Crowds of Iranians gathered in central Tehran and elsewhere for the first Friday prayers since the start of the war with the United States and Israel. This week’s Friday prayers were also the first since the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the wave of US and Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war. The war began on Saturday when US and Israeli strikes on Iran which responded by attacking US bases in Gulf countries and mainland Israel with drone and missiles strikes. Iran’s health ministry said nearly a 1,000 people have killed in the US and Israeli strikes which hit military sites as well as residential areas and other infrastructure. Iranian attacks killed at least 10 people in Israel according to first responders there, while the US military has reported the deaths of six of its personnel since the war erupted.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 06, 2026 10:41 UTC