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US allies and foes left scrambling as Trump catches them off-guard on Iran
ByAndrew Roth in Washington March 1, 2026

War highlights strained alliances, unfettered militaries and a Washington with renewed appetite for regime changeUS-Israel war on Iran – latest updatesA joint US-Israeli operation that appeared to use nuclear negotiations as cover. Gulf leaders courtin…

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The Guardian view on Trump’s Iranian campaign: an illegal war that risks becoming the new normal | Editorial
ByEditorial March 1, 2026

The US-Israeli military action will test the fragile rules governing the use of forceThe killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by a US-Israeli strike is a targeted assassination of a head of state. It also marks a grave escalation i…

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Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression | Kenneth Roth
ByKenneth Roth March 1, 2026

Their actions are no different from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of CongoWe shouldn’t beat around the bush: Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s military attack on Iran is an ille…

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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in US-Israeli airstrike – video report
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian March 1, 2026

Iranian leader was killed during US-Israeli strikes on Saturday. Iranian state media confirmed the death of Khamenei, 86, after initially denying the reports. Footage from Iran showed people celebrating or mourning the announcementAyatollah Ali Khamene…

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Smoke rises over Tehran on second day of US-Israeli strikes – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian March 1, 2026

Plumes of smoke rose above Tehran and explosions could be heard across the city on day two of US-Israeli strikes on Iran. In a statement the Israel Defense Forces said the country’s air force was striking targets ‘in the heart of Tehran’. The strikes c…

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Death toll from school bombing in southern Iran reportedly rises to 165
ByTess McClure March 1, 2026March 1, 2026

Strike on girls’ elementary school in Minab killed 165 people and injured 96 others, according to Iranian state mediaUS-Israel war on Iran – latest updatesThe death toll from a missile strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran has risen to 165, accord…

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More than 100 children reportedly killed in school bombing in Iran – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian March 1, 2026

Footage released by Iran’s state media show the aftermath of a school building in the south of the country reportedly destroyed by US and Israeli strikes. At least 100 children had been killed in the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, …

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Trump’s current war on Iran picks up where a longstanding enmity left off
ByRobert Tait in Washington March 1, 2026

The mutual resentments that have fueled tensions between the US and Iran have simmered for nearly half a centuryFor millions of younger Americans, the sudden explosion of Iran onto the national political stage and consciousness may seem like a bolt fro…

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Trump promised no wars. Now he’s a Bush-style regime change president | Mohamad Bazzi
ByMohamad Bazzi March 1, 2026

The America First president who built his political brand on opposing foreign military adventures has unleashed a war of choice aimed at regime change It turns out that Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “candidate of peace”, is just as eager to start n…

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Iran may yet endure this war, but the Islamic Republic as we have known it cannot survive unchanged | Sanam Vakil
BySanam Vakil March 1, 2026

The regime may now have to meet Trump’s demands merely to save itself. And he needs a coherent plan to deal with what he has unleashedThe coordinated strikes on Iran launched by the United States and Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning formal…

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