A collection of videos, images, and some of the big, small, terrifying, and surreal moments from the past week of the Iran war, from Isfahan, Hani’el, Dubai, Beirut, and more.
will end anytime soon, and even if it did, so much damage has already been done. The death toll continues to mount, including at least 1,300 civilians in Iran, hundreds more in Lebanon, and as of Friday, 13 U.
S. servicemembers who have been killed in action. Millions more have been displaced. And though U.S. andis impassable, the global oil market is a mess, and it’s not clear that anybody really knows what will happen, or what to do, next. Below is a curated collection of photos and videos that capture some of the scale and scope of the past week of the war, both in and outside of Iran. A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight between March 10 and 11, 2026.A man looks at the site of overnight Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 12, 2026.A BBC Persian compilation of videos published by Vahid Online on Wednesday, March 10, “in which the sound of drones and gunfire can be heard in various parts of Tehran, including the center, southeast, and east of the capital. In these videos, anti-government chants are also heard, including “Death to the parasite Basiji.” کانال وحیدآنلاین، چهارشنبه، ۲۰ اسفند، ویدیوهایی منتشر کرده که در آنها صدای پهپاد و شلیک در نقاط مختلف تهران از جمله مرکز، جنوبشرقی و شرق این پایتخت بهگوش میرسد.در این ویدیوها همچنین شعارهای ضدحکومتی هم شنیده میشود. از جمله شعار «مرگ بر بسیجی جیرهخوار» The shadow of a Kurdish fighter, a member of The Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle, falls on the shrapnel scarred wall of a damaged building, following an Iranian drone attack to their base near Erbil, in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region on March 9, 2026.Members of Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan, a Kurdish Iranian dissident group, gather on March 9, 2026 in Khalifa, Erbil Province, Iraq. The group is part of the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan, an alliance of major Iranian Kurdish parties headquartered in Iraq. Following the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, speculation has swirled that Iranian Kurdish groups would become involved in the war.“Explosions during a Friday, March 13 attack on somewhere in Karaj close to Kordan.” A displaced woman stands next to her tent inside the Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium, which was converted into a reception and shelter facility for displaced people, in Beirut on March 10, 2026.You can almost feel the blasts yourself in the first video in this compilation, showing apparent strikes on Isfahan. The second video shows the immediate aftermath, and smashing force, of a strike on the Lorestan Provincial Police Headquarters in Borujerd.این ویدیوها از حملات آمریکا و اسرائیل به ایران تازه منتشر شده است. ویدیوی اول که گفته میشود مربوط به اصفهان است، انفجارهای پیدرپی پشت خیابانی که تعمیرگاههای متعدد قرار دارد. دیده میشود. A man prints a poster inside a religious bazaar depicting the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on March 10, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.One of the most remarkable videos which has emerged from inside the UAE is also one of the most surreal videos yet captured anywhere during the war. It shows an Iranian drone flying over a beach in Dubai, followed by a Emirati fighter jet, which then fires a missile at the drone, as beachgoers watch in disbelief.The war has provided a constant reminder that freedom of expression and freedom of the press are rare in the region. Amateur videos and images showing the war’s impact in the Gulf monarchies are hard to find following crackdowns by authorities targeting people, including journalists and, who take or share photos or video footage of war-related incidents. The UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq all have variations of these laws. Israel, citing national security, has banned the broadcast of live feeds of missile attacks as well as photos and footage showing where missiles have struck, and of security forces. No journalists have yet been allowed to embed with U.S. military forces during this war, either. Ironically, there have been far more photos and videos emerging from inside Iran — which has some of the most restrictive laws in the world, and where internet access largely remains blocked — than from other countries in the region.Explosions rattled buildings in Dubai and a large cloud of smoke hung over a central area of the Middle East financial hub on March 13, 2026.Propaganda leaflets dropped by Israeli planes are seen scattered across the sky over Beirut on March 13, 2026. The airdrops reportedly caused a number of loud booms in the sky, terrifying residents of the capital.A man in Beirut sweeps up warning leaflets dropped over the city by Israeli planes. One, addressed to the Lebanese people, reads: “You must disarm Hezbollah, Iran’s shield,” and “Lebanon is your decision, not someone else’s.” The leaflet also included a QR code, along with the phrase: “Unit 504 is working to secure the future of Lebanon and its people.”Israeli rescue and emergency soldiers look at the impact of a missile strike on March 12, 2026 in Hani’el, Israel.‘The sound has been coming nonstop like this for an hour’ A video shared on March 10: “I’m messaging from southeast Tehran. The sound has been coming nonstop like this for an hour.”Footage shows the moment an Israeli air strike happens near Enghelab Street in central Tehran, where a pro-government rally is currently underway to mark the annual Quds Day. A petrol vendor pumps petrol from Iranian fuel oil tankers for resale near the Bashmagh border crossing on March 11, 2026. The International Energy Agency said its member countries would unlock 400 million barrels of oil from their reserves to ease the impact of the Middle East war, the biggest such release ever.A worker weighs liquefied petroleum gas cylinders at a godown in Hyderabad on March 12, 2026. Far from the Middle East, restaurants in India, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, are feeling the conflict’s heat with disruptions in cooking gas supplies.was one of several commercial ships attacked by Iran in the Persian Gulf in recent days. This first video shows a bewildered member of the crew right after it was hit. The next one shows some of the survivors’ vantage point after they escaped in a lifeboat without three of their shipmates who were still trapped inside. They Footage from one of the ship's crew, filming just moments after the Iranian USV blast tore through the vessel's machinery space.Thai sailors float in a lifeboat as they watch their ship burn after an Iranian USV strike in the Strait of Hormuz. Palestinians sit around the site of an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people in Gaza City, on March 12, 2026.بیش از ده انفجار…پشت سر هم. آنقدر نزدیک که خانه لرزید، شیشهها صدا دادند و زمین زیر پاهایم تکان خورد.#Tehran More than ten explosions… one after another. So close that the house shook, the windows rattled, and the ground trembled beneath my feet.My dog Raff, my collie, is trembling… a deep shudder rising from his bones. His eyes are fixed on me as if he’s trying to understand whether this is the sound of the end of the world or not, and my little Shih Tzu has hidden behind the wardrobe, back turned to me.But I’m trying to hear something else. The sound of the March rain. Even though it’s acidic and black. But it’s romantic. I give my ear to the rain and try to make the quiet sound of the droplets louder than the jets, louder than the explosions.Today, I want to drink my coffee on the terrace. Even if death is in the same sky growling above my head. I want to stand in the rain, in the open air of Tehran, under the waves of fighter jets and amid the explosions shaking the city.Just a quarter of an hour before this city shakes again or perhaps falls silent forever.Manage preferences.It’s still focused on retribution for the Indiana Republicans who wouldn’t go along with Trump’s gerrymandering push.The Defense secretary used his latest briefing to suggest some headlines for the “fake news” while claiming total success in Iran.The mayor has held back his trademark grin in photos with the president of the United States — and now with the president of FIFA.Is the “minor excursion” very complete, ending soon or in a “couple weeks,” or just beginning? Here’s the latest on what Trump feels in his bones.The former senator also allegedly encouraged her beau to take MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.He’s reveling in military fantasies on Truth Social, issuing threats to Iran’s leaders, and showing off photos of himself in uniform .Trump’s unlikely alliance with Mamdani hasn’t kept Republicans from unleashing a wave of Islamophobic attacks on the mayor.What we witnessed on Saturday in Tehran may be the largest release of petrochemical toxins over a civilian population since the Iran-Iraq War.The former House Speaker cut an ad for JFK’s grandson in his race for Congress, but Michael Bloomberg dropped a dueling endorsement.Congress could soon enact a rare bipartisan bill on housing affordability. But the sulking president says, “No one gives a [He’s nothing without his boss, and regardless of how many of his principles the war may violate, the VP will just have to grin and bear it all.Featuring Jake Paul, Trump’s stair phobia, and an update on the Iran war — which we must keep fighting, though it’s also “over” and “we won.”Trump accused Democrats of starving DHS, but now they’ve turned the tables and offered to fund everything other than ICE and CBP.He allegedly had a habit of declaring he could do “whatever” he wanted, as “DJT will pardon me.” That may not go over well.New York
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