Karmanpour wrote in a post on X that one of the dead was a baby under the age of one. "U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to take Iran back to the Stone Age. If this is what modern civilization looks like, I prefer the Stone Age," he wrote.
Inaction by the UN nuclear watchdog "emboldens aggression" against nuclear facilities such as the Bushehr power plant, Iran's atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said on Monday in a letter addressed to the International Atomic Energy Agency's director.
Eslami said Iran's only functioning nuclear power plant had so far been targeted four times, with the most recent attack in its vicinity on Saturday killing a security staff member and injuring others.
Remember the Western outrage about hostilities near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine?
Israel-U.S. have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran.
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He warned that such attacks could risk the release of radioactive material from an operating reactor and could have "irreparable consequences" for people, the environment and neighboring countries.
He described the attacks as a clear breach of international law, and criticized what he called the agency's "lack of decisive action", saying mere expressions of concern were insufficient and would embolden further attacks.
The Israel Defense Forces said it has begun striking "Hezbollah terror regime targets in Beirut," in a statement on Monday, shortly after issuing urgent evacuation orders for residents of several neighborhoods in southern Beirut, including Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry, Laylaki, Hadath, Burj al‑Barajneh, Tahwitat al‑Ghdeir, and Chiyah.
#عاجل ‼️انذار عاجل إلى سكان الضاحية الجنوبية وخاصة في الأحياء:
🔸حارة حريك
🔸الغبيري
🔸الليلكي
🔸الحدث
🔸برج البراجنة
🔸تحويطة الغدير
🔸الشياح
⭕️يواصل جيش الدفاع العمل ومهاجمة البنى التحتية العسكرية التابعة لحزب الله الإرهابي في مختلف أنحاء الضاحية الجنوبية.
The IDF said it is continuing operations targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure across the southern suburbs.
"IDF does not intend to harm civilians," IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee wrote in a post on X, "and for your safety, you must evacuate immediately."
U.S. forces located on Kuwait's Bubiyan island were targeted by Iran, the spokesperson of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a video statement shared by state media on Monday.
Ebrahim Zolfaqari said Iran targeted satellite equipment and munitions on the island with drones, adding that U.S. forces had relocated there from Arifjan camp after that base was repeatedly struck by Iran.
Bubiyan island is the largest of Kuwait's coastal islands chain, located in the northwest of the Gulf.
Six people were wounded from debris falling in a residential area in northern Kuwait after an Iranian attack, Kuwait's health ministry said earlier.
The war in Iran entered its 38th day on Monday as Tehran continued to fire missiles and launch drones at its neighbors across the Gulf.
In the United Arab Emirates, the defense ministry said it was "actively engaging" with missiles and drones on three occasions overnight into Monday. A Ghanaian national was moderately wounded in Abu Dhabi, the local media office said, explaining that the incident occurred after shrapnel fell on the Mussafah industrial district, which an Emirati official had recently described as "pivotal" for the capital's industry and trade.
تتعامل حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع اعتداءات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة قادمة من ايران وتؤكد وزارة الدفاع أن الاصوات المسموعة في مناطق متفرقة من الدولة هي نتيجة تعامل منظومات الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية للصواريخ الباليستية، والجوالة والطائرات المسيرة.
In the Emirate of Fujairah, an Iranian drone struck a building belonging to du, one of the two main telecommunications companies in the UAE. The state-run Emirates News Agency said no injuries were reported.
In addition, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations – which monitors maritime security in the region – said on Sunday that it received reports of an incident at the Khor Fakkan Port, on the UAE's eastern shores. Citing witnesses, the UKMTO said there were "multiple splashes from unknown projectiles" close to a container ship that was conducting loading operations.
Neighboring Qatar was also targeted by Iran in the past 24 hours. The defense ministry said late on Sunday that it had intercepted "a number" of drones and two cruise missiles launched from Iran.
تعلن وزارة الدفاع القطرية عن تعرض دولة قطر، لهجوم بعدد من الطائرات المسيّرة، وعدد (2) صاروخ كروز من إيران، اليوم الأحد، ونجحت قواتنا المسلحة "بفضل من الله" بالتصدي لجميع الطائرات المسيّرة وصاروخي الكروز.
Kuwait was targeted by "hostile missile and drone attacks" in four distinct waves overnight and into the early morning hours, the army announced in a statement. The health ministry said that six people were wounded in the overnight barrages. Late on Sunday, the army said it had successfully intercepted 13 missiles and 31 drones in the previous 24 hours. While the attacks caused "significant material damage and scattered fires," no injuries were reported.
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رصدت القوات المسلحة وتعاملت خلال الـ (24) ساعة الماضية مع عدد (9) صواريخ باليستية، وعدد (4) صواريخ جوالة، وعدد (31) طائرةً مسيّرةً معادية داخل المجال الجوي الكويتي، وتم التعامل معها وفقShow more
Saudi Arabia's defense ministry announced on Monday morning that it had successfully "intercepted and destroyed" two drones, with no injuries reported. Authorities in Bahrain did not report any new attacks overnight, but in its latest update, the army said it had successfully intercepted 13 drones in the previous 24-hour period.
تُعلن القيادة العامة لقوة دفاع البحرين أن منظومات الدفاع الجوي بقوة دفاع البحرين بفضلٍ من الله، ثم بيقظة رجالها مستمرة في مواجهة موجات تتابعية من الاعتداءات الإيرانية الإرهابية الآثمة، استهدفت مملكة البحرين.
A moderate earthquake struck the eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Lebanon on Monday morning. According to a statement from the Geological Survey, the tremor occurred at 10:52 A.M. with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7. The epicenter was 56 kilometers west of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon at a depth of 14 kilometers.
The quake was felt across parts of the region, prompting authorities to ask residents who experienced the shaking to report it. Officials said these observations are essential for improving earthquake risk assessments in Israel.
The Israeli Defense Ministry said its ministerial committee approved a plan to accelerate production of Arrow anti-ballistic missile interceptors at Israel Aerospace Industries.
An arrow 3 missile defense system.Credit: Directorate of Defense Research & Development, Defense Ministry An arrow 3 missile defense system.Credit: Directorate of Defense Research & Development, Defense Ministry
"The Arrow system, developed and produced in cooperation with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, intercepts ballistic threats outside the atmosphere and at the edge of the atmosphere, protecting Israel against long-range strategic threats," the ministry said.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the Israel Defense Forces targeted and killed the head of the intelligence agency of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz (second left) in a situational assessment meeting on Monday with IDF heads.Credit: Elad Malka/Ministry of DefenseIsraeli Defense Minister Israel Katz (second left) in a situational assessment meeting on Monday with IDF heads.Credit: Elad Malka/Ministry of Defense
Earlier, Iranian state media reported the death of the senior official, Majid Khademi, without specifying the cause.
Katz also said the Israeli military attacked steel facilities and petrochemical sites across Iran. "We will continue to crush Iran's national infrastructure and bring about the erosion and collapse of the terror regime," he said.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war, saying he has failed to achieve its objectives.
Yair Lapid in the Knesset, March.Credit: Itay CohenYair Lapid in the Knesset, March.Credit: Itay Cohen
"Netanyahu tells us it is forbidden to question during a war. With all due respect – don't confuse people," Lapid said. "It is both allowed and necessary to question, especially if the war is going badly, is mismanaged, and lacks planning. Our doubts about the way Netanyahu is conducting the war, his ability to achieve a strategic victory, and the state's mismanagement are growing."
According to Lapid, "A strategic victory would mean regime change, eliminating the nuclear and ballistic threat, ending the war through a regional conference in Riyadh with neighboring countries, and reaching a political agreement with the Lebanese government. None of this is happening."
He added, "Instead of a strategic victory, we have round after round. Until this changes, every Israeli citizen sitting in a shelter or lying by the roadside should know – it is allowed to question."
An Israeli court has authorized publication that several suspects are being investigated by Israeli Police's Lahav 433 Unit, the national unit for serious and international crime, over producing explosives allegedly at the request of Iranian actors.
According to the investigation, the suspects are also suspected of conducting tests with the explosives they produced.