US secretary of state Marco Rubio speaks to the press following a meeting of G7 foreign ministers outside Paris on Friday. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesUS secretary of state Marco Rubio said the US expects to finish its operations in Iran “in the next couple of weeks”. Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz declared on Friday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will expand strikes in Iran in response to continuing missile launches from Tehran. In earlier strikes, Israel hit Iran’s primary missile and naval mine production facility in the city of Yazd. The intelligence stands in contrast to the claim by Trump on Thursday that Iran had “very few rockets left”.

Source: The Irish Times March 28, 2026 13:03 UTC