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Israel Aims To Weaken Iran Regime For Internal Change As War Enters Day 9  NDTV

Why an Iran war inflation shock could wreck global economic recovery  The Guardian

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said that Iran is now exercising its inherent right to self-defense under international law.

Beijing calls for Iran's sovereignty to be respected and demands 'immediate stop to military operations' in Middle East.

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Children wounded in US-Israeli strikes on Iran are being treated at a children’s hospital in Tehran.

The cost of Trump's Iran war: $5 billion and counting  Responsible Statecraft

Iran war: Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, Here are the latest updates from the US-Israeli war on Iran, now in its ninth day: Israeli air strikes hit Iranian oil storage facilities on Saturday, triggering fires and sending thick black smoke into the sky. Iran’s Red Crescent warned that rainfall could become toxic as a result, urging civilians to avoid going outside during rain and to seek shelter under concrete or metal roofs if caught outdoors. On Sunday morning, Israel threatened to bomb members of the council responsible for appointing a new leader. Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, said “a decisive and unanimous opinion” had been reached regarding the country’s leadership. Iranian officials say more than 1,300 people have been killed since the US-Israeli war began, with thousands more reported wounded. In the Gulf, a drone attack damaged a water desalination plant in Bahrain, according to the interior ministry.

Israel strikes Iran’s oil facilities for first time as war enters ninth day  Al Jazeera

NY police commissioner says devices hurled by counter-protester toward 'Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City' rally were jars with a fuse, filled with nuts and bolts The post 2 arrested for allegedly throwing ‘ignited’ devices at anti-Muslim protest in NYC appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Attacks spark huge fires as they hit four storage facilities and an oil production transfer centre in Tehran and Alborz.

IDF destroys Iran's F-14 jets, air defense systems  The Jerusalem Post

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran seeks friendly relations with neighboring countries but will respond decisively to any aggression against its territory.

Trump says Starmer seeking to join Iran war ‘after we’ve already won’  politico.eu

March 8 (Reuters) - The Israeli military warned it would continue pursuing every successor of Iran's next supreme leader. In a post on X in Farsi, the Israeli military also warned it would pursue every person who seeks to appoint a successor for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, referring to the clerical body charged with choosing the Islamic Republic's supreme leader. (Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Muhammad Al GebalyEditing by Bernadette Baum)

Iran Red Crescent warns of toxic rain after US-Israeli attacks on fuel depots Iran’s Red Crescent warned civilians that rainfall could become toxic following fuel tank explosions triggered by US and Israeli strikes on infrastructure.  The agency said contaminated rain could cause chemical burns to the skin and damage to the lungs. In a statement posted on Telegram, the Red Crescent urged people not to go outside during rainfall after explosions and to seek shelter under concrete or metal roofs if caught outdoors. It also advised anyone exposed to the rain to rinse their skin with running cold water and immediately change any soaked clothing.  Smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran, amid the US-Israeli attacks on Iran on 8 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS

Here are the latest events in the Middle East war on Sunday: - Fuel depots hit - Fuel distribution in the Iranian capital has been temporarily halted after US-Israeli strikes on depots, an official said. Huge fires burned after the strikes on five facilities in and around Tehran, casting a dark haze across the city as morning broke, AFP journalists said. - Khamenei successor - Iran's clerical body tasked with choosing the country's next supreme leader has agreed on a candidate but the name is yet to be announced, members said.

Collection: Iran, Israel and the United States at War (2025-2026 Operations)  Just Security