Live updates: Trump says 'very good' Iran talks, hints at 'total resolution'

Israel announced strikes on government infrastructure in Tehran on Monday.

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Last updated: Monday, March 23, 2026 6:16PM GMT
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President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes targeting military and government sites, officials said.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes, and his son Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen to succeed him. Iran is responding with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Iran is also attempting to block some shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

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Mar 17, 2026, 10:23 AM GMT

Israel says Iran's security chief Ali Larijani killed in overnight attack

The Israeli minister of defense said Tuesday that the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, was killed in an overnight attack on Tehran.

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani was killed in an overnight attack on Tehran, Israeli minister of defense says

"Larijani and the Basij commander were eliminated last night and have joined Khamenei, the head of the annihilation program, along with all those eliminated from the axis of evil in the depths of hell," Katz said in a statement. "The Prime Minister and I have instructed the IDF to continue pursuing the leadership of the terror and oppression regime in Iran, and to repeatedly cut off the head of the octopus and prevent it from regrowing."

"The IDF continues to operate in Iran with great intensity, targeting regime assets, suppressing missile-launch capabilities, and destroying key strategic infrastructure across all domains, setting Iran back decades," Katz continued.

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Mar 16, 2026, 8:35 PM GMT

More Iranian strikes reported across the region

More Iranian strikes were reported across the region on Monday, including in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Plumes of smoke rise after a drone struck a fuel tank forcing the temporary suspension of flights near Dubai International Airport, in United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 16, 2026.
Plumes of smoke rise after a drone struck a fuel tank forcing the temporary suspension of flights near Dubai International Airport, in United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 16, 2026.
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Mar 16, 2026, 8:29 PM GMT

200 US troops have been wounded, including 10 'seriously'

Two-hundred U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran so far, including 10 service members who have been "seriously wounded, according to Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins.

A US Air Force B-1 bomber is loaded with bombs at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, Monday March 16, 2026.
A US Air Force B-1 bomber is loaded with bombs at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, Monday March 16, 2026.

Out of the 200 injured, 180 troops have returned to duty, he said.

Wounds include burns, traumatic brain injuries and shrapnel wounds, according to a U.S. official.

Most attacks wounding U.S. troops have been from one-way Iranian attack drones, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said last week.

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Mar 16, 2026, 7:10 PM GMT

Over 1 million displaced in Lebanon, officials say

Over 1 million people are displaced in Lebanon, with more than 100,000 of those people staying in shelters, according to the nation's Disaster Risk Management Unit at the Prime Minister's Office.

A bulldozer clears debris from the rubble of buildings destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs,, Lebanon, Monday, March 16, 2026.
A bulldozer clears debris from the rubble of buildings destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs,, Lebanon, Monday, March 16, 2026.

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday announced a "limited and targeted" ground operation in southern Lebanon, and Israel's Ministry of Defense said that "hundreds of thousands of Shiite residents of South Lebanon who have been evacuated" cannot "return to their homes south of the Litani region until the safety of the residents of the north is guaranteed."