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Iranians celebrate assassination of Supreme Leader Khamenei

Footage from social media showed people lighting off fireworks from their balconies and calling out to each other from their apartments.

IRANIAN AMERICAN community members and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran Sadaf Ebrahimi and Shirin Nariman react to a news report on US President Donald Trump's announcement that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint US and Israeli strikes.
A still image released by US Central Command (CENTCOM), which accompanied a press release describing the operation dubbed "Epic Fury", an attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, shows a rocket launch from a ship, in this picture obtained from social media released on February 28, 2026.

No US combat casualties despite Iranian retaliation, US military says

A projectile falls over Dubai on February 28, 2026. AFP correspondents heard a loud explosion in Dubai on February 28 and one of them saw a plume of smoke rising from the city. The explosions came in the wake of wide-ranging Iranian attacks on the Gulf, in retaliation for US and Israel strikes on Ir

The Gulf is becoming the front line against Iran’s expansion - opinion

 Smoke rises from a burning building hit by an Iranian drone strike, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, in Seef district, Manama, Bahrain, February 28, 2026

Four injured after incident at Dubai International Airport, Dubai media office says


US issues Iran sanctions on one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

Britain separately announced its sanctions targeting senior Iranian decision makers enforcing Tehran's mandatory hijab law.

 Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran's modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing

The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."

 A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 19, 2022.

Iran shuts down for two days because of 'unprecedented heat'

Tehran is expected to reach 39 C by mid-week.

 The southern Iranian city of Ahvaz

Iran media celebrates possible Israel ‘civil war’ and Netanyahu’s ‘crisis’ - analysis

Pro-regime media in Iran had to admit that the protesters had marched to Jerusalem and that Israel’s government is in Jerusalem, a tacit acknowledgement that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

 People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial reform, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023.

Iran summons Russian ambassador over statement on Gulf islands

The islands, Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb, are claimed by the UAE and Tehran, but have been held by Iran since 1971

 Russian President Vladimir Putin sits next to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

Iran’s illegal behavior in the Gulf continues - analysis

Iran’s continued use of illegal actions also shows how it is willing to conduct destabilizing activities even as its diplomats work toward diplomatic goals with the Gulf states.

Four Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels, some of several to maneuver in what the U.S. Navy says are "unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range" is seen next to the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul

The Iran-led bloc senses an opportunity to threaten Israeli life

BEHIND THE LINES: Does Iran see an opportunity in the cracks in Israeli society?

 A WOMAN walks past an Iranian flag painted on a wall in a street in Tehran earlier this week.

Iran’s pro-Palestinian naval stunt extends arc of coastline influence - analysis

Iranian naval "parade" involves some 2500 boats in support of the IRGC Navy

IRGC forces are seen in the 17th Great Prophet drill in Iran.

Iran pressures Jews to not celebrate Passover and join anti-Israel march

The meeting place for Iranian Jews to participate in the al-Quds Day demonstration is one of the more famous synagogues in Tehran.

Iranian Jews pray at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015..

US targets network supporting Iran's drone, weapons programs

"The United States will continue to expose foreign procurement networks in any jurisdiction that supports Iran’s military-industrial complex."

 Illustration shows USA and Iranian flags