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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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Jason White on US-Israeli strikes on Iran – cartoon
ByJason White March 1, 2026

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US military says three of its service members killed in Iran operation
ByMarina Dunbar March 1, 2026

Five additional personnel have been reported seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury, US military saidUS-Israel war on Iran – latest updatesThree US service members have been killed in action as part of US military operations against Iran, the…

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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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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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US and Israel launch new wave of attacks on Iran amid threat of escalation
ByJason Burke in Jerusalem March 1, 2026

Trump threatens Tehran with force ‘never seen before’ if it pursues retaliation after Khamenei’s deathUS-Israel war on Iran – latest updatesIsrael and the US have launched fresh waves of intensive attacks across Iran on the second day of their military…

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US contractors in Kuwait decry meager bunkers and pay cuts amid Iran war: ‘We’re treated as expendable’
ByKatie McQue March 1, 2026

Employees say they have heard little from major defense contractor V2X Inc about safety and evacuation protocolsEmployees of major defense contractor V2X Inc on US military bases in Kuwait say they lack adequate bunker facilities and have had their pa…

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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 is accelerating the world’s slow drift from dollar dominance | Heather Stewart
ByHeather Stewart March 1, 2026

Aggression feeds a sense that the US is operating outside global norms and helps to fuel a more complex currency outlookWhat the US-Israeli attacks on Iran mean for oil pricesDonald Trump’s attack on Iran, with its puerile Pentagon nametag, Operation E…

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