The Iran Israel war LIVE updates continue as Israel and the United States struck a key Iranian building involved in selecting a new supreme leader.
The war in West Asia is intensifying. More than 780 people have been killed in Iran since the US and Israel began strikes on February 27, 2026, the Iranian Red Crescent said. The latest toll comes even as fresh wave attacks were launched by Iran and Israel on Tuesday (March 3, 2026), including Israeli bombardment on Lebanon and a drone attack on the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday (March 3, 2026) said there was some recent damage to entrance buildings at Iran’s underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP). The agency added that it expected no radiological consequence or additional impact detected at the FEP itself. ALSO READ: Israel, the U.S. and a war to build a unipolar West Asia
The Israeli military said it has prepared for a campaign against Iran that could last “several weeks”, but is “unlikely” to see the deployment of ground forces. Earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. has “the capability to go far longer” than its projected four-to-five-week time frame for its military operations against Tehran. ALSO READ: IndiGo to operate 10 relief flights to Jeddah, Air India Express restarts Oman services
In a fresh advisory on Tuesday (March 3), the India Embassy in Tehran advised nationals in Iran to exercise utmost caution and remain indoors as far as possible. Indian airlines including IndiGo, Air India Express have also resumed services to Gulf states — Muscat, Oman, Jeddah among others — on Tuesday (March 3, 2026) to facilitate the return of stranded passengers. Dubai and Abu Dhabi carriers also announced limited resumption of flights.
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