A woman watches plumes of smoke rise from an oil storage facility on Sunday after overnight strikes by US and Israeli forces in Tehran, Iran. Photograph: Arash Khamooshi/The New York TimesFuel depots near Iran’s capital, Tehran, were engulfed in flames early on Sunday after US and Israeli forces expanded their attacks. Against that backdrop, Iran tried to project stability by announcing top clerics were finalising their selection of a new supreme leader. In an address on Saturday night, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Israel had “many more targets” in Iran. The Israeli ​military said on Sunday that two of its ​soldiers were killed in southern ⁠Lebanon, marking the first ‌fatalities ‌among ​its troops since Israel-Hizbullah hostilities resumed ⁠last ​week.

Source: The Irish Times March 08, 2026 20:17 UTC