Iranian TV and Social Media Project Defiant and Distorted View of the War
State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.
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Airstrikes hit Iran-Iraq border as US and Israeli plan to mobilise Kurds gathers pace
Experts say backing Iran’s ethnic communities could ‘open up a hornet’s nest’ and increase risk of chaotic civil war Intense waves of airstrikes have hit dozens of military positions, frontier posts and police stations along northern parts of Iran’s border with Iraq in what appears to be preparation by US and Israel for a new front in their war. A US official with knowledge of the discussions between Washington and Kurdish officials said the US was ready to provide air support if Kurdish peshmerga fighters crossed the border from northern Iraq. Continue reading...
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Tensions soar as Hegseth and Rubio feud over US troops in Iran
Tensions soar as Hegseth and Rubio feud over US troops in Iran Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 21:30 US Secretary of State is warning against deploying troops as Hegseth takes a hawkish turn US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth look on during a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House, on 3 March 2026 (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP) Off Tensions are rising between US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the US’s approach to the war on Iran , three former US officials and a senior regional official familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye. Rubio and Hegseth were described as “at each other's throats” over the question of whether the US should deploy troops to Iran at Israel’s request, the sources told MEE. Hegseth is supportive of the position, while Rubio is deeply wary of entangling the US in a long war, the sources told MEE.
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U.S. submarine sinks Iranian warship in int'l waters near Sri Lanka
At least 80 people on board the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena were killed after the vessel was attacked and sunk by the U. S. submarine in the Indian Ocean off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Arun Hemachandra said Wednesday.
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Bahrain Defence Force: 74 Iranian missiles,117 hostile drones destroyed
MANAMA, 5th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) announced that its air defence systems have continued to intercept successive waves of Iranian terrorist aggression.
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US will ensure rogue Iranian regime's terrorist proxies no longer destabilise region: WH
Washington DC [US], March 5 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions in West Asia, the White House said that the 'rogue Iranian terrorist' regime is being 'absolutely crushed' under the Operation Epic Fury, as President Donald Trump has set clear objectives to raze Tehran's missile industry and annihilate its navy.
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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-MISSILES-ATTACK
(260304) -- TEL AVIV, March 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People go down to take shelter in an underground parking lot during an air raid siren in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 4, 2026. At least two people were injured in central Israel during two joint missile and rocket attacks launched by Iran and Hezbollah on Wednesday, as Israeli forces carried out a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon.
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Your Iran questions, answered
My colleagues address your queries about the expanding conflict in the Middle East.
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RT documents death and destruction in Tehran inflicted by US-Israeli strikes (VIDEO)
Many civilians in the Iranian capital have been killed and the city has suffered heavy damage, according to Tehran bureau chief Hami Hamedi The city of Tehran has been subjected to heavy aerial bombardment by US and Israeli forces, with the strikes targeting multiple government and public sites acro
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On the ground in Tehran: Death and destruction inflicted by US-Israeli strikes (VIDEO)
Hundreds have been killed as the city is battered by wave after wave of attack, according to RT's bureau chief Hami Hamedi The city of Tehran has been subjected to heavy aerial bombardment by US and Israeli forces, with the strikes targeting multiple government and public sites across the Iranian ca
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U.S. Submarine Launches First Torpedo in Combat Since World War II
Since 1991, Navy subs have launched scores of cruise missiles in combat, but the torpedo attack off Sri Lanka is a return to form after 80 years.
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How depleted weapons stockpiles could affect the Iran conflict
Weapons stocks will not alone decide the outcome of this conflict, but it's certainly a significant factor, writes the BBC's Jonathan Beale.
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Video of US torpedo hitting Iranian warship released by Pentagon
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the US military has sunk "an Iranian warship" in the Indian Ocean with a torpedo.
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What to Know About Iran’s Drones, Which Are Cheap to Launch but Expensive to Intercept
What to know about Iran’s cheap, noisy Shahed drones and the expensive defense systems trying to stop them.
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Washington says Tehran rejected offer of nuclear cooperation before strikes
The White House says Iran rejected a US proposal to establish a joint civilian nuclear program with American investment in exchange for dismantling its uranium enrichment infrastructure before Washington and Israel launched strikes on the country.
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Middle East airspace shutdown traps thousands
ABU DHABI/DUBAI/DOHA/DHAKA: Hundreds of thousands of travelers were left stranded on March 1 as escalating strikes involving the United States, Israel, and Iran forced the shutdown of much of the Middle East's airspace, throwing global travel into disarray.
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How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire
How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 19:21 This conflict could prove to be Washington's most perilous adventure yet - the classic story of a superpower overreaching A picture of US President Donald Trump is set on fire during a demonstration in front of the American consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on 1 February 2026 (Yasin Akgul/AFP) Off For more than two decades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been circling a single horizon. He has warned about it, lobbied for it, dramatised it at podiums from Washington to the United Nations. Now it is here.
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Trkiye has entered Israels threat narrative. Whats next
Amid internal divisions and ongoing war, Israeli politicians are redefining external threats and Ankara is increasingly part of the equation Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett recently made a bold statement regarding Türkiye and its President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, effectively labeling Ankara a new strategic threat to Israeli security.
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Macron calls leaders to raise alarm about Lebanon spillover
Macron calls leaders to raise alarm about Lebanon spillover French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, and Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam to discuss the Israel-Hezbollah hostilities in Lebanon, and urge them to deescalate. In a post on X, Macron said Hezbollah's strategy of escalation amid the US-Israeli war on Iran constitutes a major error that puts the entire region in danger. The Reuters news agency also reported on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump called Macron to discuss the developments in the now five-day-old war and that Macron raised the issue of spillover into Lebanon.
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Not all attacks on Gulf states coming from Iran, prominent Saudi Arabian editor suggests
Not all attacks on Gulf states coming from Iran, prominent Saudi Arabian editor suggests Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 17:33 Independent Arabia's Adhwan al-Ahmari raises concern that Gulf states could be left in open confrontation with Iran after US leaves Adhwan al-Ahmari, editor-in-chief of Independent Arabia, speaks to Asharq News in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 3 March 2026 (Screengrab) Off The editor-in-chief of Independent Arabia suggested in a television interview on Tuesday that not all attacks on the Gulf states may be coming from Iran, and that the US and Israel could lure them into the war, only to later abandon them. Adhwan al-Ahmari, a Saudi journalist and political analyst, highlighted with Riyadh-based Asharq News the numerous unverified claims of false-flag attacks . "Some believe this war is an American-Israeli trap to implicate the Gulf countries and draw them into a confrontation with Iran," Ahmari said.
