President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Saturday, with daytime strikes in the joint U.S.-Israel attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.
On Sunday, Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed by airstrikes in Tehran on Saturday.
Iran is responding to the U.S.-Israeli operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and several Gulf nations. On Sunday, Israel said it was again bombing targets in Tehran.
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Mar 1, 10:03 AM3 US service members killed, 5 wounded, CENTCOM says
Three U.S. service members were killed and five were "seriously wounded" as part of the attacks on Iran, according to U.S. Central Command."As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury," CENTCOM announced Sunday morning in apost on X."Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty," the post continued. "Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing."Identifies of the service members killed are being withheld "until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified," CENTCOM said, adding that "the situation is fluid."
Mar 1, 8:54 AMIran forms interim leadership council, state TV reports
The interim leadership council of Iran has been formed following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian state TV reported Sunday.According to the Islamic Republic's constitution, the interim leadership council is comprised of the president, the head of the judiciary and one of the members of the six "faghihs" – Islamic jurists who are scholars of Islamic law – of the Guardian Council.
According to the spokesperson for Iran's Guardian Council, since the faghih member of the Guardian Council to join the interim leadership council has been chosen, the leadership council is already formed."The constitution provides for the current situation and the Leadership Council will be in charge until the leadership is determined," the Guardian Council spokesman said on state TV.According to the law, the leadership must be determined as soon as possible, given the war conditions, according to a post on Iranian state TV's Telegram account.-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian
Mar 1, 8:35 AMIsrael reports 8 dead, 28 injured in 'missile barrage'
Israeli Emergency Services said on Sunday that eight people were killed and 28 were injured in a "missile barrage" in the Beit Shemesh region in central Israel.A spokesperson for the emergency service, also known as MDA, announced that paramedics were treating casualties after a missile barrage fired at Israel on Saturday and overnight.The injured were taken to hospitals in Jerusalem and Shamir, including two people in serious condition, two in moderate condition and 24 in mild condition, according to the MDA.-ABC News' Dorit Long and Victoria Beaule
Mar 1, 8:06 AM3 killed in Iranian attacks on UAE, Defense Ministry says
The United Arab Emirates' Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that three people had been killed and 58 people injured in Iranian attacks since Saturday.
The ministry said that since the start of the conflict, Iran had launched 165 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles and 541 drones toward the country. Of those, 152 ballistic missiles, both cruise missiles and 506 drones were intercepted. Thirteen ballistic missiles also fell into the sea, the ministry said.Thirty-five drones "fell within the country's territory" causing "material damage" and casualties, the ministry said. Those killed were from Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, the statement said.
Mar 1, 8:06 AMLarijani says attacks on regional nations are targeting US bases
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Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, said in a post to X on Sunday that Tehran is launching attacks on regional nations to target U.S. military installations there.
"To the countries of the region: We are not seeking to attack you," Larijani wrote. "But when the bases located in your country are used against us, and when the United States carries out operations in the region relying on these forces, then we will target those bases.""These bases are not part of the land of those countries; rather, they are American soil," he added.Since the U.S. and Israel began their strikes on Iran on Saturday, Iranian forces have launched missile and drone attacks at Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman.
Mar 1, 7:25 AMUS Embassy in Bahrain advises citizens to avoid hotels after attack
The U.S. Embassy in Bahrainadvised U.S. citizensin the country "that hotels might be a target for future attacks" and encouraged them to avoid hotels in the capital Manama, following a reported strike on the city's Crowne Plaza Hotel.
The Bahrain Interior Ministry said on Sunday that the hotel was targeted resulting in material damaged but no loss of life.The U.S. Embassy said it was "tracking confirmed reports the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manama was struck on March 1, 2026, resulting in injuries."Bahrain has reported being attacked with multiple waves of Iranian missiles and drones since Saturday.-ABC News' Victoria Beaule
Mar 1, 6:50 AMRegional nations condemn ongoing Iranian strikes
Several neighbouring countries -- including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait -- condemned a strike on the port of Duqm in Oman on Sunday.The attack was the first apparent strike on Oman since the start of the conflict on Saturday.Qatar called the reported attack "an unacceptable escalation and a cowardly targeting of a country playing an active role in mediation efforts."Qatar itself reported attacks on Sunday "involving drones and cruise missiles launched by Iran." The country's Interior Ministry reported a fire in an industrial area caused by falling debris.Elsewhere, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense said it "confronted a number of hostile aerial targets" on Sunday morning.The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain also reported fresh Iranian attacks on Sunday.-ABC News Victoria Beaule
Mar 1, 6:12 AMChina 'strongly condemns' Khamenei killing, Foreign Ministry says
A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday described the U.S.-Israeli killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as "a grave violation of Iran's sovereignty and security."
"It tramples on the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter and basic norms in international relations," the spokesperson said. "China firmly opposes and strongly condemns it.""We urge for an immediate stop to the military operations, no further escalation of the tense situation and joint effort to maintain peace and stability in the Middle East and the world at large," the spokesperson added.-ABC News' Karson Yiu
Mar 1, 6:03 AMUS Embassy in Jordan issues shelter-in-place order
The U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, issued a shelter-in-place order for all mission personnel, telling them to avoid the Embassy compound "as it may be targeted.""All Americans should exercise increased vigilance and avoid the U.S Embassy facility," the Embassy said ina postto X.Protests have erupted at several U.S. diplomatic facilities in the Middle East and South Asia following the launch of the U.S.-Israeli operation against Iran on Saturday.-ABC News' Kevin Shalvey
Mar 1, 5:58 AMAyatollah Alireza Arafi appointed to interim leadership council
Iran's Guardian Council announced on Sunday that it had selected Ayatollah Alireza Arafi to join the three-person temporary leadership council formed to lead Iran following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Arafi will join President Mahmoud Pezeshkian and the head of the Iranian judiciary on the council.-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian and Victoria Beaule
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