US & ‘Israel’ at war with Iran | Day 30 coverage
The 2026 Iran War began on February 28 when the United States and ‘Israel’ launched an operation dubbed Epic Fury by the US and Lion's Roar by ‘Israel’, unleashing nearly 900 airstrikes in 12 hours on Iranian missile systems, air defenses, nuclear facilities, military bases, and leadership targets.
Yemen’s Houthi movement entered the war early, launching missile and drone attacks toward ‘Israel’ and expanding the conflict beyond the Gulf and Levant theaters.
This direct assault followed years of shadow war, including the first-ever Iran-‘Israel’ missile exchanges in April and October 2024 and a limited 12-day war in June 2025 that damaged Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of top officials were killed in the opening salvo, while a US Tomahawk strike on a school adjacent to a naval base near Bandar Abbas killed about 170 civilians, mostly children.
Iran responded within hours by firing hundreds of ballistic missiles and launching thousands of drones at ‘Israel’, US bases in the Gulf, and targets in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait.
Tehran restricted passage through the Strait of Hormuz—through which 20% of global oil flows—disrupting shipping and spiking oil prices.
The retaliation reignited fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon, prompting ‘Israeli’ strikes there and spreading the conflict regionally while hitting civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, airports, and heritage sites.
Over the next three weeks, US-‘Israeli’ forces conducted sustained air campaigns that destroyed much of Iran’s air-defense network, missile production sites and navy assets.
Iran appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader, but pragmatic senior official Ali Larijani was assassinated in an ‘Israeli’ strike on March 17.
More than 80,000 civilian sites were hit, including 260 medical facilities and UNESCO-listed buildings, causing widespread blackouts, fuel shortages, toxic pollution, and over 2,000 total deaths across Iran, ‘Israel’, Lebanon, and Gulf states.
The war remained active in its fourth week with ongoing US-‘Israeli’ airstrikes on remaining Iranian targets and Iranian retaliatory barrages, including recent cluster-munition attacks on ‘Israel’ and a failed long-range missile attempt at Diego Garcia.
Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz reopens fully but has signaled possible winding down or deals, which Tehran denies pursuing.
Explosions rock Tehran
Iranian media outlet Fars reported explosions in Tehran on Sunday morning.
‘Israeli’ soldier killed in southern Lebanon clashes
The ‘Israeli’ army announced that one paratrooper was killed and three others wounded in fighting in southern Lebanon.
UAE air defenses intercept Iranian missile threat
The UAE Ministry of Interior said its air defense systems are responding to an Iranian missile threat.
US official: potential ground operation may last two months
A US official told The Washington Post that a planned ground operation under review could last approximately two months.
12 wounded in US, ‘Israeli’ strikes on Tehran
At least 12 people were injured in US and ‘Israeli’ airstrikes targeting residential areas in western and northern Tehran, Iranian media outlet Fars reported.
Iran Revolutionary Guard warns US, 'Israeli' universities targeted
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard issued a stern statement warning that, following attacks on Iranian universities, American and ‘Israeli’ universities are now considered legitimate targets, the statement said.
Drone crashes in central Baghdad
A drone fell near Al-Wathiq Square in Karrada, central Baghdad.
Iranians rally in support of supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei
Iranians across the country have taken to the streets to show support for the newly appointed Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as the war with ‘Israel’ and the United States enters its second month.
The rallies reflect a public display of loyalty to Iran’s new leadership amid ongoing war with 'Israel' and the US.
Day 29 of the US-'Israeli' war on Iran
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