U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Friday (March 6, 2026) that he wouldn’t search a cope with Iran with out the nation’s “unconditional give up” as Washington warned of a forthcoming bombing marketing campaign that officers stated can be probably the most intense of the weeklong battle.
Israel stated it started a broad wave of strikes on Tehran early on Saturday (March 7, 2026), with Related Press video exhibiting explosions and huge plumes of smoke billowing over the western a part of the capital metropolis.
Israel-Iran battle LIVE updates
As Israeli warplanes bombed the Iranian capital and Beirut, Iran launched extra retaliatory strikes towards Israel and Gulf nations on the seventh day of the battle. Many thunder-like booms rumbled over Jerusalem simply previous midnight native time as Israel stated it was working to intercept missiles launched from Iran.
The US and Israel have battered Iran with strikes, concentrating on its navy capabilities, management and nuclear program. The said objectives and timelines for the battle have repeatedly shifted, because the U.S. has at occasions instructed it seeks to topple Iran’s authorities or elevate new management from inside.
In the meantime, Russia has offered Iran with info that would assist Tehran strike the U.S. navy, in keeping with two officers acquainted with U.S. intelligence on the matter. Russian President Vladimir Putin had a name on Friday (March 6, 2026) with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, expressing his condolences over the killing of Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Kremlin stated.
In different developments, proof emerged suggesting that an explosion that killed scores of Iranian college students at a college was probably brought on by U.S. airstrikes that additionally hit an adjoining compound related to the regime’s Revolutionary Guard.
Qatar’s vitality minister, Saad al-Kaabi, warned in an interview with the Monetary Occasions that the battle might “carry down the economies of the world,” predicting a widespread shutdown of Gulf vitality exports that would ship oil to $150 a barrel.
The value for a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude rose above $90 on Friday for the primary time in additional than two years.
Russia is offering info to Iran, officers say
Russia has offered Iran with info that would assist Tehran strike American warships, plane and different belongings within the area, in keeping with two officers acquainted with U.S. intelligence on the matter.
The folks, who weren’t authorised to remark publicly and spoke on the situation of anonymity, cautioned that the US intelligence has not uncovered that Russia is directing Iran on what to do with the data.
Nonetheless, it is the primary indication that Moscow has sought to get entangled within the battle.
Trump says U.S. will assist rebuild Iran as soon as it has ACCEPTABLE’ leaders
In a social media submit on Friday (March 6, 2026), Mr. Trump stated, “There might be no cope with Iran besides UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” After a give up, “and the collection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Chief(s),” he wrote, the U.S. and its allies will assist rebuild Iran, making it “economically larger, higher, and stronger than ever earlier than.”
These feedback had been more likely to elevate additional questions in regards to the endgame of the battle. The preventing has killed at the least 1,230 folks in Iran, greater than 200 in Lebanon and round a dozen in Israel, in keeping with officers in these nations. Six US troops have been killed.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on social media that “some nations” had begun mediation efforts, with out elaborating.
Mr. Trump has additionally instructed media retailers that he ought to be concerned in selecting a alternative for Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed within the opening strikes of the battle. Mr. Trump spoke dismissively of Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei — a front-runner to exchange his father — calling him “a light-weight.”
Iran’s UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, condemned Mr. Trump’s assertion and stated Iran “doesn’t settle for and can by no means permit any overseas energy to intervene in its inside affairs.”
Iranian state tv reported on Friday (March 6, 2026) {that a} management council had began discussing the best way to convene the nation’s Meeting of Consultants, which is able to choose the brand new supreme chief.
Heavy strikes on Iran and retaliatory assaults
Israel’s navy stated it had begun a “broad-scale” wave of strikes in Tehran. The navy has stated that over the previous week, it has closely bombed an in depth underground bunker that Iranian leaders had deliberate to make use of through the hostilities.
Witnesses described Israeli airstrikes as significantly intense, shaking houses within the space and sending columns of smoke rising. Others reported explosions across the Iranian metropolis of Kermanshah, an space house to a number of missile bases. They spoke anonymously for concern of retribution.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated in a tv interview that the “largest bombing marketing campaign” of the battle was nonetheless to come back.
In Israel, the sound of explosions may very well be heard in Tel Aviv all through Friday (Marchg 6) after warnings about missiles incoming from Iran. Air defence methods labored to intercept the barrage. 5 troopers have been wounded within the preventing with Hezbollah, Israel’s navy stated.
In an indication of the widening nature of the battle, sirens sounded early on Saturday (March 7, 2026) in Bahrain as an Iranian assault focused the island kingdom.
Elsewhere, new info surfaced suggesting {that a} lethal Feb. 28 explosion at a college within the Iranian metropolis of Minab, some 1,100 kilometres (680 miles) southeast of Tehran, was probably brought on by U.S. airstrikes. The knowledge included satellite tv for pc photographs, professional evaluation, a U.S. official and public info launched by U.S. and Israeli navy forces.
Iranian state media has stated greater than 165 folks had been killed within the blast, most of them kids.
Iran has blamed Israel and the U.S. for the explosion. Neither nation has accepted accountability, although Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth stated earlier within the week that the U.S. was investigating.
Israel bombards Lebanon as loss of life toll rises
Israel has carried out waves of airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the place Hezbollah has a big presence however which can be house to tons of of 1000’s of civilians.
Lebanon’s Well being Ministry stated 217 folks had been killed by Israeli strikes since Monday and 798 injured.
Roads within the Lebanese capital had been choked with evacuating site visitors as smoke rose over town’s southern districts. Two hospitals evacuated sufferers and employees.
“What can we do? We prayed right here underneath the tree. In the course of the night time, we slept within the automobile as a result of there isn’t a place to remain,” Jihan Shehadeh, one of many tens of 1000’s of displaced, stated.
One Israeli strike hit close to the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, in keeping with Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company. Israel’s navy didn’t instantly reply to questions in regards to the report.
Hezbollah’s navy command on Friday (March 6) urged its fighters to not relent and to “defend the nation,” casting the escalating battle in spiritual phrases and calling on them to “kill them wherever you discover them.”