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Israel and US assaults on Isfahan kills 15 folks as Tehran carries out retaliatory assaults on Israel and Gulf international locations.
Revealed On 15 Mar 2026
The US and Israel carried out assaults on Iran’s Isfahan metropolis within the early hours of Sunday, killing no less than 15 folks, because the battle entered its sixteenth day.
Sirens blared in central Israel on Sunday as Iran launched a number of barrages of missiles in retaliatory assaults on the nation. Tehran has continued its assaults within the Gulf international locations.
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In the meantime, US President Donald Trump claimed that Tehran “desires to make a deal”, as he referred to as for a naval coalition to assist hold the Strait of Hormuz open.
Here’s what we learn about what occurred previously 24 hours:
In Iran
- Residential areas in Shiraz, the capital of Fars province, had been attacked. “The Zionist-American prison regime attacked a residential and disadvantaged space within the metropolis of Shiraz in a terrorist and anti-human act,” Tasnim information company reported this morning.
- An assault on the commercial metropolis of Isfahan in central Iran killed 15 folks and wounded a number of.
- Twenty folks had been arrested in northwestern Iran for trying to cooperate with Israel, based on a Tasnim report citing an announcement by the prosecutor’s workplace within the West Azerbaijan province. They’re accused of sending location particulars on Iran’s navy and safety property to Israel.
- IRGC’s fiftieth wave of assaults: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated it launched its “fiftieth wave” of operations towards US bases within the area. The operation was “carried out towards the bases of the US terrorist military” within the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait.
- On Kharg assaults: Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi stated the US used cruise missiles launched from the UAE, close to Dubai. Tehran may retaliate, and it could be harmful for the area, he added.
- New supreme chief: Araghchi stated there’s “no drawback” with the brand new supreme chief, Mojtaba Khamenei, after US officers claimed earlier that he was wounded and “possible disfigured”.
- The IRGC warned the US to maneuver its industries out of the Center East and urged folks to avoid factories by which US firms maintain shares, Iranian state media reported, following strikes that killed a number of civilian employees at nonmilitary factories in Iran.
- On Strait of Hormuz: IRGC’s navy commander, Alireza Tangsiri, stated Iran has not but closed the strait, and the important waterway is “solely being managed”.
- Injury in Iran: Tehran’s governor reported that no less than 10,000 residential houses had been “broken or fully destroyed” due to US-Israeli assaults. Greater than 1,400 folks have been killed since Israel and US launched the warfare on February 28. Earlier, US Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed no less than 15,000 “enemy targets” have been struck – greater than 1,000 a day – for the reason that warfare started.
- Iran confirmed that its senior navy determine, Brigadier-Normal Abdullah Jalali Nasab, was killed in an Israeli assault. That’s now along with the killing of Abdolrahim Mousavi, chief of workers of Iran’s armed forces; Aziz Nasirzadeh, defence minister and deputy chief of workers of the armed forces; and Mohammad Pakpour, IRGC commander-in-chief.
In Gulf international locations
- Saudi Arabia: The Ministry of Defence stated 4 drones had been intercepted within the Riyadh metropolitan space. A minimum of two folks had been killed and 12 injured within the assaults since Iran began retaliatory assaults. Earlier, the ministry stated six ballistic missiles launched in direction of the dominion’s al-Kharj governorate had been destroyed, along with two drones intercepted within the Japanese province.
- UAE: The IRGC stated it launched 10 missiles and several other drones towards US forces on the UAE’s al-Dhafra airbase, based on an announcement carried by Iranian information companies. On Saturday, black smoke rose over the port of Fujairah, located simply outdoors the Strait of Hormuz, after particles from a drone interception fell, injuring a Jordanian citizen.
- Abu Dhabi accused Iran of “ethical chapter” following Iranian claims that US assaults on the strategic Kharg Island originated from the UAE.
- Bahrain: The Bahrain Ministry of Inside stated sirens had been activated and residents had been urged to stay calm and head to the closest secure location. It stated the police arrested six folks on prices of posting movies and spreading misinformation about Iranian assaults on the nation. Thus far, no less than two folks have been killed and dozens wounded in Iranian strikes.
- Kuwait: Two missiles struck the perimeter of Ahmad al-Jaber airbase, wounding three troopers, authorities in Kuwait reported. Drones struck services at Kuwait’s worldwide airport, damaging a part of its radar system, they stated.
- Qatar: The Gulf state intercepted all 4 ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran, stated the Ministry of Defence on Saturday.
Within the US
- President speaks: Trump advised NBC Information in a cellphone interview that Iran “desires to make a deal”, however he’s not prepared for one “as a result of the phrases aren’t ok but”. He additionally repeated that he’s working with different international locations on a plan to safe passage by means of the Strait of Hormuz.
- On new supreme chief: He questioned whether or not Mojtaba Khamenei is “even alive” after Hegseth’s earlier declare that he was “possible disfigured”. Trump added that the US assaults on Iran’s strategic Kharg Island “completely demolished” many of the island, however that “we could hit it a number of extra occasions only for enjoyable”.
- On Strait of Hormuz: He referred to as on allies and international locations that rely upon Gulf oil, together with China, to ship warships to the strait to escort ships. Nonetheless, no nation has confirmed this. Japan responded, saying “the bar can be too excessive” for such motion.
- The Trump administration additionally warned information shops may have their broadcasting licences revoked over vital reporting on the warfare towards Iran whereas accusing the media of “distortions”.
- On negotiations: Whereas he claimed that Iran has reached out with a peace plan, the Reuters information company reported that the Trump administration has rebuffed efforts by Center East allies to begin diplomatic negotiations geared toward ending the warfare. Iran, for its half, has rejected the potential for any ceasefire till US and Israeli strikes finish.
- Assist for warfare within the US: The most recent Quinnipiac College ballot means that 53 p.c of US voters are towards the assaults, whereas almost three-quarters of these surveyed say they don’t help deploying US floor forces to Iran.
In Israel
- Israel’s Ministry of Well being stated 108 injured folks had been taken to hospitals because of the battle with Iran previously 24 hours, based on The Occasions of Israel newspaper.
- Air raid sirens blared throughout Israel by means of the evening and into the morning amid missile and rocket hearth from Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, as falling particles precipitated a fireplace within the metropolis of Holon.
- Fragments from Iranian missiles fell in areas close to Tel Aviv in central Israel after air defence methods intercepted incoming projectiles.
- Israel knowledgeable the US this week that it’s operating critically low on ballistic missile interceptors because the battle with Iran rages, the US information web site Semafor reported.
In Lebanon
- Hezbollah battles to cease advances by the Israeli navy in southern Lebanese cities as Israeli air raids and artillery hearth struck a number of cities.
- The group stated it focused Israeli troopers at al-Khazan hill within the border city of Odaisseh and close to Fatima Gate in Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon, and shelled an Israeli artillery place within the settlement of Dishon with missiles.
- Lebanon’s emergency providers stated Israeli assaults on two cities within the nation’s south killed no less than 5 folks, together with a toddler, and wounded seven.
- One other Israeli air assault killed a complete household in southern Lebanon’s Qantara, together with two kids. Israeli assaults have killed 826 folks and displaced greater than 800,000 within the nation for the reason that US-Israeli assault on Iran started on February 28.
- The top of the World Well being Group stated a complete of 14 well being employees had been killed in assaults in southern Lebanon over the previous 24 hours.
Iraq and Jordan
- The US Embassy in Baghdad stated on Saturday that every one US residents “ought to depart Iraq now”. “US residents selecting to stay in Iraq are strongly inspired to rethink in mild of the numerous menace posed by Iran-aligned terrorist militia teams,” it added.
- Iraq’s Ministry of Justice says the encompassing areas of Baghdad’s worldwide jail and the central airport jail have been subjected to repeated assaults in latest days.
- A drone strike hit the Lanaz oil refinery on the outskirts of Erbil, triggering a fireplace. Iraqi authorities stated they’ve suspended actions to evaluate the injury.
- The Jordanian navy stated it intercepted 79 of the 85 missiles and drones launched by Iran concentrating on “important websites” within the kingdom through the second week of the Center East warfare. A minimum of 14 folks had been wounded in complete in Jordan from Iranian strikes.
