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(260308) -- VANCOUVER, March 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People attend a rally against U. S. -Israeli attacks on Iran, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 7, 2026.
(260308) -- VANCOUVER, March 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People attend a rally against U. S. -Israeli attacks on Iran, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 7, 2026.
Iran Red Crescent warns of toxic rain after US-Israeli attacks on fuel depots Iran’s Red Crescent warned civilians that rainfall could become toxic following fuel tank explosions triggered by US and Israeli strikes on infrastructure. The agency said contaminated rain could cause chemical burns to the skin and damage to the lungs. In a statement posted on Telegram, the Red Crescent urged people not to go outside during rainfall after explosions and to seek shelter under concrete or metal roofs if caught outdoors.
New posts 09:18 Magic Bullet? Sci-Fi Laser Weapons Are Now An Anti-Drone Reality Shaky amateur footage showing rocketsapparently disappearing in bursts of sparksover Lebanon were shared online on March 2, along with claims the videos showed the results of a futuristic Israeli air defense weapon in action amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
New posts 11:37 Iran Targets Kuwait Airport, Bahrain Desalination Plant Iran continued its retaliatory attacks on Arab countries hosting US bases in the Persian Gulf on March 8, targeting Kuwait International Airport and a desalination plant in Bahrain.
New posts 23:08 Mojtaba Khamenei Follows In Father's Footsteps As Iran's New Supreme Leader The March 8 election of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new leader by Iran's Assembly of Experts following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli attack marks the first time the son of a supreme leader is succeeding his father in the Islamic republic.
New posts Featured entry 03:21 Trump Declines Statement On Supreme Leader, Says Only: 'We'll See What Happens' US President Donald Trump declined to comment on the election of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new supreme leader after previously saying the 56-year-old ayatollah was a "lightweight" and an "unacceptable" choice.
Tehran [Iran], March 8 (ANI): The Assembly of Experts in Iran has reached a majority consensus regarding the successor to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to reports from the Tehran-based Mehr News Agency (MNA). The development follows the killing of the 86-year-old supreme leader.
ParsToday - The Guardian newspaper called the US President's dream of repeating the "Venezuela scenario" in Iran a delusion.
(260308) -- JOHANNESBURG, March 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People attend a rally against U. S. -Israeli attacks on Iran outside the U.
(260308) -- WASHINGTON, March 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People attend a rally against U. S. -Israeli attacks on Iran, in Washington, D.
Israel warns it will target those naming Iran’s next leader The Israeli military said it would pursue anyone involved in appointing a successor to Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a Reuters report. The warning came after Iranian clerics said efforts to select a new leader were nearing completion. Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, said “a decisive and unanimous opinion” had been reached on the country’s leadership.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Highlighting Iran’s inherent right to self-defense in the face of US-Israeli military aggression, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry warned that silence on such flagrant violations will embolden future aggressors.
Video: Iranian attack drone hitting radar tower at US base in Gulf Footage filmed by US soldiers appears to show an Iranian attack drone flying directly into a radar tower at a US military base in the Gulf during the escalating US-Israeli war on Iran. The video shows the service members recording and waiting for the attack as the drone hits the base of the radar structure, triggering an explosion and a cloud of smoke as troops react in the background. The exact location of the base has not been officially confirmed, though it is widely believed to be Ali Al Salem Air Base, a major US-operated facility in Kuwait.
Iran cleric says leadership choice nearing announcement Member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri, on Sunday said “great efforts to determine the leadership” have been made and that “a decisive and unanimous opinion” has been reached. In a video posted by the Fars news agency on Telegram, another member of the body, Hojjatoleslam Jafari, said that he hopes “all Iranian people will be satisfied as soon as possible”. “The delay in electing the third leader is bitter and unwanted for everyone, and there is no alternative, so we should not have bad thoughts about our representatives at this difficult time,” he said.
UN Humanitarian Affairs Lead Tom Fletcher speaks to the BBC about the conflict in the Middle East.
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Iranian strikes across the region appear to have degraded parts of the US-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) network after radar systems in several West Asia locations were hit, as per a CNN report.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman urged the international community to condemn the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, warning that silence in the face of such violations of international law could further erode the global legal order and embolden future acts of force.
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 8 (ANI): The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its national air defences are currently engaged in responding to 'incoming missiles and drones from Iran', as reported by Al Jazeera. The military response follows a wave of aerial threats targeting the Gulf nation.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry called on regional countries to refrain from allowing their territory and facilities to be used for military aggression against the Islamic Republic, warning that states enabling such actions could bear international legal responsibility.
Israel says it destroyed Iranian fighter jets in Isfahan airport attack The Israeli military said its forces carried out air attacks on an airport in Iran’s Isfahan on Saturday, destroying a number of F-14 fighter jets. “Additionally, detection systems and air defence systems that posed a threat to Israeli Air Force aircraft were struck,” the statement published on Telegram said. “This strike is in addition to the strike which dismantled 16 ‘Quds Force’ aircraft two days ago [Friday] at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran,” it added.