The conflict in Iran escalated over the weekend with continued missile strikes and airstrikes targeting Iranian military, leadership, and nuclear facilities. The U.S. has shifted its war goals, and the death toll has risen significantly in Iran, Lebanon, and Israel. The State Department is assisting in the evacuation of American citizens. Both President Trump and Iran's leadership have issued statements regarding the conflict.
The barrage of missiles and airstrikes in Iran targeting its military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program, continued into the weekend. The stated goals and timelines set by the Trump administration for the war have repeatedly shifted, as the U.
S. has at times suggested it seeks to topple Iran’s government or elevate new leadership from within.The death toll continues to rise. At least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 200 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel have been killed, according to officials in those countries. Six U.S. troops have been killed.Here’s the latest for Saturday: 10:35 a.m. ET: The State Department says more than 28,000 Americans have returned to the United States from the Middle East since the start of the Iran war seven days ago.The vast majority of those have made their way home without government assistance on commercial flights, although the department said Saturday it had organized more than a dozen charter flights that had evacuated several thousand Americans.It said it had offered direct assistance - in the form of safety and security information as well as providing charter options - to more than 16,000 U.S. citizens who have reached out for help.10:30 a.m. ET: President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, "Today Iran will be hit very hard!," 10:15 a.m. ET: Iran’s president apologized Saturday for attacks on "neighboring countries" even as more missiles and drones flew toward Gulf Arab states.President Masoud Pezeshkian, a member of the three-man leadership council overseeing Iran since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, delivered the message. Pezeshkian also dismissed Trump’s call for Iran to surrender unconditionally."That’s a dream that they should take to their grave," he said.The message, seemingly filmed in a hurry without professional broadcast equipment, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries. It answered only to Khamenei and now appears to be picking its own targets.Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter.The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, cautioned that the U.S. intelligence has not uncovered that Russia is directing Iran on what to do with the information.Still, it’s the first indication that Moscow has sought to get involved in the war that the U.S. and Israel launched on Iran a week ago.On Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran, and President Donald Trump said the U.S. was starting major combat operations against Iran.The strikes killed the country’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several other high ranking officials, throwing its leadership into question and raising the risk of regional instability. Trump said there were four objectives for the operations: This is the second time in eight months that the Trump administration has attacked the Islamic Republic during talks over its nuclear program.
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