Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi was appointed to lead the group after his predecessor, Gen. Hossein Salami, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Here are the key events on day three of the Israel-Iran conflict.
Since last year, Israel forces have repeatedly hit Iran’s defenses. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had worked to “peel off the layers of protection” of Iranian defenses.
US officials say Israelis reported they had opportunity to kill Iranian leader, but Trump waved them off of planPresident Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two US officials told Reu…
US officials say Israelis reported they had opportunity to kill Iranian leader, but Trump waved them off of plan President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two US officials told Reuters on Sunday. “Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do…
Many of those confirmed dead were women and children, according to the authorities, although they have yet to publicly name all of the victims.
Even as it conducts its own attacks on Israel, Iran is weighing up its military and diplomatic choices.
Deaths of four family members sheltering in supposed ‘safe rooms’ in Tamra highlight racial inequality of Israel’s defence of its citizensWhen an Iranian missile bound for the industrial port of Haifa dropped out of the sky on the town of Tamra on Satu…
Deaths of four family members sheltering in supposed ‘safe rooms’ in Tamra highlight racial inequality of Israel’s defence of its citizens Middle East crisis – live updates When an Iranian missile bound for the industrial port of Haifa dropped out of the sky on the town of Tamra on Saturday night, it fell on Israel’s…
The conflict, the most intense fighting between the two countries in decades, has been met in the United States with feelings of “frustration and helplessness,” as well as heartbreak.