US Iran war LIVE updates: Fresh explosions were heard in Iran's Capital Tehran, and the northwestern cities of Tabriz and Urmia, Reuters reported citing Iranian news agencies. Israel hit Tehran's Mehrabad airport, after sounding evacuation warnings in several parts of the Iranian Capital. An Iranian air carrier was destroyed on the ground in an Israeli attack on the airport in Bushehr. Iran also launched strikes in the Tel Aviv area of Israel, the latter's military said. First responders said they were treating 12 people who were injured, with police identifying several impact sites. Iran's foreign ministry has rejected talks with the US and Israel, saying it is "standing against evil." Iran earlier targeted the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia with drones early Tuesday. The attack from two drones caused a "limited fire" and minor damage in the US Embassy in Riyadh, according to Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry. Trump says ‘too late’ for Iran to seek talks, attacks to go on. US President Donald Trump in a post on Truth Social said it was "too late" for talks. "Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone. They want to talk. I said: ‘Too Late!’" Trump said. The US President earlier said that the operations in Iran are likely to last for another four to five weeks, adding that he was prepared "to go far longer than that." Briefing Congress members about ‘Operation Epic Fury,’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also quoted as saying that the "hardest hits are yet to come from the US military." Meanwhile, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has also stated that the strikes will continue, but it will not be an "endless war." Israel ups offensive in Lebanon. Apart from ‘striking the heart of Tehran’, Israel has renewed its strikes on Lebanon after Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah launched a drone attack towards Haifa following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Following the renewed attacks, which come after the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon has placed a ban on all Hezbollah military activities in the country as residents fled the south Lebanon. As Hezbollah and IDF exchange fire, the Israeli military has been ordered to seize posts in Lebanon as Tel Aviv ups its offensive in the neighbouring country. West Asia conflict leaves many dead. The death toll across West Asia has increased. The death toll in Iran from the joint US-Israeli strikes is now nearing 800. As per the latest update from the Iranian Red Crescent, the total death toll from the strikes now stands at 787. Of this, around 180 deaths have been reported in Minab when a girls' school was targeted by the US-Israeli military strike. Meanwhile, four American service members were killed and four others seriously injured during the US attacks on Iran, the US military announced on Monday. In Lebanon, 52 people have been killed due to Israeli strikes in the southern part of the country. The health ministry has added that around 154 people were injured due to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. In the UAE, three people, one Pakistani, one Nepalese and one Bangladeshi were killed in the attacks in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 58 others have also been injured due to the Iranian strikes. In Israel, around 10 people have been killed due to Iranian strikes across the region. In Iraq, two people have been killed. One person has also been killed in Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, each. Meanwhile, at least 16 people have been injured in Qatar due to Iranian strikes. Follow all the updates here: Mar 03, 2026 9:28:06 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Fresh explosions were heard in Iran's Capital Tehran, and the northwestern cities of Tabriz and Urmia, Reuters reported citing Iranian news agencies. Mar 03, 2026 9:02:38 PM IST In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said Iran was seeking talks, adding that it is “too late” for that. “Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone. They want to talk. I said, ‘Too Late!’" Trump wrote. This comes after the US President had, in an interview to Atlantic Magazine over the weekend, signalled he had agreed to talk. “They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,” Trump had said earlier. Mar 03, 2026 8:59:49 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Iran's Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was damaged in US-Israeli strikes, CNN reported citing semi-official Mehr News Agency. The palace's famed mirrored throne room, and the museum artefacts, were previously moved to a secure vault following the January protests in Iran and during the 12-day war in June 2025, according to the agency. Mar 03, 2026 8:48:23 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Iraq will be forced to cut its oil production by more than 3 million barrels per day if oil tankers are not allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and reach its loading ports, two Iraqi oil officials told Reuters. The officials said disruptions from the strait slowdown have pushed storage to critical levels in Iraq's southern ports. This comes even as Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, which is a critical passage for global energy supplies. Iraq as of Tuesday has already decreased production from the Rumaila oil field by 700,000 bpd. Mar 03, 2026 8:44:05 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Israel's Magen David Adom emergency services said they were treating 12 people with injuries following Iranian strikes. “Medics and paramedics are providing medical treatment and evacuating to hospitals 12 injured people, including a woman of about 40 in moderate condition with blast injuries, and 11 people lightly injured with cuts from glass shards and blast injuries,” AFP cited a statement from MDA as saying. Israeli police said officers were present at several impacted sites in the central and Tel Aviv districts, where shrapnel had fallen. Mar 03, 2026 8:41:16 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Following evacuation warnings, Israel launched strikes on the Mehrabad airport, according to Iranian news agencies. Another airport in Iran's southern port city of Bushehr was also struck, which led to an Iranian carrier on the ground being destroyed. Mar 03, 2026 8:38:53 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: UAE's two key markets will reopen for trading on March 4, after two days of closure following the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, Bloomberg reported. The Dubai Financial Market and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange will open Wednesday, the UAE Capital Market Authority said in a statement. “The Authority will continue to monitor developments and take any measures deemed appropriate in line with its mandate, in order to ensure investor protection,” the regulator said. Mar 03, 2026 8:13:28 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Israel issued an evacuation warning for residents in the industrial area of Tehran and near Payam airport in the city of Karaj, Al Jazeera reported. The Israeli military has warned that it will be carrying out strikes in these areas “in the coming hours.” Mar 03, 2026 8:09:55 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Israel launched strikes towards the Hakimieh area in Iran's Eastern Tegran, Reuters reported citing Iranian news agencies. This came after Israel issues evacuation warnings in some parts of Iran, including areas in Tehran. Mar 03, 2026 8:04:41 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Ali Bahreini, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, said the country will continue to act in its defence against Israel and the US “until the point this aggression is stopped”, Al Jazeera reported. “If any base in a neighbouring country is used to attack and invade other countries, that would be a legitimate target,” Bahreini warned. Mar 03, 2026 7:28:38 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Monday and Tuesday have killed 40 people and injured 246 others, a spokesperson for Lebanon's health ministry said, according to Reuters. The spokesperson further clarified that a death toll of 52 provided by the health ministry on Monday had been a technical error. Mar 03, 2026 6:51:44 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: NATO chief Mark Rutte Tuesday said many European allies of the US had shown support for America's campaign against Iran. “I feel widespread support in Europe. I was on the phone with many leaders over the weekend and also early this week,” AFP news agency cited Rutte as saying. “I clearly sensed that taking out the nuclear capability, taking out the ballistic missile capability, and also Khamenei gone, this is applauded by many of my colleagues in NATO,” Rutte added. Mar 03, 2026 6:48:50 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday said they had targeted dissident groups planning to attack their country from Iraq's Kurdistan region, Reuters news agency reported. Mar 03, 2026 6:47:09 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Israeli authorities are using container ships to bring back dozens of essential medical staff stuck abroad amid its conflict with Iran, cargo firm ZIM Shipping said. A ZIM official told Reuters on Tuesday that its cargo ships were shuttling between Limassol in Cyprus and the Israeli port of Haifa, in an operation coordinated between the Transportation Ministry, major Israeli hospitals and the company. Mar 03, 2026 6:27:59 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: The official spokesperson for the UAE defence ministry said the country was ready to “confront all threats, regardless of their source or nature.” “They will not hesitate or be lenient in taking the necessary deterrent measures to protect the security and stability of the homeland,” the ministry said in a post on X. Mar 03, 2026 6:21:13 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: The Dubai International Airport on Tuesday said in a post on X that “false” and “fabricated” videos of the airport were being circulated on social media. “Fabricated and digitally altered videos claiming incidents at DXB are circulating online. This content is false and does not reflect the current situation. Please rely on official sources for updates and refrain from sharing unverified material to avoid legal action,” DXB said in a post on X. Mar 03, 2026 6:15:44 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, condemning attacks on his country. PM Modi earlier also spoke to Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman and Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, and expressed concern over attacks on their countries. Mar 03, 2026 6:02:10 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: The Israeli military said it has launched strikes on Hezbollah command centers and arms depots in Lebanon's Beirut, Reuters news agency reported. This comes even as a Lebanese army source told AFP news agency that Israeli ground forces had advanced into a border area in Lebanese territory on Tuesday. This came hours after Israel's defence minister instructed his troops to "take control of additional strategic positions in Lebanon." Mar 03, 2026 5:55:42 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Three people were killed, and 68 injured in Iranian strikes in UAE, the country's defence ministry said, according to Al Jazeera. The UAE defence ministry said 186 missiles were launched against the country, of which 172 were destroyed and 13 of them were in the sea. It said that one missile had struck on the land. Mar 03, 2026 5:43:55 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: United Nations on Tuesday urged all parties involved in the conflict in Middle East to “come to their senses”, AFP news agency reported. UN human rights chief Volker Turk said the situation was “entirely avoidable”, while citing the panic and anxiety experienced by millions of people in the Middle East. “The situation is worsening and widening by the hour, playing out our worst fears,” Turk said, adding that she was “deeply shocked” by the impact of the hostilities. Mar 03, 2026 5:39:10 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Amid its conflict with United States and Israel, Iran said it was banning all food and agricultural products' exports. “The export of all food and agricultural products has been banned until further notice,” AFP cited Tasnim news agency as reporting. Mar 03, 2026 5:36:41 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday urged what it called the forces behind a deadly attack on a girls' school in Iran to investigate and share insights into the incident. However, the body did not elaborate on who it felt was responsible. “The High Commissioner (Volker Turk) calls for a prompt, impartial and thorough investigation into the circumstances of the attack. The onus is on the forces that carried out the attack to investigate it,” Reuters news agency cited UNHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani as saying. Mar 03, 2026 5:24:44 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: Iran has urged the United Nations Security Council to move to stop the conflict in West Asia. “The United Nations Security Council has a duty... if it wishes, it can certainly act, because there is no obstacle to its action except its own will,” Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said. Mar 03, 2026 5:16:15 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: A fire erupted at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ) Tuesday morning after debris fell following the interception of an Iranian drone, a statement from the Fujairah media office stated. The statement said that no injuries were reported, adding that the fire was brought under control and normal operations in the area have resumed, CNN reported. Mar 03, 2026 5:08:12 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: A drone reportedly crashed near the vicinity of Salalah port on Tuesday, Oman's state media said citing a security source. Two other drones were intercepted in Dhofar governorate, it said, adding that there were no casualties in the incident. Mar 03, 2026 4:35:09 PM IST US Iran war news LIVE: Qatar has said that there are nearly 8,000 people who are stranded in transit in the country, Al Jazeera reported. Mar 03, 2026 4:26:46 PM IST US Iran war news LIVE: Israeli strikes targeted the presidential office in Iran on Tuesday, the IDF said in a post on X. “The Iranian Regime’s Leadership Compound — the central headquarters have been dismantled. This command headquarters was one of the most heavily secured assets in Iran,” the IDF said. “The compound that housed the regime’s most senior forum was struck by the IAF overnight using precise intelligence,” the IDF added. Mar 03, 2026 4:22:32 PM IST Qatar's foreign ministry has said that the Iranian strikes on the country will not go unanswered. Iran is launching retaliatory attacks on Gulf countries following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes. Qatar said that it had proven that it cannot be threatened, and asserted that it remains fully prepared to tackle security threats, Al Jazeera reported. Mar 03, 2026 4:18:10 PM IST US Iran war news LIVE: Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson on Tuesday said that there was currently no ongoing communication with Iran. The country said that it had not run out of its stockpile of interceptor missiles, adding that it had enough to deal with the ongoing threat. This comes a day after Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had said that he was in contact with his counterparts in the Gulf countries. Mar 03, 2026 4:05:10 PM IST US Iran war news LIVE: Fresh explosions were heard in Doha and Manama, according to correspondents working with AFP news agency. The AFP journalists in Bahraini and Qatari capitals reportedly heard more explosions, as Iran's retaliatory strikes on US military bases in West Asian countries continued for a fourth day. The correspondents said they heard several blasts in Manama and air raid sirens sounded, while explosions were also heard in Doha, AFP reported. Mar 03, 2026 3:47:22 PM IST US Iran war news LIVE: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said the war against Iran could spur moves to obtain a nuclear bomb, not just in Iran but also in Arab countries. Lavrov further said that there was still no such evidence of Iran pursuing nuclear weapons. Mar 03, 2026 3:38:28 PM IST US Iran war news LIVE: Iran's foreign ministry on Tuesday rejected talks with US and Israel. “Eternal disgrace will remain upon those who claimed to pursue diplomacy but, in the face of Iran’s logic, bowed down and turned to the military option,” ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to Al Jazeera. The ministry said Tehran is “committed to humanitarian principles”, while adding, “I ask my Arab friends to reflect carefully. The regime has no hesitation in expanding the scope of the war, smearing Iran’s reputation, and committing crimes in other countries.” “Iran is currently the only remaining force standing against evil,” Baghaei said. Mar 03, 2026 3:25:53 PM IST US Iran war news LIVE: The United States has ordered the mandatory departure of non-emergency American personnel and their family members in Jordan, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates citing security concerns, CNN reported. The US State Department stated that personnel in Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE face an ongoing threat of drone and missile attacks from Iran. Mar 03, 2026 3:23:12 PM IST US Iran war news LIVE: The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday confirmed “some recent damage to entrance buildings of Iran’s underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP), Al Jazeera reported. “No radiological consequence expected and no additional impact detected at FEP itself, which was severely damaged in the June conflict,” the IAEA said citing satellite imagery as evidence. Mar 03, 2026 3:09:22 PM IST US Iran war LIVE: The Lebanese army has pulled its troops back from the border area to ensure their safety amid escalating Israeli attacks in the region, a Lebanese military source told Al Jazeera. Lebanon’s state-run National News
