Iran

Opening blow, ongoing fire: What have Israel and the US really achieved against Iran? - analysis

Calling the Iranians a “paper tiger,” Asulin, a scholar at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA), said that the opening strike “was a lethal opening blow."

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Smoke rises after an Israeli military strike on Iran's Basij forces headquarters in Tehran, Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on March 1, 2026
Media personality Nadim Koteich with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff at the MEAD Conference in Washington DC

Every Iranian regime survivor was left alive for a purpose, UAE journalist tells 'Post'

“It’s not a coincidence that Iran is attacking Dubai, because Dubai is the antithesis of what Iran represents,” Emirati senior journalist and TV commentator Nadim Koteich told The Jerusalem Post.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House on February 11, 2026.

Final decision, process to go to war, came much later than has been leaked - exclusive

The Post understands that much of the current conventional narrative is revisionist history to try to simplify what was an extraordinarily period of uncertainty and a complex series of ups and downs.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Smoke billows from Zayed port after an Iranian attack, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026.

Israel's UAE embassy damaged in Iranian retaliatory strike on Abu Dhabi

Debris from an intercepted drone damaged a complex housing the Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi, causing minor injuries, as Iranian retaliatory strikes spread across Gulf cities after US-Israel attacks.

|ByREUTERS, JAMES GENN

One killed, 32 injured in Kuwait, three killed in UAE from Iranian retalitory attacks

According to a released statement, since Saturday morning, the UAE Air Force and Air Defense forces have dealt with 165 ballistic missiles, 2 cruise missiles, and 541 drones so far.

MARCH 1, 2026ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN, REUTERS
A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. Fresh blasts were heard across the Gulf cities of Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning after a day of Iran strikes in the region

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad killed in Israeli-US strikes - report

Ahmadinejad served as the president of Iran from 2005 until 2013.

MARCH 1, 2026ByJAMES GENN
Then-Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad pictured in Tehran in 2011; illustrative.

Khamenei's hidden hand concealed his flaw, and his long-reach of terror - analysis

The killing of Khamenei closes the chapter on one of the most consequential and destructive figures in modern Middle Eastern history.

MARCH 1, 2026ByALEX WINSTON
FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a mourning ceremony for the deaths of Iranian military commanders and scientists, who were killed in Iran's 12-day war with Israel, in Tehran, Iran, July 29, 2025.

Israel sees two fatalities in 24 hours as Operation Roaring Lion continues into second day

An intact Iranian missile hit a residential building in Tel Aviv, killing one, and another Tel Aviv resident choked to death running to shelter.

MARCH 1, 2026ByESTHER DAVIS
The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit Tel Aviv overnight, causing heavy damage, March 1, 2026.

Israeli forces killed 40 top Iranian officials within a minute of opening salvo, IDF says

The IDF said the opening wave included simultaneous strikes at several locations in Tehran, where seven members of Iran’s top security leadership were gathered.

MARCH 1, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
a graphic regarding the elimination of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Abdolrahim Mousavi on March 1, 2026.

Iran launched missiles at Cyprus, threatening thousands of British troops stationed there

He also noted that 300 British troops had been stationed near the military base Iran struck in Bahrain on Saturday, with some of the soldiers being "several hundred yards away."

MARCH 1, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey and Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel appear on the BBC's programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg in London, Britain, March 1, 2026.

Why Iran's attack on Gulf states mimics Iraq's assault on Saudi Arabia - analysis

Iran's attack might have the opposite effect, bringing Gulf countries closer together and enabling cooperation with the US and among themselves.

MARCH 1, 2026BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran and Iraq map. Ilustration.

Academic institutions switch to remote learning, cancel all non-mandatory activity amid Iran war

The Council for Higher Education will continue to monitor developments and update institutions in accordance with guidance from the security authorities.

MARCH 1, 2026ByYUVAL BAGNO
Students at Ben Gurion University, in Beer Sheba. November 04, 2025.

Zamir visited IAF, intelligence units after 12-Day War to prepare for Operation Roaring Lion

According to the IDF, the updated planning is being built on operational achievements and shortcomings identified during Operation Rising Lion.

MARCH 1, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir conducted several visits to Air Force and intelligence bases ahead of Operation Roaring Lion, March 1, 2026.

Controlling the skies: IDF, US close to air supremacy over Iran after dropping 1,200 bombs

Israel strikes Iran's Tharallah headquarters used to suppress, murder protesters • IDF targets Islamic regime bases, ballistic missile apparatus

MARCH 1, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2026