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The State Department put the U.S. mission in Saudi Arabia on "ordered departure" as Iranian attacks on the kingdom escalated, and on Monday extended the order to the consulate in Adana, Turkey. That left 10 U.S. embassies and consulates in the region on reduced staffing, the largest drawdown since the 2003 Iraq war, AP reported.
Bahrain said an Iranian drone attack hit a residential area of Sitra island near energy infrastructure, wounding 32 Bahraini citizens including children, four of them critically. State oil company Bapco later declared force majeure on its oil shipments after an attack apparently set its sole refinery, at Sitra, ablaze; it said it could still meet local demand.
Brent crude traded at $101.19 as futures reopened Sunday evening, up 9.2% from Friday, then spiked to $119.50 early Monday before easing; U.S. crude peaked at $119.48. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell more than 6% soon after the open and South Korea's Kospi sank more than 8% at one point, triggering a trading halt.
Iran's Assembly of Experts said in a statement carried by state TV that it had chosen Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the Islamic Republic's third supreme leader. The Revolutionary Guard, President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf quickly pledged their support.
U.S. Central Command said a service member seriously wounded in an Iranian attack on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia on March 1 had died, raising the U.S. military death toll in the war to seven. The other six, Army reservists, were killed in a March 1 attack in Kuwait.
Israel's military said it destroyed the headquarters of the Revolutionary Guard Air Force in Tehran, which it said ran the Guard's ballistic missile command and drone units. Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Israel hit more than 140 targets in Iran on Sunday alone.
Saudi Civil Defense said a military projectile fell on a residential area in Al-Kharj governorate, killing an Indian and a Bangladeshi resident and wounding 12 Bangladeshis. They were the first deaths Saudi Arabia had reported since the war began on Feb. 28.
The Israeli military said two soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon, naming one as Master Sgt. Maher Khatar, 38, a combat engineer in the 91st Division from Majdal Shams. They were the first Israeli troop deaths since fighting with Hezbollah reignited.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry said an Iranian drone attack caused material damage to a water desalination plant early Sunday, and that missile debris wounded three people and damaged a university building in Muharraq. It was the first time an Arab country said Iran had targeted a desalination plant.
Kuwait's Defense Ministry said drones directly struck fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport early Sunday, and a drone also hit the Public Institution for Social Security's headquarters, a government high-rise in the capital, where firefighters battled blazes. The Interior Ministry said two officers were killed on duty the same morning, without giving the circumstances.
An Israeli strike hit a room in the Ramada Hotel in Beirut's seaside Raouche district, killing four people and wounding 10, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Israel's military later said the navy strike killed five commanders of the Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force Lebanon and Palestine corps who were "hiding in a civilian hotel."
Flames lit up the night sky over Tehran after strikes hit an oil storage facility near a key refinery, Iran's IRNA news agency said, adding the refinery was not damaged. Israel's military later confirmed striking several fuel storage complexes it said supplied Iran's military, and Iranian state media threatened to hit refineries in Haifa.
Three Iraqi security officials told AP a missile landed on the helicopter landing pad of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Saturday evening, with no casualties reported. A source told CBS News that U.S. air defenses intercepted some Iranian missiles believed to be aimed at the embassy.
Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes since Monday had killed 294 people and wounded 1,023, without saying how many were civilians. Tens of thousands more have been displaced.
The USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group is primed to deploy to the Middle East after finishing pre-deployment exercises off Norfolk, a U.S. official told CBS News. It is expected to overlap with the USS Gerald R. Ford, now in the Red Sea, and the USS Abraham Lincoln, already in the region.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States struck a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island in the Gulf, affecting the water supply of 30 villages, and called it a "blatant and desperate crime." The U.S. did not comment.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said it was making a precautionary reduction in crude oil production and refining, citing Iranian attacks on the country and threats to the Strait of Hormuz. It did not say how much output was cut and said it would restore production when circumstances permit.
In a prerecorded address on state TV, President Masoud Pezeshkian apologized to neighboring countries Iran had attacked and said forces should stop firing at them unless attacks on Iran came from their territory. He called the U.S. demand for unconditional surrender a "dream that they should take to their grave."
The State Department approved the sale of 12,000 1,000-pound bombs to Israel late Friday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring an emergency to waive congressional review. A revised list released Saturday showed at least $650 million in expedited munitions, including general-purpose bombs worth $151 million and $209 million and critical munitions worth $298 million.
An Israeli special forces unit landed near the eastern Lebanese town of Nabi Chit and clashed overnight with Hezbollah and local gunmen, backed by airstrikes. Lebanon's health ministry said 41 people were killed and 40 wounded, including three Lebanese soldiers; the IDF said the raid sought information on navigator Ron Arad, missing since 1986, and found no evidence.
At least two drones struck energy infrastructure and a compound housing foreign oil company offices and warehouses in Iraq's Basra province, setting fires at facilities linked to U.S. energy-services firms, two Iraqi security officials told AP. Casualties were not immediately clear.
UNIFIL said three peacekeepers were wounded when heavy fire struck its base in the village of Al-Qawzah on Friday evening, calling it "unacceptable" that peacekeepers were targeted. Ghana's army separately said two of its soldiers were wounded when missiles struck its UNIFIL battalion headquarters; neither statement named who fired.
Satellite images, expert analysis and U.S. and Israeli military disclosures suggest the Feb. 28 blast that killed scores of pupils at a girls' school in Minab, next to a Revolutionary Guard base, was likely caused by U.S. airstrikes, AP reported. A person familiar with the U.S. inquiry told CBS News investigators believe the U.S. may have been responsible because Israel was not operating in the area; the White House said no conclusions had been reached.
Russia has provided Iran with information that could help it strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence told AP. They said the intelligence has not shown Russia directing what Iran does with it.
Benchmark U.S. crude rose above $90 a barrel on Friday for the first time since October 2023, and Brent also broke $90. The U.S. average gasoline price rose 34 cents in a week to $3.32 a gallon, according to AAA.
President Trump wrote on Truth Social that "There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" and said the U.S. and allies would rebuild Iran after it chose a "GREAT & ACCEPTABLE" leader. The Dow fell more than 900 points and Brent crude broke $90 a barrel after the post.
Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said more than 50 fighter jets dropped over 100 munitions on a deep underground bunker beneath residential neighborhoods in Tehran that Khamenei was meant to use to run the war, and that Iranian officials had kept using. Israel said it was still assessing the results.
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a license allowing Russian crude and petroleum products already at sea to be offloaded in India from March 5 to April 4, applying only to oil bought by an Indian company and delivered to an Indian port. U.S. crude futures had climbed above $80 that afternoon.
The House voted 212-219 against a war powers resolution to halt U.S. attacks on Iran without congressional approval, with four Democrats joining all but two Republicans to defeat it, a day after the Senate rejected a similar measure.
President Trump told Axios he has to be involved in appointing Iran's next supreme leader, "like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela," and called Mojtaba Khamenei, the late leader's son and the most likely successor, "a lightweight" and "unacceptable to me."
The Israeli army ordered residents of Burj al-Barajneh, Hadath, Haret Hreik and Shiyah in Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah's stronghold, to leave immediately, the first time it called on wide swaths of the capital to evacuate. Roads jammed as residents fled, two hospitals evacuated, and Lebanon's health ministry put the death toll since Monday at 123.
Iran's Martyrs' and Veterans' Affairs Organization said at least 1,230 people had been killed by U.S. and Israeli strikes as of March 4, up from just under 1,000 in the previous official count. The U.S.-based rights group HRANA counted 1,114 civilian deaths, including 181 children, with 926 more deaths under review.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed it hit an American oil tanker in the northern Gulf, but maritime security firms said the target appeared to be the Bahamas-flagged Sonangol Namibe. Its operator said a small vessel approached the ship at anchor near Khor al-Zubair, Iraq, before a loud bang breached a ballast tank; all 23 crew were safe and there was no cargo or pollution.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said drones launched from Iran struck the airport terminal in the Nakhchivan exclave and fell near a school in the village of Shakarabad at about noon, injuring two civilians. Baku summoned Iran's ambassador and reserved the right to respond; Iran denied carrying out the attack.
The Senate voted 47-53 against a war powers resolution that would have required congressional approval before further attacks on Iran. Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted for it and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman voted against.
Iraq's Electricity Ministry said the national grid was "completely shut down across all Iraqi provinces" after a sudden drop in gas supplies to a key power plant, AFP reported. Iraq's Oil Ministry also halted production at a major field near Basra, citing a shortage of tankers in the Gulf, AP reported.
QatarEnergy said it had declared force majeure to affected buyers, formally releasing itself from delivery obligations after it stopped producing liquefied natural gas following Iranian drone attacks on Ras Laffan and Mesaieed on March 2.
Turkey's Defense Ministry said a ballistic missile fired from Iran crossed Iraqi and Syrian airspace toward Turkey and was destroyed by NATO air and missile defenses in the eastern Mediterranean. Interceptor debris fell in Dortyol, Hatay province, with no casualties.
Israeli army Arabic spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee told residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately and head north of the Litani River, warning that movement southward could put their lives at risk. The order widened Tuesday's evacuation call for more than 80 communities.
A U.S. submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena with a torpedo in international waters off Galle, Sri Lanka, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. Sri Lanka's navy said it recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 of the roughly 180 sailors aboard; the ship was returning from a naval review in India.
President Trump said he ordered the U.S. Development Finance Corporation to offer political risk insurance and guarantees for all maritime trade through the Gulf, especially energy, and that the Navy would escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz "as soon as possible" if necessary.
Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the air force destroyed a partly underground site in Tehran, which Israel calls Minzadehei, where it says scientists secretly developed knowledge for nuclear weapons. Israel did not say uranium was enriched there, and neither Iran nor the U.S. commented on the site.
Iran's Fars news agency said U.S. and Israeli jets struck the Assembly of Experts grounds in Tehran and a building in Qom, but said the sites had been evacuated and no one was killed. Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Israel hit a building in Qom where clerics were expected to meet to choose Khamenei's successor.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said satellite imagery showed "some recent damage to entrance buildings" of the underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, with no radiological consequence expected and no additional impact detected at the plant itself.
The Israeli military said soldiers of its 91st Galilee Division had deployed beyond the five posts Israel already held in southern Lebanon, in what it called an enhanced forward defense posture. It warned residents of at least 80 southern Lebanese towns and villages to leave and not return.
In a March 2 letter to Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, President Trump reported the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran under the War Powers Resolution, saying the threat had become "untenable" and that no U.S. ground forces were used. He wrote that it was "not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration" of the operations.
Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry said two drones struck the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, causing a small fire and limited damage. The embassy told Americans in Riyadh, Dhahran and Jeddah to shelter in place and closed for the day.
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar urged U.S. citizens to "DEPART NOW" by commercial means from countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the UAE and Yemen, as well as the West Bank and Gaza.
Central Command said U.S. forces recovered the remains of two service members who had been unaccounted for at a facility struck in Iran's first attacks, bringing the U.S. dead to six; a U.S. official said all six were Army soldiers from the same logistics unit in Kuwait. CENTCOM said 18 service members had been seriously wounded.
Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the IRGC commander, said "the strait is closed" and that the Guard and navy would set ablaze any ship trying to pass, Iranian state media reported. Earlier Monday the IRGC said it hit the tanker Athe Nova with two drones, and MarineTraffic said transits had fallen about 70% since Saturday.
Before a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House, Trump said the U.S. had projected four to five weeks but had the capability "to go far longer," and listed four aims: destroying Iran's missiles, wiping out its navy, preventing a nuclear weapon and stopping Iran from arming forces abroad. He called the strikes "our last, best chance."
Qatar's Defense Ministry said its air force shot down two fighter aircraft incoming from Iran, while naval and air defenses downed seven ballistic missiles and five drones. Qatar's foreign ministry said Iranian attacks had targeted civilian infrastructure, including the international airport.
At the war's first Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the four U.S. dead were killed when a munition got past air defenses and hit a fortified tactical operations center in Kuwait, and said Iran had been "stalling" in talks. Gen. Dan Caine said the U.S. had local air superiority over Iran but its objectives would "take some time" and more Americans could die.
Qatar's Defense Ministry said one drone hit a QatarEnergy facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City and another a power-plant water tank in Mesaieed, with no casualties. QatarEnergy then halted production of liquefied natural gas and associated products with no timeline for restarting, and European benchmark gas prices jumped more than 40%.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called Hezbollah's military operations "illegal acts," banned the group's military and security activity, confined it to politics and ordered the army and security agencies to stop rocket and drone launches and detain those responsible. He reaffirmed the 2024 ceasefire with Israel and called for resuming talks.
A bomb-carrying drone boat struck the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker MKD VYOM in the Gulf of Oman off Muscat, sparking a fire and killing one crew member from India, the Oman News Agency said.
Two projectiles struck the U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Imperative while it was berthed in the Port of Bahrain, starting a fire that was put out, UKMTO and operator Crowley said. Crowley said one shipyard worker was killed and two injured; the ship's crew was unhurt.
Opening a special board session in Vienna, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said the agency had no indication that Bushehr, the Tehran Research Reactor or other nuclear facilities had been damaged and no rise in radiation had been detected in neighboring countries, but Iran's regulator was not responding. Iran's envoy Reza Najafi said the strikes had targeted the Natanz enrichment site.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society said the strike campaign had killed at least 555 people in Iran since Saturday and that 131 cities had come under attack.
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted drones targeting the Ras Tanura refinery near Dammam but that falling debris started a fire. State TV said the refinery, with capacity above half a million barrels a day, was temporarily shut as a precaution, with no casualties.