One Bangladeshi among three killed in UAE after Iranian attacks

At least three people, including a Bangladeshi, were killed and 58 others injured in the United Arab Emirates during Iranian airstrikes, the UAE Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.

The three fatalities were Pakistani, Nepali, and Bangladeshi nationals, and the 58 injured included both Emiratis and foreign residents, the ministry said. [Xinhua]

A barrage of missiles launched from Iran killed at least six people in the central Israel city of Bet Shemesh on Sunday, Israeli first responders said, updating an earlier toll.

The Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service said: "In the Beit Shemesh area, MDA EMTs and paramedics have pronounced the deaths of six casualties", as well as 23 injuries, with police saying it was a direct hit on a building.

These fatalities bring the total death toll in Israel from the latest confrontation with arch foe Iran to seven. [AFP]

North Korea condemned on Sunday the ongoing United States and Israeli attack on Iran as an "illegal act of aggression", claiming it had shown Washington's "rogue" nature.

The military campaigns against Iran by the two states constitute "an illegal act of aggression and the most despicable form of violation of sovereignty in their nature from A to Z", a spokesperson for the North's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. [Read More]

Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said it summoned the Iranian ambassador on Sunday, a day after the kingdom accused Tehran of targeting its territory with strikes.

"Foreign ministry summons the Iranian ambassador to the Kingdom in response to Iran's brazen attacks that targeted the Kingdom and a number of brotherly countries," the ministry said in a statement on its X account. [AFP]

A barrage of missiles launched from Iran killed at least four people in central Israel on Sunday, Israel's emergency service said.

"Four people were killed in a direct hit on Beit Shemesh," Magen David Adom spokesman Zaki Heller said in a televised statement. [AFP]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a "cynical" murder but he offered little in public to Moscow's ally beyond condolences.

Khamenei is the third Russian ally to be toppled in the past 15 months, following the falls of Moscow‑backed leaders in Syria and Venezuela. His death leaves the Kremlin facing a strategic setback in a region where it has long sought greater influence. [Read More]

OPEC+ announced a greater-than-expected increase to the cartel's oil production quotas on Sunday, after US and Israeli strikes on Tehran triggered Iranian retaliation across the Middle East.

The group, which includes key oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia -- as well as several Gulf states bearing the brunt of Tehran's strikes -- "agreed on a production adjustment of 206 thousand barrels per day".

"This adjustment will be implemented in April," the cartel said in a statement, which did not mention the outbreak of the Iran conflict but cited "a steady global economic outlook and current healthy market fundamentals" as reasons for the increase.

The US embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman on Sunday urged staff to avoid the embassy compound, citing a risk that it could come under attack.

"The US Embassy in Jordan has instructed all Mission personnel to continue to shelter-in-place and avoid the US Embassy Amman compound, as it may be targeted," it said in a statement.

It comes a day after the kingdom said a number of ballistic missiles were intercepted, as Iran retaliated with strikes across the region following US and Israeli attacks.

The Israeli military on Sunday said it had destroyed roughly half of Iran's missile stockpiles in the previous war in June 2025, adding the Islamic republic had been producing dozens of surface-to-surface missiles each month.

"During the operation (in June 2025), we destroyed approximately half of the Iranian regime's missile stockpiles and prevented the production of at least 1,500 additional missiles," military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said in a televised statement.

"The regime had recently been producing dozens of surface-to-surface missiles per month and intended to increase production to hundreds per month." (AFP)

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Sunday that the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes was a defining moment in the country's history.

"The death of Ali Khamenei is a defining moment in Iran's history. What comes next is uncertain. But there is now an open path to a different Iran, one that its people may have greater freedom to shape," Kallas wrote on X.

"I'm in contact with partners, including those in the region that bear the brunt of Iran's military actions, to find practical steps for de-escalation."

Iranian missile strikes on Tel Aviv damaged at least 40 buildings, forcing more than 200 residents to evacuate their homes and take shelter in three hotels, Israeli daily Haaretz reported, citing the city municipality.

The nationwide internet blackout in Iran has passed the 24-hour mark, with national connectivity flatlining at 1 percent of ordinary levels, according to internet monitoring group NetBlocks.

“The measure limits civic engagement at a key moment for the country’s future after the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei in US and Israeli airstrikes,” it added.

Iran's police intelligence chief Gholamreza Rezaian was killed during US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic, local media reported Sunday.

"General Gholamreza Rezaian, head of the national police intelligence, was killed following the yesterday's (Saturday) enemy attacks," Fars news agency reported, alongside other media outlets.

A total of 54 flights from Dhaka to various Middle Eastern destinations were cancelled from Saturday afternoon until Sunday (1 March) morning due to security concerns following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent closure of regional airspace.

Hamas mourns Iran's Khamenei, condemns 'henious' US-Israel attack.

Several explosions were heard on Sunday in the Iranian capital, an AFP journalist said, amid US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

The blasts were heard in northern Tehran and smoke was seen emanating from a building, the journalist said. It was not immediately clear what the target was.

Drones targeted an Omani port, injuring one worker, official media said on Sunday, marking the first attack on the sultanate -- which has mediated US-Iran talks -- since Tehran began its retaliation campaign in the Gulf.

"A security source reported that the commercial port of Duqm was targeted by two drones. One drone struck a mobile workers' accommodation, injuring one foreign worker, while debris from the other landed near fuel tanks, causing no casualties or material damage," the Oman News Agency said in a post on X. (AFP)

At least eight people were killed during pro-Iran protests at the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday, a rescue service spokesman told AFP.

"We have moved at least eight dead bodies to Karachi's civil hospitals, while 20 others were injured in the consulate incident," said Muhammad Amin, a spokesman for the Edhi Foundation rescue service, adding most had bullet wounds.

Hundreds of pro-Iranian protesters had tried to storm the consulate following the US-Israel strikes on Iran.

Iran's army said it targeted on Sunday US bases in Iraq's Kurdistan region and in the Gulf in response to Israeli and US strikes that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

"A few minutes ago, pilots of the air forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran successfully bombed US bases in the countries of the Persian Gulf and in the Kurdistan region of Iraq over several phases of operations," Iran's army said in a statement carried by state TV. (AFP)

Hundreds of pro-Iranian protesters tried to storm the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday, an AFP journalist saw.

A crowd of young people climbed over the main gate and gained access to the driveway of the consular building, smashing some windows.

Police fired tear gas at the protesters who dispersed, the AFP journalist saw.

Air raid sirens sounded and explosions were heard over Jerusalem on Sunday after the Israeli military said it had detected missiles launched from Iran towards Israel.

"Sirens were sounded in several areas across the country, following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel," the military said.

"At this time, the Israeli Air Force is operating to intercept and strike threats where necessary to remove the threat." (AFP)

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) bosses postponed on Sunday first-leg knockout matches to be played by clubs in the Middle East this week, after the United States and Israel's strikes on Iran.

The decision to reschedule matches involved all three of the AFC's main club competitions, including the Champions League Elite, the Malaysia-headquartered AFC said.

Iran's armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi was killed along with other senior generals in US and Israeli strikes on the country, state TV reported on Sunday.

State TV listed the name of Mousavi along with defence minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, Revolutionary Guards chief Mohammad Pakpour, and head of the defence council Ali Shamkhani as among those killed during Saturday's strikes.

It said they were killed "during a Defence Council meeting", adding that other names will be announced later.

The United Nations' nuclear agency will hold an extraordinary meeting on Iran on Monday in the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic, aimed in part at Tehran's atomic programme.

In a statement late on Saturday, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said it would convene a "special session of the IAEA Board of Governors on matters related to military strikes of the United States and Israel against the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran" at Russia's request.

Iraqi leaders, including influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, on Sunday mourned the death of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a massive US-Israeli attack.

The Coordination Framework, a ruling alliance of Shiite groups with varying degrees of links to Iran, said "with deep sorrow and profound grief, we mourn the passing of the martyred leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei."

His "blood will remain a guiding light for all generations" and "the curse will continue to haunt the murderous Zionists for all time," the alliance added.

Al-Sadr said in a statement "we extend our condolences to the Islamic world," and declared a three-day period of mourning.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in attacks reportedly carried out by the United States and Israel. 

AFP correspondents in Dubai heard a second wave of explosions on Sunday morning, as Iran carried out retaliatory attacks on the Gulf following US and Israeli strikes that killed the supreme leader.

Earlier blasts were heard in Dubai, Doha and the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP)

President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States would hit Iran with "force that has never been seen before" if the country retaliated against US and Israeli strikes that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"Iran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they have ever hit before," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

The IRGC says it is carrying out a sixth wave of attacks in retaliation for the US and Israeli bombardment of Iran, according to Iranian state media.

It said it has launched “extensive missile and drone” attacks on Israel and US military bases in the region. It said 27 US bases, as well as the Israeli Tel Nof airbase, the Israeli army’s command headquarters at HaKirya in Tel Aviv, and a large defence industrial complex in the same city, were attacked.

It added that Iranian forces will “implement a different and harsh step of revenge, with successive, regrettable slaps”.

The Qatari Ministry of Interior says eight additional injuries have been recorded following the Iranian strikes, bringing the total number of injuries since the onset of the attack to 16.

It said there has also been “limited material damage in various areas”.

So far, the Israeli ambulance service says one Israeli woman has been killed and 121 others wounded, mostly with minor injuries.

Now, this happened after a massive wave of Iranian missiles attack on Israel. The Israeli military said the majority of these missiles and drones were intercepted or downed, but some managed to get through, in Tel Aviv and Beit Shemesh, a city west of Jerusalem.

Iranian state media say Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law, and grandson were also killed in the US and Israel’s ongoing attacks on the country. [Al Jazeera]

Iran confirms US, Israel strikes killed Guards chief Mohammad Pakpour: judiciary