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    TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 14: People stand on March 14, 2026 at the site of a police station that was destroyed in an airstrike two days ago in the Khani Abad neighbourhood of Tehran, Iran. According to authorities, the police station was empty at the time of the attack but six civilians were killed. The United States and Israel have continued a campaign of air strikes in Iran after launching their joint war on the country on February 28.(Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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    Live Updates Trump officials and Israel indicate fighting in Iran will continue for weeks
  • US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One as he departs Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 13, 2026.
    Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
    What we know on the 16th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Palestinians mourn at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli forces in a raid in Tammun, in the occupied West Bank, on March 15.
    Majdi Mohammed/AP
    Israeli forces shoot and kill 4 members of Palestinian family, officials say, after opening fire on car in West Bank
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    Visualizing the US-Israeli war with Iran and retaliation in maps and charts
  • A man rides a bike as fires and plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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    Live Updates Day 15 of Middle East conflict — Trump urges countries to send warships to help secure Strait of Hormuz
  • A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway between Iran and Oman that links the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea.
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    Iran is escalating the war by attacking ships along a key oil route. Here’s what we know.
  • An Ohio Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker sits on the flight line during Live in ‘25 at Wilmington Air Park in Wilmington Ohio, May 3, 2025.
    Staff Sgt. Ivy Thomas/Ohio National Guard
    US Air Force refueling plane crashes in Iraq, killing all six on board
  • TOPSHOT - A blaze sweeps following Israeli bombardment on a solar farm and electricity generation facility in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on March 4, 2026. Israeli forces on March 4 advanced into a number of towns and villages in south Lebanon, a source from the UN peacekeeping force in the country, UNIFIL, told AFP. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP via Getty Images)
    Kawnat Haju/AFP/Getty Images
    The war that never ended: Israel seizes moment to finish fight against Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in Lebanon
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  • President Donald Trump departs Air Force One on March 11.
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    Trump may be unable to end the war he started with Iran, even if he wanted to
  • The first message from Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei since he became Iran's new supreme leader on Sunday is being read out on Iranian state TV.
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    Iran supreme leader’s first purported message leaves a major question unanswered
  • Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran on July 22, 2018.
    Mehdi Ghasemi/Wana News Agency/Reuters/File
    Source: New Iranian supreme leader had fractured foot and face lacerations on first day of war
  • Missile that hit the IRGC base adjacent to the school in Minab
    Mehr News Agency
    Photos appear to show US Tomahawk missile fragments at site of deadly Iran school strike
  • A projectile (Top-R) streaks accross the sky over Dubai on March 5, 2026. Airports, embassies, residential areas and military installations across the region have come under fire from daily salvos of Iranian missiles and drones since the war between the Islamic republic, Israel and the US broke out on February 28.
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    The US and Israel went to war with Iran, but the UAE is paying the price. Here’s why
  • Black smoke rises after fires broke out following US-Israel attacks targeting some oil storage facilities, including the Shehran oil depot, in Tehran, on March 8, 2026.
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    What we know on the 10th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
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  • <p>In this exclusive interview in Tehran, Kamal Kharazi, Foreign Policy Advisor to the office of the Supreme Leader, tells CNN’s Fred Pleitgen the regime can continue with the war for a long time and he doesn’t see room for diplomacy anymore. CNN is operating in Iran with the permission of the Iranian government, as required under local regulations. CNN maintains full editorial control over what it reports. The Iranian government does not review, approve, or preview CNN’s reporting prior to publication or broadcast.</p>
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    Exclusive: Iran is ready for a long war with the US and only economic pain will end it, senior official tells CNN
  • What we know on the ninth day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Gallery In pictures: War in the Middle East after US-Israel strikes on Iran
  • Everything we know on the eighth day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
  • Mourners dig graves on Tuesday for those killed in a February 28 strike on the Shajare Tayyiba elementary school in Minab, Iran.
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    Analysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary school
  • A week in, how Trump’s war with Iran ends is an open question
  • Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show
  • As Iran war rages, Israel seizes chance to finish the job against Hezbollah
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