Iran war updates: Tehran chides ‘Operation Epic Mistake’ devised by Israel

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• Israel’s renewed attacks on Lebanon have killed 570 people since last Monday, officials said.
• US-Israeli attacks on Iran have killed more than 1,300 people since the start of the war, local officials said.
• Iran launched drone and missile attacks at countries across the region on Tuesday, including at oilfields in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
• The Iranian army said it launched a drone attack on an Israeli oil and gas refinery and fuel tanks in Haifa, state media report.
• Iran’s military said the bodies of dozens of sailors killed when the US attacked and sank its frigate Dena will be returned home soon.
• The Pentagon said that “approximately 140 US service members have been wounded over 10 days of sustained attacks”.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said that negotiating with the US is no longer on the agenda, after “a very bitter experience” during previous rounds of nuclear talks.
• Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani told the US his country should not be used as a launchpad for attacks in the war on Iran.
• Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares warned that an ⁠Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon would ⁠be a “tremendous” mistake, ⁠as Madrid announced 9 ⁠million euros ($10.5m) of aid for Beirut.

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that a new wave of Israeli air strikes hit the southern suburbs of Beirut early Wednesday. No injuries were immediately reported.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said that “the Israeli enemy launched a violent raid” on the area, where Hezbollah holds sway. Live footage showed plumes of smoke rising from the places struck.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese civilians have already fled the area after Israel’s forced evacuation orders for all of Beirut’s southern suburbs.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud spoke on the phone about “Iran’s reprehensible attacks”.

The US State Department said Rubio condemned Iran’s ongoing attacks on Saudi Arabia, and the top diplomats discussed “how to reinforce Saudi Arabia’s defence as Iran continues its baseless aggression against civilian targets”.

This week, two people were killed after a projectile fell on a residential location in Saudi Arabia‘s city of Al-Kharj.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said earlier that it had been targeting radar systems in the Al-Kharj governorate, which is home to the Prince Sultan airbase, used by US forces, and has come under repeated attack.

The Kuwaiti armed forces have announced that air defence systems successfully intercepted a barrage of hostile drones that breached the country’s airspace.

Military officials reported that five drones were detected and four were intercepted and destroyed. The fifth crashed outside the designated threat zone.

Colonel Saud Abdulaziz al-Otaibi, in a statement, said the military is on high alert and will “ensure the preservation of [the country’s] sovereignty, security, stability, and protect its national interests”.

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تصدّت القوات المسلحة الكويتية منذ فجر اليوم الثلاثاء الموافق 10 مارس 2026 وحتى منتصف الليل، لموجةٍ من الأهداف الجوية المعادية التي اخترقت أجواء البلاد.

حيث رصدت منظومات الدفاع الجوي
عدد… pic.twitter.com/Z1nLJDzrxN

— KUWAIT ARMY – الجيش الكويتي (@KuwaitArmyGHQ) March 10, 2026

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held a telephone conversation with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, their second call in the past week, as the impact of the US-Israel war on Iran is increasingly felt globally.

Neither side divulged details of the call, but India is currently sheltering an Iranian Navy ship that had participated in exercises hosted by the Indian Navy in February.

A second Iranian Navy ship that had also joined the Indian exercises was torpedoed by a US submarine last week, just outside Sri Lankan waters, as it was trying to get back home.

A detailed conversation this evening with Foreign Minister @araghchi of Iran on the latest developments regarding the ongoing conflict. We agreed to remain in touch.

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) March 10, 2026

Qatar’s UN envoy, Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Mansoori, has “strongly condemned Iran’s aggressive armed attacks”, noting that they have affected the rights of children in Qatar and neighbouring countries.

Al Mansoori made the remarks during an event with Virginia Gamba, the UN special envoy on children and armed conflict.

Iran’s bombardment has “had direct effects on children’s right to life, health, education and security”, he said, demanding that “these attacks be stopped”.

Qatar Stresses Iranian Attacks Affect Children's Rights

Doha | March 10, 2026

The State of Qatar has strongly condemned Iran's aggressive armed attacks on its territory and other countries in the region, saying they have had direct effects on children's right to life, health,… pic.twitter.com/mLQgNHAtyP

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Qatar (@MofaQatar_EN) March 10, 2026

Trump says US forces destroyed 10 mine-laying vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, minutes after warning that Iran would face “unprecedented consequences” if it put ordnance in the crucial waterway.

“We have hit, and completely destroyed, 10 inactive mine laying boats and/or ships with more to follow,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

US Central Command later posted a video on X, which it claimed showed Iranian boats being blown up.

U.S. forces are degrading the Iranian regime’s ability to project power at sea and harass international shipping. For years, Iranian forces have threatened freedom of navigation in waters essential to American, regional and global security and prosperity. pic.twitter.com/gIBN02mowh

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 10, 2026

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has told UN chief Antonio Guterres that Iran expected him and the Security Council to take a stronger position condemning US and Israeli “aggression”.

In a phone conversation, Araghchi noted the UN’s role in maintaining peace and “emphasised the serious expectation of the Iranian government and people from the secretary-general and the UN Security Council to adopt stronger and more responsible positions in explicitly condemning the aggression”, the Tasnim news agency quoted him as saying.

On February 28, the day the US and Israel launched the war on Iran, Guterres issued a statement reminding the Security Council that Article Two of the UN Charter states all member states must “refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state”.

Chuck Schumer, the veteran US lawmaker and Senate Democratic leader, has accused Trump of lying about the killing of more than 160 Iranian girls at a school bombed on February 28, the day the US and Israel began their war on Iran.

The evidence suggests that a US-made Tomahawk missile was behind the explosion that led to the single deadliest incident of the war so far. But even as the Department of Defense investigates what happened, Trump has insisted that he believes that Iran itself attacked the girls’ school — without offering either any evidence or explanation for why it may have wished to do so.

“Donald Trump lied,” Schumer wrote on X. “No other leader in the Administration—not even Pete Hegseth—is claiming Iranian tomahawk missiles were responsible for the bombing that killed 170 people at an Iranian all-girls’ school.”

Donald Trump lied.

No other leader in the Administration—not even Pete Hegseth—is claiming Iranian tomahawk missiles were responsible for the bombing that killed 170 people at an Iranian all-girls’ school.

There needs to be a full, INDEPENDENT, and transparent investigation.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 10, 2026

Heavy clashes broke out between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops on the outskirts of Aitaroun town in southern Lebanon.

According to the official National News Agency, both sides utilised heavy artillery and rocket fire during the engagement in Bint Jbeil district.

The situation remains volatile as the exchange of fire has expanded across the outskirts of the town, according to the news report.