iran-israel-us-war-day-10-9.7119190

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031190925544735188

"Trump framed Cuba
as the next major focus of American foreign policy
once the Iran conflict subsides."

 

[SouthAussie]

"Following a phone call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said the US will waive oil-related sanctions on “some countries” to ease the shortage sparked by the US-Israeli war on Iran."

"Putin signalled again that Russia was ready to supply oil and gas to Europe, saying the Iran war had caused a global energy crisis and cautioned that oil production dependent on transport through the strait of Hormuz could soon come to a complete halt. Russia is the world’s second-largest oil exporter and holds the world’s biggest reserves of natural gas.

Putin also said Russian companies should take advantage of the situation in the Middle East, though he noted that the spike in prices was probably temporary in character."

Ukraine war briefing: Trump set to ease oil-related sanctions following Putin call

US president says sanctions will be removed until crisis sparked by US-Israel war on Iran eases, without giving further details. What we know on day 1,475

www.theguardian.com

 

[SouthAussie]

“When this regime goes down, we are going to have a new Middle East, and we are going to make a ton of money,” Graham, a longtime proponent of US military intervention abroad, told Fox News on Sunday.

“Venezuela and Iran have 31 percent of the world’s oil reserves. We’re going to have a partnership with 31 percent of the known reserves. This is China’s nightmare. This is a good investment,” said Graham."

‘We’re going to make a tonne of money’: US Senator Graham on US war on Iran

The veteran GOP senator appears to suggest that the war on Iran was launched to gain control over its oil supplies.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Sarahlou]

Iran’s top security officials have threatened Donald Trump with “elimination”.

The warning came after Mr Trump promised “fire and fury” if Iran stops the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, wrote on X: “Iran is not afraid of your empty threats. Even those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian nation.

“Take care of yourself not to be eliminated!”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/10/iran-us-war-latest-news-donald-trump-ayatollah-israel/

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031365271290569104

 

[Stunned]

DBM