Iran

Shabbat under fire: Navigating Jewish law, missile alerts in Israel during war - opinion

Jerusalem residents faced a Shabbat like no other amid incoming missiles from Iran.

|ByBRIAN BLUM
Smartphone shows a missile alert, in Mishmar David, Feb. 28.
Smoke rising from a recent airstrike on March 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran to halt strikes on neighbors unless attacked, Pezeshkian says

Iranian officers reportedly abandon posts amid airstrikes • IDF begins new wave of strikes on Iranian regime • Russia reportedly providing Iran with intel on US • IDF destroys Khamenei's bunker

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Like the red heifer's ashes, the destruction of Iran's instruments of death can become the catalyst for cleansing. A woman walks on the street following an Israeli and U.S. strike on a police station, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026.

Purification by fire: The red heifer and Iran

The struggle against the Iranian regime is not simply another round in an endless regional rivalry. It is a confrontation with a force that has sown instability and death for decades.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands after presenting a medallion to Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 18, 2017.

The oxygen war: The new order China didn’t budget for - opinion

The new order is colder: dependency pricing. Cut the cheap oxygen – oil cash, sanctions-evasion routes, and unprotected chokepoints – and the regimes that live on it don’t just wobble: they suffocate

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS

UK PM speaks with Saudi Crown Prince, leaders of France, Germany, Italy about Middle East

Starmer stated that additional British fighter jets, helicopters, and a destroyer were being sent to the Middle East, and affirmed that the UK would support the defence of Saudi Arabia if needed. 

MARCH 7, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 9, 2024.

Suspect of 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish center appointed head of IRGC

Ahmad Vahidi, the suspect of the AMIA Jewish Community center bombing, was appointed head of the IRGC a day after Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes.

MARCH 6, 2026ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA
Ahmad Vahidi, then deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, arrives at the sixth anniversary of Qassem Soleimani's killing at Tehran's Musalla. Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC, was killed in 2020 in a US missile strike in Iraq.

Trump meets defense executives, touts production boost as US strikes Iran

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and Israel's operations in Gaza, the US has drawn down billions of dollars worth of weapons stockpiles.

MARCH 6, 2026ByREUTERS
Military personnel work on a USAF B1-B bomber after it landed at RAF Fairford airbase, which also hosts United States Air Force (USAF) personnel, amid the U.S.–Israeli conflict with Iran, in Fairford, Britain, March 6, 2026.

Azerbaijan foils Iranian plot to attack Israeli embassy in Baku, local Jewish community

The plot was reportedly conducted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps with the aim of creating panic and reputational damage to the country. 

MARCH 6, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Azerbaijan and Israel flags are seen in front of Israel Embassy on October 9, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

US well on way toward controlling Iran airspace, says White House

Washington expects US objectives in the region to be completed in four to six weeks, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

MARCH 6, 2026ByREUTERS
A US Navy sailor signals an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran at an undisclosed location March 4, 2026.

Tucker Carlson is right: A demonic spirit has been unleashed, but it's him - opinion

After Netanyahu and Trump struck Iran, Tucker Carlson claimed that a demonic spirit had been unleashed. He is 100% correct, but he is that demonic spirit.

MARCH 6, 2026ByMIKE EVANS
Political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona, US, September 21, 2025.

Iranian officers abandon posts, conscripted troops amid US and Israeli strikes - report

The soldiers who spoke with the outlet reported that since the killing of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, confusion has erupted within the Iranian military.

MARCH 6, 2026BySAM HALPERN
Flags of Israel and Iran painted on a cracked concrete wall with soldier shadow.

Iran conducts new attacks on Middle East countries, military bases in Kuwait, UAE targeted

Iranian state TV and media reported missiles being launched towards military bases in Kuwait and the UAE, as well as towards Saudi Arabia and Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq.

MARCH 6, 2026ByARIELLA ROITMAN
A satellite view shows the Ali Al Salem Base, after Iranian strikes, near Al Jahra, Kuwait, March 1, 2026.

Hitting hard: How the Iran war is decimating Israel's small businesses

BUSINESS AFFAIRS: With gatherings and nonessential work from the office prohibited, and airlines doing their best to avoid the region, multiple industries have been deeply affected by the war.

MARCH 6, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market bustles as the war in Iran rages, March 5, 2026

Connected US Jews back Iran strikes, wider US public stays skeptical - exclusive

A survey conducted by the Jewish People Policy Institute found that many US respondents hold two views: Iran's threat must be addressed, but what will the fallout in America be?

MARCH 6, 2026ByZVIKA KLEIN
Ultra Orthodox Jews seen walking on a street in Borough Park neighborhood in the southwestern borough of Brooklyn, New York City on January 12, 2025.