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Close to 10,000 civilian sites destroyed by US-Israeli bombing, Iran's UN envoy says Iran's United Nations ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said on Tuesday that US and Israeli air strikes on Iran have destroyed nearly 10,000 civilian sites, including 65 schools and educational institutions, and almost 8,000 homes since the war began on 28 February. He also said that the strikes had killed more than 1,300 civilians.

As President Donald Trump claims Iran is ready to talk, its leaders show no sign of backing down.

Born in Iran and shaped by the Islamic Revolution, Beni Sabti offers rare insight into the regime and its mindset. The post Inside Iran’s regime: Beni Sabti on war, freedom, and the fight ahead appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Rescue workers carefully extracted an unexploded missile from a house in Kuhdasht City, following US-Israeli airstrikes.

A Maronite Catholic priest has been killed by Israeli tank fire after it targeted a home in southern Lebanon.

President Donald Trump announced he was sending US forces into war with Iran on February 28, kicking off a multidimensional regional conflict -- and a series of contradictory declarations on the American mission's scope and timeline. He has argued "Operation Epic Fury" aims to eliminate Iran's military installations, or push regime change, or that he was acting to mitigate the country's nuclear threat -- despite boasting that US forces had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program with a punishing air raid last year.

With daily attacks shaking the city, schools shuttered for days and many shops closed, Tehran residents are trying to adapt to wartime conditions under an Israeli-US assault seeking to determine the future of the Islamic republic. Normal routine has been absent for some time in the teeming mega-city of millions of people, ever since the January protests against the clerical leadership. But now Tehran and other Iranian cities have been plunged into a conflict of an intensity unseen in the country since the 1980s war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

When the top US general spoke Tuesday of his "respect" for Iranian fighters, the remark underscored a striking divide between the restrained language of the military brass and the swaggering rhetoric used by President Donald Trump and his administration. From Trump joking that it was "more fun" to sink Iranian warships than capture them, to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasting that US forces were "punching them while they're down," critics say the administration's messaging -- reveling in the destructive power of the US military -- has been jarring.

Gas prices have spiked significantly since the U.S. and Israel began airstrikes on Iran 10 days ago

Steve Rosenberg: Russia seeks diplomatic and economic gains from Iran war  BBC

German Chancellor said there appears to be “clearly no joint plan” to bring the US-Israeli war on Iran to an end.

Here are some news stories you might not have seen amid the United States-Israel war on Iran.

140 U.S. service members injured in Iran war  Axios

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Iran War Is Wrecking Chances for Asian Rate Cuts  Bloomberg.com

France Bolsters Efforts to Repatriate Citizens Stranded by Iran War  The New York Times

Andreas Krieg says the US is lacking a clear narrative for what victory in the war with Iran looks like.

Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security chief, said the Islamic Republic did not fear Trump’s ‘empty threats’

War expands to central Beirut as Israeli strike kills Iranians in luxury hotel  BBC