Iran, US-Israel War Highlights | Mediators make push for 45-day ceasefire as Trump escalates threats to hit Iran: Reports

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | One wounded after Iranian missile attack: Israel medics

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Striking infrastructure ‌sites ⁠of Hezbollah in Beirut: Israeli military

The ⁠Israeli ⁠military ‌said ​early on Saturday ​it ⁠had begun ⁠striking ‌infrastructure ‌sites ⁠of the Lebanese militant ‌group ‌Hezbollah ‌in ‌Beirut. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Missiles fired from Iran: Israeli army

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Explosions heard in Beirut as strikes reported in southern suburbs: AFP journalist

Loud explosions were heard in Beirut on Saturday, an AFP journalist said, as the Israeli military said it had begun striking "Hezbollah infrastructure" in the Lebanese capital. AFP's correspondent in Beirut heard at least two explosions within half an hour and reported smoke billowing from one of them.

The Israeli military said on Telegram it "has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Beirut". (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli military says it is striking Hezbollah sites in Beirut

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | American forces rescue one pilot of US fighter jet downed by Iran: Report

One crew ⁠member ⁠from ‌a US ​fighter jet that ​was ⁠shot down over Iran ⁠has ‌been ‌rescued ⁠by American forces, two ⁠US ⁠officials were quoted as saying by CBS news.

The loss of the F-15 jet is the first known instance of a US combat aircraft going down in hostile territory in the month-long US-Israeli conflict in Iran.

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Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Several blasts heard coming from Tehran's north (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pakistan rejects reports of collapse of initiative to facilitate US, Iran talks

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | India says crude oil supplies secured, no payment issues for Iran imports

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Projectile hits near Bushehr nuclear power plant perimeter, kills one

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US-Israeli strikes hit cement plant in southern Iran, reports AFP

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iraq closes Shalamcheh crossing with Iran after airstrikes kill Iraqi

Iraq closed ⁠the Shalamcheh border crossing ⁠with Iran ‌after airstrikes ​on the Iranian side killed an Iraqi citizen, security ​sources ⁠said on Saturday.

The sources said at least five ⁠Iraqis ‌were seriously wounded in the strikes, ‌which hit a ⁠passenger reception area on the Iranian ‌side.

Iraqi police ‌recovered the body ‌of a ‌man, while the wounded were taken to hospital, ⁠most ⁠in critical condition.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Trump weighs broader cabinet shake-up as Iran war pressure grows

US President Donald Trump is considering a broader cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi's removal this week, as he grows increasingly frustrated with the political fallout from the war with Iran, five people familiar with internal White House discussions said.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran authorizes passage of vessels carrying essential goods to Iranian ports via Hormuz Strait

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | India-flagged LPG tanker crosses Strait of Hormuz, reports AFP

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's foreign minister: We have never refused to go to Islamabad

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday said that Iran never refused to go to for talks, however they want a 'conclusive and lasting end' to the conflict.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Araghchi expressed gratitude towards Pakistan for offering to hold the talks and wrote, "Iran's position is being misrepresented by U.S. media. We are deeply grateful to Pakistan for its efforts and have never refused to go to Islamabad. What we care about are the terms of a conclusive and lasting END to the illegal war that is imposed on us."

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | 'Radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran': Iran FM on bombing of Bushehr Nuclear plant

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday slammed the United States for bombing the Bushehr nuclear power plant. He also said that the fallout of this attack will affect Gulf Cooperation Council capitals and not Tehran.

Araghchi wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "Remember the Western outrage about hostilities near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine? Israel-U.S. have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran. Attacks on our petrochemicals also convey real objectives."

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran Guards say targeted Israel-linked vessel in Strait of Hormuz

 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they targeted an Israel-linked ship in the Strait of Hormuz in a drone attack, setting it on fire.

"A drone struck the vessel ... linked to the Zionist regime in the Strait of Hormuz; the ship caught fire," the Guards naval forces posted on X, adding that the ship was called the MSC Ishyka.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran, US race to find crew member of crashed American fighter jet

Iranian and American forces raced each other Saturday to recover a crew member from the first US fighter jet to go down inside Iran since the start of the war, reports AFP.

Tehran said it had shot down the F-15 warplane and US media reported United States special forces had rescued one of its two crew members, with the other still missing.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US-Israeli strikes hit 30 universities in Iran since war began: science minister

US-Israeli strikes have hit more than 30 universities across Iran since the war broke out in late February, Iran's science minister said on Saturday, reports AFP.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's top joint military command says new air defence system was used on Friday

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran denies that second crew member has been arrested, reports BBC

BBC reported that a sub-unit of IRGC in Iran’s southern Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad province, and the governor of the same province, have both denied that the second American crew member of the F-15 has been arrested.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Truly appreciate your clarification, my Dear Brother: Pak FM Ishaq Dar to Iranian counterpart

Pakistan's deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar thanked Iran for the clarification regarding peace talks on Saturday.

Dar took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "Truly appreciate your clarification, my Dear Brother @Araghchi"

Pak rejects media reports of collapse of initiative to facilitate US-Iran talks

Pakistan on Saturday rejected media reports that its initiative to facilitate talks between the US and Iran to end the ongoing conflict in West Asia had hit obstacles after the initial exchange of peace proposals.

Speculation emerged after a senior Foreign Ministry official briefed a select group of journalists on Pakistan's efforts to find a negotiated settlement of the ongoing conflict.

Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi rejected the media reports as "baseless" and a "figment of imagination."

"We have noted several reports in the media, including on social media, citing so-called official government sources regarding the ongoing conflict in the region and Pakistan's efforts to promote peace and dialogue," he said in a statement.

(PTI)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Russia slams 'evil' US-Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear plant

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make deal or US will unleash 'Hell'

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US agents arrest niece of Iran's Qassem Soleimani after Rubio revoked green card

US federal agents have arrested ⁠the niece ⁠and grand-niece ‌of late ​Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after Secretary ​of ⁠State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent ⁠resident ‌status, the State Department said ‌on Saturday.

"Hamideh ⁠Soleimani Afshar and her ‌daughter ‌are now in ‌the custody ‌of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement," ⁠the ⁠State Department said in a statement after Rubio revoked their ​green cards.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Several injured in Israel by Iran missile fire: medics

Israeli emergency services said its crew treated five people who were injured Saturday in Tel Aviv and surrounding areas after Iran fired several rounds of missiles toward Israel.

Since midnight, seven waves of Iranian missiles have been launched towards Israel, according to the Israeli military.

Israel's Magen David Adom emergency services said a 45?year?old man was treated for minor injuries from glass shrapnel in the central city of Bnei Brak and taken to hospital.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel strikes Tyre in south Lebanon after evacuation warnings

Israel's military renewed its strikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Saturday after issuing evacuation warnings, following attacks on nearby buildings that damaged a hospital in the city.

Israel has carried out strikes across Lebanon and launched a ground invasion in the south since March 2, when Hezbollah entered the war in the Middle East on the side of its backer Iran.

The Israeli army struck three buildings it had warned people to evacuate, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA).

Iran says Iraq exempt from any Strait of Hormuz restrictions

 Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya ⁠joint military command ⁠said ‌Iraq ​would be exempt from ​any ⁠restrictions on transit through the ⁠Strait ‌of Hormuz, Iranian ‌media ⁠reported on Saturday, signaling ‌preferential ‌treatment for ‌Baghdad ‌as Tehran tightens control ⁠over ⁠the strategic waterway. 

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iraq says passenger traffic back to normal at Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel warns civilians to evacuate Masnaa crossing on Lebanon-Syria border

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's late Gen Soleimani's relatives arrested, US State Media reports

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Middle East war 'presents a serious risk to Africa': AfDB Report

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli forces destroy 17 UN peacekeeper cameras in south Lebanon, UN official says

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran has 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz: Trump as search continues for missing US pilot

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Soldier killed in Lebanon fighting : Israeli military

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Five killed in strikes on petrochemical hub: Iran officials

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israelis calls for ending war Iran war

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli strikes kill two girls in southern Lebanon, soldier killed in battle

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran targets Israel, Kuwait after Trump gives deadline for deal

Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait early Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump said the Islamic republic had 48 hours to cut a deal or face "all Hell".

Kuwait and Israel said their air defences were responding to the latest attacks from Iran, part of the war that erupted more than a month ago with US-Israeli strikes that triggered retaliation by Tehran.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US rescues airman whose F-15 was downed in Iran, US officials say

The United States has rescued an airman ⁠whose F-15 jet ⁠was downed ‌in Iran, ​two US officials told Reuters late on Saturday.
The officials ​did ⁠not immediately provide further details on the rescue. The ⁠Pentagon ‌did not immediately respond to ‌a request for comment.
The ⁠airman was the second member ‌of a ‌two-person crew of ‌an F-15 that ‌Iran said on Friday was brought down ⁠by ⁠its air defenses. Reuters reported on Friday that the first member of the crew ​had been recovered.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran Guards say destroyed US aircraft searching for missing pilot: Iranian media

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a US aircraft that had been searching for the crewmember of a missing American fighter jet had been destroyed, Iranian media reported on Sunday.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US rescues missing pilot; Iran says destroyed another US aircraft

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Hezbollah says targeted Israeli warship with cruise missile

Hezbollah on Sunday said it had targeted an Israeli warship with a cruise missile off the Lebanese coast, the first such claim by the group since the start of the Middle East war.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran strikes hit energy infrastructure across Gulf states

Critical infrastructure across the Gulf came under attack from Iran on Sunday with damage reported at civilian facilities in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli army says striking Hezbollah sites in Beirut

The Israeli military said Sunday that it had begun striking Hezbollah targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

"The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Beirut," the military said. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran military says US rescue operation used abandoned airport in southern Isfahan

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran military says US rescue operation used abandoned airport in southern Isfahan

Iran's military said on Sunday that the US operation to rescue a missing airman from a downed American fighter jet used an abandoned airport in southern Isfahan province.

"The so-called US military rescue operation, planned as a deception and escape mission at an abandoned airport in southern Isfahan under the pretext of recovering the pilot of a downed aircraft, was completely foiled," said Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for the military's central command, Khatam Al-Anbiya.

He added that "two C-130 military transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters were destroyed" during the operation. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel strikes building in south Beirut after warning: state media

Israel struck a building in south Beirut on Sunday after issuing an evacuation warning, Lebanese state media reported, as the Israeli military said it was hitting Hezbollah targets.

"The enemy targeted the threatened building in the Ghobeiry area towards Bir Hassan-Jnah," Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.

An AFP photographer saw a missile hit a building and Israeli warplanes flying at low altitude over the capital. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel helped with intelligence in US rescue operation of airman from Iran, Israeli security official says

Israel provided ⁠intelligence assistance to ⁠the ‌United ​States during an ​operation ⁠to rescue a stranded U.S. ⁠airman ‌in Iran ‌and ⁠halted its attacks ‌in ‌the area to ‌facilitate ‌the mission, an ⁠Israeli ⁠security official said. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran drones cause 'severe damage' to oil infrastructure: Kuwait state energy firm

Attacks by Iranian drones on Sunday resulted in "severe" damage to Kuwaiti oil and petrochemical facilities, the country's state petroleum company said, as Tehran carries out strikes on civilian infrastructure in the Gulf.

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a number of facilities of its subsidiary Petrochemical Industries Company "have been subjected to a heinous Iranian attack and targeting involving the use of drones".

It said "the attack resulted in the outbreak of fires at several of these facilities and caused severe material damage". (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli strike hits near hospital in south Beirut: medical source to AFP

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they targeted petrochemical facilities in the Gulf

Iran's Revolutionary ⁠Guards claimed responsibility ⁠on ‌Sunday for ​attacks on petrochemical ​plants ⁠in the UAE, Kuwait and ⁠Bahrain.

In ‌a statement, ‌the ⁠IRGC warned its ‌attacks ‌against US economic ‌interests ‌would be intensified ⁠if ⁠attacks on civilian targets in Iran ​are repeated. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Tuesday will be power plant day, and bridge day, all wrapped up in one: Trump's new warning to Iran

U.S. ‌President Donald Trump ​on Sunday ​said ⁠in a Truth Social ⁠post ‌that "Tuesday ‌will be ⁠Power Plant Day, ‌and ‌Bridge ‌Day, ‌all wrapped up ⁠in ⁠one, in Iran." (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Trump says US airman rescued in Iran was 'seriously wounded'

US President Donald Trump said Sunday an airman rescued from inside Iran after his warplane was downed was "seriously wounded", and added he would give a news conference the next day.

"We have rescued the seriously wounded, and really brave, F-15 Crew Member/Officer, from deep inside the mountains of Iran," Trump said on his Truth Social platform, after previously describing the airman as only "injured" and "safe and sound."

"I will be having a News Conference, with the Military, at the Oval Office, on Monday, at 1:00 P.M. (1700 GMT)," he wrote. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iraq thanks Iran for allowing oil tankers through Hormuz

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad ⁠Hussein thanked Iran ⁠for allowing ‌Iraqi ​oil tankers to pass through ​the Strait of ⁠Hormuz and reiterated Baghdad's policy ⁠of ‌rejecting war, the foreign ministry ‌said ⁠on Sunday.

Hussein made the ‌remarks ‌during a ‌meeting ‌with Iran’s ambassador to Iraq Mohammad ⁠Kazem ⁠Al-Sadeq, according to the statement. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Netanyahu hails 'incredible' rescue of US airman from Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated US leader Donald Trump Sunday on the operation to rescue an airman downed in Iran.

"Congratulations President Trump! All Israelis rejoice in the incredible rescue of a brave American pilot by America's dauntless warriors," Netanyahu said in a recorded speech.

"This rescue operation reinforces the sacred principle: no one is left behind," he said.

The latest US operation was to rescue an airman whose fighter jet crashed over Iran, while a previous one hours before had brought a pilot to safety.

The Israeli premier further drew parallels between the "daring rescue operations" conducted in the past by the Israeli military and the one carried out by the US inside Iran. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli strike on south Beirut kills 4, wounds 39: ministry

An Israeli strike on south Beirut killed at least four people and wounded 39 on Sunday, the Lebanese health ministry said in a preliminary toll.

The strike hit near Lebanon's largest public hospital, where an AFP team later saw around 20 people leaving the facility, some in tears, as smoke rose from the area and Israeli warplanes were heard overhead.

The area lies adjacent to Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pro-Iran groups attack US diplomatic sites in Iraq: embassy

Pro-Iran armed groups carried out two attacks on US diplomatic sites in Iraq overnight, the US embassy in Baghdad said Sunday.

"Iraqi terrorist militias affiliated with Iran conducted two more egregious attacks against U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq overnight in an attempt to kill American diplomats," an embassy spokesperson said in a statement. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US-Israeli strikes hit airport in southwestern Iran: state media

US-Israeli strikes hit an airport in southwestern Iran on Sunday, state media reported.

"The Shahid (Qasem) Soleimani international airport was hit in an airstrike carried out by US and Zionist forces," the official IRNA news agency said, citing the deputy governor of Khuzestan province, Valiollah Hayati. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran negotiating now, deal likely by Monday: Trump

US President ⁠Donald ⁠Trump ‌said ​a deal with Iran ​is ⁠possible by Monday, ⁠and ‌that ‌Iran ⁠was negotiating, Fox News ‌reported ‌on ‌Sunday ‌following an ⁠interview with ⁠the president. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Container ship reports incident at UAE's Khor Fakkan port, UKMTO says

The captain ⁠of a ⁠container ‌ship reported ​seeing multiple splashes ​from ⁠unknown projectiles in close proximity ⁠to ‌the ship ‌at ⁠UAE's Khor Fakkan ‌port, ‌the United ‌Kingdom ‌Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) ⁠said ⁠on Sunday. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel army says residential building in Haifa area hit by direct missile after Iran fire

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US feared Iran trap during pilot rescue: Trump (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran parliament speaker warns Trump 'whole region going to burn'

Iran's powerful parliament speaker warned US President Donald Trump on Sunday that his "reckless moves" would mean "our whole region is going to burn".

"Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu's commands," Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote in an X post in English, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ghalibaf added that the "only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game". (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Deadline for Iran to open Strait of Hormuz is Tuesday evening, Trump tells WSJ

US President Donald Trump said his deadline for ⁠Iran to open ⁠the Strait of ‌Hormuz ​or face attacks on critical infrastructure is Tuesday evening, according ​to ⁠an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal ⁠published ‌on Sunday.

"If they don’t do something ‌by Tuesday evening, ⁠they won’t have any power plants ‌and they ‌won’t have any ‌bridges standing,” Trump ‌told the Journal. In a social media ⁠post ⁠earlier on Sunday, Trump had said Iran would face infrastructure attacks if it did not ​open the strait ​by ​Tuesday. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran FM dials Jaishankar, discuss present situation

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Trump gives Iran until Tuesday night to open Strait of Hormuz

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran missile strikes building in Haifa

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel forces Syria border crossing closed

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | UAE's air defences responding to missile, drone attack

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iraq urges oil buyers to submit lifting schedules within 24 hours amid Hormuz clarity

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US, Iran and mediators make push for 45-day ceasefire: Reports

The US, Iran and a group of regional mediators are ⁠discussing the terms for a potential 45-day ⁠ceasefire that could lead ‌to a permanent ​end to the war, Axios reported on Sunday, citing four US, Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of ​the talks.