Azerbaijan completes evacuations of diplomatic staff from Tabriz
Baku has completed its evacuation of staff from the Azerbaijan Consulate General in Tabriz, while most employees from...
Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport came under attack in heavy airstrikes on early Saturday morning (7 March), Iranian news agencies reported.
Videos purportedly taken in the early hours of Saturday show fire and a large plume of smoke rising over the Iranian capital, in the direction of the major domestic air hub just south of the city centre.
Thermal activity was detected in the vicinity of the airport at around 1:50am local time on Saturday (10:20pm GMT, 6 March).
Earlier, the Israeli military said it has begun a new wave of strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure in Tehran.
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia reported they were responding to a fresh wave of missile and drone attacks on Saturday.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the country's Interim Leadership Council had approved the suspension of attacks on neighbouring countries, except where attacks on Iran came from those countries.
The United States and Israel launched a war on Iran last Saturday (February 28). Iran has been responding to the U.S.-Israel strikes with retaliatory attacks into Israel and Gulf states that host U.S. military bases.
Trump tells Axios he wants direct involvement in who takes over as Iran's next leader, rejecting Khamenei's son as "unacceptable" and citing the need for a figure who can bring "peace and harmony".
Officials in Azerbaijan have said they have stopped terror attacks in Azerbaijan including on an Israeli Embassy, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and a Synagogue. Tensions between regional and global powers escalate. Military activity, security alerts and travel disruptions continue.
Türkiye and Iran’s foreign ministers spoke by phone after reports that a ballistic missile entered Turkish airspace, with Tehran denying responsibility and insisting its recent strikes targeted only U.S. and Israeli facilities.
Tensions in the Middle East are continuing to escalate as Iran and U.S.-backed Israeli forces exchange strikes for a sixth consecutive day, with Tehran reporting mounting civilian casualties and warning it is prepared for a prolonged war.
A major Tehran airport came under heavy air attacks on Saturday morning (7 March), Iranian news agencies reported. The attacks on Mehrabad Airport came as the Middle East conflict entered its seventh day.
Baku has completed its evacuation of staff from the Azerbaijan Consulate General in Tabriz, while most employees from the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran have also returned.
The Azerbaijani State Security Service has said it has stopped Iran committing terror attacks against four targets in the country: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan, a leader of the Mountain Jews religious community and the "Ashkenazi" synagogue.
A major Tehran airport came under heavy air attacks on Saturday morning (7 March), Iranian news agencies reported. The attacks on Mehrabad Airport came as the Middle East conflict entered its seventh day.
U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” almost a week into the conflict with Tehran. Trump made the comments on social media on Friday (6 March), hours after the Iranian president said unspecified countries had begun mediation efforts.
The Israeli military says it has destroyed an underground bunker beneath Iran’s leadership complex in Tehran that it claims was built for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
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