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Thursday March 26, 2026 A view of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country’s main crude export terminal, and which some believe could be a target for occupation by US forces, on March 2, 2026 Iran’s parliamentary speaker has issued a stark warning from Tehran, saying intelligence indicates that “Iran’s enemies” are preparing to seize an Iranian island with backing from an unidentified country elsewhere in the region. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Wednesday that any move to occupy Iranian territory would trigger a…

Israel launched strikes on Tehran, Israeli military officials and Iranian media reported, as President Donald Trump said the United States was making headway toward negotiating a halt to the war — with reports that a 15-point proposal has been sent to Tehran. The Israeli Defense Forces posted on Telegram that it had carried out a wave of strikes against infrastructure across Tehran. The semi-official Iranian SNN News Agency reported that one of the strikes struck a residential neighborhood in Tehran, and rescuers were…

Explosions echoed across Tehran early Monday as Israel launched another wave of strikes on Iran, even as the Tehran government threatened retaliatory attacks on critical infrastructure across the Gulf — a confrontation that has pushed energy markets into their worst crisis in decades. Iranian media reported blasts in the capital, while authorities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said they intercepted incoming missiles and drones. International Energy Agency director Fatih Birol said at least 40 energy assets…

To produce a publish-ready article at AP standards, please provide the raw source material for “As it happened: Strikes hit Tehran as war continues.” You can paste transcripts, wire copy, official statements, field notes, or bullet-pointed updates. Include time stamps and attribution for each key fact so I can verify chronology and sources. Essential details needed: • Exact date and local time of the strikes in Tehran; specify time zone. • Locations/neighborhoods or strategic sites affected; any satellite or on-the-ground…

Thanks for the assignment. To produce a publish-ready article to AP standards, I’ll need the raw source material. Please provide: - Full source text (wire copy, field notes, transcripts, official statements, social posts, ministry releases, satellite/flight data snippets, etc.) - Key facts: time of strikes, locations hit (terminals/runways/air defenses), casualties/damage, flight disruptions, claimed perpetrators, weapons used - Attribution: on-the-record quotes, anonymous sourcing (with agreed descriptors), agencies or…

Israel launches strikes on Tehran as regional conflict widens; U.S. says it sank Iranian warship near Sri Lanka Israel said it launched a wave of strikes on Tehran before dawn Friday, escalating a fast-spreading conflict that has rippled across the Middle East and beyond, disrupted vital energy routes and drawn in global powers. The Israel Defense Forces said it began a “large-scale wave of strikes against infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime across Tehran,” while also hitting targets in Lebanon and intercepting…

Saturday February 28, 2026 Smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran on Saturday 28 February (AP) The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes inside Iran early Saturday, with multiple explosions reported across Tehran as regional tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and proxy forces escalated sharply. Iran’s Fars News Agency said missiles struck areas along University Street and in the Jomhouri district of the capital after Israel announced it had carried out a missile attack. The Associated…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that any U.S. attack on Iran would trigger a regional war, state media reported, as Washington moves additional naval assets into the Middle East and both sides signal that indirect talks are underway. Khamenei dismissed President Donald Trump’s repeated threats and the U.S. carrier-led deployment as psychological pressure. “The Iranian nation shall not be scared by these things,” he said. “We are not the initiators and do not want to attack any country, but the Iranian…

Iran signals no talks with U.S. under threat as Trump touts new ‘armada’ toward Gulf Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran has not sought or held contact with Washington’s special envoy in recent days, rejecting fresh talk of backchannel diplomacy as the United States moves additional forces toward the region and President Donald Trump presses for a deal. Abbas Araqchi, speaking to state media on Wednesday, said there had been “no contact” with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and “no request for negotiations” from Tehran. He…