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U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday (March 6, 2026) that helium would not question a woody with Iran without the country's “unconditional surrender” arsenic Washington warned of a forthcoming bombing run that officials said would beryllium the astir aggravated of the weeklong conflict.
Israel said it began a wide question of strikes connected Tehran aboriginal connected Saturday (March 7, 2026), with Associated Press video showing explosions and ample plumes of fume billowing implicit the occidental portion of the superior city.
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As Israeli warplanes bombed the Iranian superior and Beirut, Iran launched much retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries connected the seventh time of the war. Many thunder-like booms rumbled implicit Jerusalem conscionable past midnight section clip arsenic Israel said it was moving to intercept missiles launched from Iran.
The US and Israel person battered Iran with strikes, targeting its subject capabilities, enactment and atomic program. The stated goals and timelines for the warfare person repeatedly shifted, arsenic the U.S. has astatine times suggested it seeks to topple Iran's authorities oregon elevate caller enactment from within.
Meanwhile, Russia has provided Iran with accusation that could assistance Tehran onslaught the U.S. military, according to 2 officials acquainted with U.S. quality connected the matter. Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone connected Friday (March 6, 2026) with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, expressing his condolences implicit the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Kremlin said.
In different developments, grounds emerged suggesting that an detonation that killed scores of Iranian students astatine a schoolhouse was apt caused by U.S. airstrikes that besides deed an adjacent compound associated with the regime's Revolutionary Guard.
Qatar's vigor minister, Saad al-Kaabi, warned successful an interrogation with the Financial Times that the warfare could “bring down the economies of the world,” predicting a wide shutdown of Gulf vigor exports that could nonstop lipid to $150 a barrel.
The terms for a tube of benchmark U.S. crude roseate supra $90 connected Friday for the archetypal clip successful much than 2 years.
Russia is providing accusation to Iran, officials say
Russia has provided Iran with accusation that could assistance Tehran onslaught American warships, craft and different assets successful the region, according to 2 officials acquainted with U.S. quality connected the matter.
The people, who were not authorised to remark publically and spoke connected the information of anonymity, cautioned that the US quality has not uncovered that Russia is directing Iran connected what to bash with the information.
Still, it's the archetypal denotation that Moscow has sought to get progressive successful the war.
Trump says U.S. volition assistance rebuild Iran erstwhile it has ACCEPTABLE' leaders
In a societal media station connected Friday (March 6, 2026), Mr. Trump said, “There volition beryllium nary woody with Iran but UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" After a surrender, “and the enactment of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s),” helium wrote, the U.S. and its allies volition assistance rebuild Iran, making it “economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.”
Those comments were apt to rise further questions astir the endgame of the war. The warring has killed astatine slightest 1,230 radical successful Iran, much than 200 successful Lebanon and astir a twelve successful Israel, according to officials successful those countries. Six US troops person been killed.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote connected societal media that “some countries” had begun mediation efforts, without elaborating.
Mr. Trump has besides told media outlets that helium should beryllium progressive successful choosing a replacement for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed successful the opening strikes of the war. Mr. Trump spoke dismissively of Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei — a front-runner to regenerate his begetter — calling him “a lightweight.”
Iran's UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, condemned Mr. Trump's connection and said Iran "does not judge and volition ne'er let immoderate overseas powerfulness to interfere successful its interior affairs.”
Iranian authorities tv reported connected Friday (March 6, 2026) that a enactment assembly had started discussing however to convene the country's Assembly of Experts, which volition prime the caller ultimate leader.
Heavy strikes connected Iran and retaliatory attacks
Israel's subject said it had begun a “broad-scale” question of strikes successful Tehran. The subject has said that implicit the past week, it has heavy bombed an extended underground bunker that Iranian leaders had planned to usage during the hostilities.
Witnesses described Israeli airstrikes arsenic peculiarly intense, shaking homes successful the country and sending columns of fume rising. Others reported explosions astir the Iranian metropolis of Kermanshah, an country location to aggregate rocket bases. They spoke anonymously for fearfulness of retribution.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said successful a tv interrogation that the “biggest bombing campaign” of the warfare was inactive to come.
In Israel, the dependable of explosions could beryllium heard successful Tel Aviv passim Friday (Marchg 6) aft warnings astir missiles incoming from Iran. Air defence systems worked to intercept the barrage. Five soldiers person been wounded successful the warring with Hezbollah, Israel's subject said.
In a motion of the widening quality of the conflict, sirens sounded aboriginal connected Saturday (March 7, 2026) successful Bahrain arsenic an Iranian onslaught targeted the land kingdom.
Elsewhere, caller accusation surfaced suggesting that a deadly Feb. 28 detonation astatine a schoolhouse successful the Iranian metropolis of Minab, immoderate 1,100 kilometres (680 miles) southeast of Tehran, was apt caused by U.S. airstrikes. The accusation included outer images, adept analysis, a U.S. authoritative and nationalist accusation released by U.S. and Israeli subject forces.
Iranian authorities media has said much than 165 radical were killed successful the blast, astir of them children.
Iran has blamed Israel and the U.S. for the explosion. Neither state has accepted responsibility, though Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said earlier successful the week that the U.S. was investigating.
Israel bombards Lebanon arsenic decease toll rises
Israel has carried retired waves of airstrikes connected the confederate suburbs of Beirut, wherever Hezbollah has a ample beingness but which is besides location to hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Lebanon's Health Ministry said 217 radical had been killed by Israeli strikes since Monday and 798 injured.
Roads successful the Lebanese superior were choked with evacuating postulation arsenic fume roseate implicit the city's confederate districts. Two hospitals evacuated patients and staff.
“What tin we do? We prayed present nether the tree. During the night, we slept successful the car due to the fact that determination is nary spot to stay,” Jihan Shehadeh, 1 of the tens of thousands of displaced, said.
One Israeli onslaught deed adjacent the Iranian Embassy successful Beirut, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency. Israel's subject did not instantly respond to questions astir the report.
Hezbollah's subject bid connected Friday (March 6) urged its fighters not to relent and to “defend the nation,” casting the escalating warfare successful spiritual presumption and calling connected them to “kill them wherever you find them.”
