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TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation late on Monday to discuss bilateral ties and the recent developments in the region.

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry last week described the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran as an ‘illegal act of aggression’

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. She sets out why many experts don’t believe the country even had a structured nuclear weapons programme, and explains what she thinks the impact of the war could be on nuclear proliferation around the world. Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warn Support the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod Continue reading...

Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war Israel’s bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure will have major long-term environmental repercussions, experts have warned, as monitors admitted they were struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from the widening war. Even as Iranians filled the streets to mark the appointment of a new supreme leader, the Shahran oil depot north-east of Tehran and the Shahr-e fuel depot to its south continued to burn on Monday, two days after they were bombed by Israeli warplanes. Continue reading...

The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy

Are US and Israel on the same page about ending Iran war?  news.cgtn.com

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – The IRGC Public Relations Department announced that the 33rd wave of Operation “True Promise-4” was carried out by firing over 10 “Kheybar Shekan” missiles deep inside Tel Aviv.

Trump claimed US has ‘already won in many ways’ and its military objectives are ‘pretty well complete’

Trump’s Iran war will reinforce North Korea’s view that nuclear weapons are the only path to security  The Guardian

Infant killed in Tehran building hit by US missiles The body of a one-year-old girl was recovered from the rubble of a residential building in Tehran after it was hit by US and Israeli missiles on Tuesday, Mehr news reported.  Video posted on Telegram showed emergency workers searching through debris before retrieving the infant’s body. Rescue teams continued digging through the wreckage as strikes hit multiple areas of the Iranian capital during the ongoing conflict. Iranian authorities say several civilian areas have been damaged in the war, with large-scale US and Israeli attacks on Iranian military and infrastructure targets.  A still image from video shows what experts tell Reuters appears to be a US Tomahawk missile hitting near the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school in Minab, Hormozgan province, Iran on 28 February 2026. MEHR NEWS/ REUTERS

Vague and contradictory Trump says Iran war ‘won’, but not ‘won enough’  The Guardian

Oil prices drop sharply after Trump moves to reassure markets over Iran war  The Guardian

US missile destroys school, homes in Iran's Khomeyn, local media reports Iran’s Mehr news agency reported that a US missile strike hit a school in the central city of Khomeyn, damaging the Hafez Khomeni School and several nearby homes. The report said the attack destroyed the surrounding residential area. The incident comes amid growing calls for an investigation into a previous missile strike on a girls’ school in the southern city of Minab that reportedly killed at least 170 children.

War against Iran: How the US and Israel are coordinating their military action  Table.Briefings

Price of oil has surged since US and Israel launched airstrikes towards Iran 10 days ago

By Parisa Hafezi, Enas Alashray and Kanishka Singh DUBAI/CAIRO/WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not allow "one litre of oil" to be shipped from the Middle East if U.S. and Israeli attacks continue, prompting a warning from President Donald Trump that the U.S. would hit Iran much harder if it blocked exports from the vital energy-producing region.

Hezbollah says its fighters ambushed Israeli troops, destroyed three tanks  Hezbollah said its fighters carried out several attacks on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, including an ambush on soldiers on the outskirts of the city of Khiam. The group said the attack struck three Israeli Merkava tanks, which it said were "seen burning". The group had earlier said it fired rockets at Israeli forces in the town of Merkaba, carried out artillery strikes near Aitaroun, and attacked Israeli troops in the Kahil Heights near the border town of Maroun al-Ras.

Annie Kelly speaks to ordinary Iranians about the attacks on their country, and peace strategist Sanam Naghari-Anderlini explains her fears for the future It’s the second week of the war in Iran. Alongside the rising death tolls, hospitals, Unesco world heritage sites and desalination plants have been attacked by the US and Israel. For those with family and friends in the country it has been 10 days of constantly checking the news and trying desperately to discover if their loved ones are safe. For those inside Iran it has been terrifying. In voice notes Iranians have shared their views with Today in Focus. “Even if you are not directly affected, everyone feels the tension and the uncertainty like that death is near you,” one said. “It’s always worrying people like even me – I’m, everyone is afraid of death. And many people are trying to understand what the future will look like.” Continue reading...

Iran US Military Deaths Vigil  Rutland Herald

As speculation mounts that Kim Jong-un and Trump could meet this month, analysts say Pyongyang will continue to see nuclear weapons as a matter of survival North Korea’s launch last week of a missile from a naval destroyer elicited an uncharacteristically prosaic analysis from the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un. The launch was proof, he said, that arming ships with nuclear weapons was “making satisfactory progress”. But the test, and Kim’s mildly upbeat appraisal, were designed to reverberate well beyond the deck of the 5,000-tonne destroyer-class vessel the Choe Hyon – the biggest warship in the North Korean fleet. Continue reading...