Iran live updates: War enters 10th day with no end in sight
The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran continued for a 10th day Monday, as President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with a military operation that appears to have no end in sight.
The war has rattled global markets, disrupted air travel and left Iran’s leadership weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes. Interruptions to the production and movement of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf sent oil prices soaring to over $100 Sunday for the first time in three and a half years.
Fighting across the Middle East has intensified, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising "many surprises" in the next phase of the conflict. Meanwhile, Iran announced its new supreme leader: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Smoke plumes rise from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on March 9, 2026. (Photo by FADEL itani / AFP via Getty Images)
The war has killed 1,230 people in Iran, more than 300 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel since it began on Feb. 28.
Here’s the latest on Monday:
US pulls staff from consulate in southern Turkey
7:30 a.m. ET: According to the Associated Press, the U.S. State Department on Monday ordered non‑emergency staff and family members to leave the U.S. Consulate in Adana, in southern Turkey. It also advised American citizens to depart southeast Turkey.
The decision marks the 10th U.S. diplomatic mission placed on ordered departure since the start of the war with Iran, and the first such move involving a NATO ally.
US and Iran spar over status of Iranian warship sunk by submarine
5:20 a.m. ET: The Associated Press reported that the United States and Iran have offered different versions of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.
According to the AP, Washington has rejected Tehran’s claim that the warship IRIS Dena was unarmed when it was sunk in a submarine attack near Sri Lankan waters on March 4.
In a statement Sunday on X, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command called Iran’s assertion that the vessel was unarmed "false."
Iranian officials say the vessel was operating in a noncombat role as it returned home after taking part in a naval exercise in India.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said last week the warship was "unarmed."
Deadly blast at an Iranian school likely US airstrike, evidence suggests
CENTCOM issues warning to Iranian civilians
We are learning more about conflict in the Middle East which began on Feb. 28 with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. Reports from local officials indicate that the bombardments have since killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 300 in Lebanon, and about a dozen in Israel.
An explosion that killed scores of Iranian students at a school was likely caused by U.S. airstrikes that also hit an adjacent compound associated with the regime’s Revolutionary Guard, evidence suggests. According to The Associated Press, experts say their conclusion is based on satellite images, analysis, a U.S. official, and public information released by the U.S. and Israeli militaries.
More than 165 people were killed, most of them children, in the blast during school hours at Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, according to Iranian state media.
Iran names new supreme leader
Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei named leader
The son of the former supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has reportedly been named as his successor, according to Iranian state television.
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was named his successor Sunday, Iranian state TV said.
He had long been considered a contender, even before an Israeli strike killed his father at the start of the war, and despite never being elected or appointed to a government position.
Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard answers to the supreme leader, and now the younger Khamenei will have the central say in war strategy.
7th US service member dies
A seventh U.S. service member died from injuries sustained during Iran’s initial wave of attacks across the Middle East.
The Pentagon said the Army soldier died Saturday from injuries during a March 1 Iranian attack on U.S. troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The soldier’s name has not been released.
The first six soldiers who died were Army reservists killed in a March 1 attack on a command center in a Kuwaiti port. They are:
All six were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command based in Des Moines, Iowa. (Army Reserve Command Press Desk)
- Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
- Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida.
- Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa.
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Sacramento
- Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, of Waukee, Iowa.
- Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska
All six were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command based in Des Moines, Iowa. President Trump attended the dignified transfer of their bodies at Dover Air Force Base Saturday morning.
The Source: This article includes information from President Donald Trump, The Pentagon, The Associated Press and previous FOX Local reporting.