Iran’s police intelligence chief, Brigadier General Gholamreza Rezaian, has been killed in US and Israeli strikes on the country, as per local media reports. “General Gholamreza Rezaian, head of the national police intelligence, was killed following yesterday’s enemy attacks,” the semi-official Iranian local news media, Fars News Agency, said, citing informed sources. Other Iranian media...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 The Iranian Embassy in India lowered its flag to half-mast after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s killing in a US-Israel strike. Khamenei was killed in an epochal attack by the US and Israel, marking an inflexion point in the 46-year Shia-theocratic rule, as Tehran’s retaliation set off conflagrations in a swath...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 China’s foreign ministry has expressed concern over US-Israeli strikes on Iran and called for an immediate ceasefire, urging all parties to avoid further escalation and return to dialogue and negotiations, as per reports. In a statement issued on Saturday, the ministry said Iran’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity should be respected....
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 Protests turned violent near the US Consulate on Mai Kolachi Road in Pakistan’s Karachi on Sunday following the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes, local media reported. Visuals circulating on social media showed doors and windows smashed and set on fire, and chaotic scenes outside...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 The death toll from a joint US-Israeli strike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan rose to 148, local media reported on Sunday. The attack also left 95 people wounded, local prosecutor Ebrahim Taheri was quoted as saying by semi-official Tasnim news agency. He said the majority...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 Mojtaba Khamenei has been tipped to be the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to local media and government officials. Local news agencies reported that the 56-year-old cleric has assumed the country’s highest authority after weeks of uncertainty...
US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch sweeping military strikes on Iran followed weeks of diplomacy, intelligence briefings, and pressure from regional allies, according to detailed accounts by major US media outlets. The Wall Street Journal reported that Israeli and US intelligence agencies had “long watched and waited for a rare opportunity” when senior Iranian...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday announced the appointment of veteran military officer Ahmad Vahidi as its new commander-in-chief, as per reports. Vahidi, a former minister of defence and minister of interior, reportedly takes charge of the elite force after serving as its interim chief for the past six...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israel airstrikes, confirms Iranian state media. Four relatives of Khamenei, including his daughter, grandchild and son-in-law, were also killed in the US-Israeli strikes, reported Iran’s Fars News Agency on Sunday, citing sources. Earlier, taking to Truth Social, Trump announced that the Iranian...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 China’s foreign ministry has expressed concern over US-Israeli strikes on Iran and called for an immediate ceasefire, urging all parties to avoid further escalation and return to dialogue and negotiations, as per reports. In a statement issued on Saturday, the ministry said Iran’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity should be respected....