US-Israeli attacks open the war

The Trump administration announced that it would designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization; the designation took effect April 15. This was the first time...

A US drone strike near Baghdad International Airport killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces deputy Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others. Washington said the strike...

Iran and the remaining JCPOA participants began Vienna talks while US representatives participated indirectly through European intermediaries. Iran insisted that US sanctions be lifted before its...

On April 1, a strike destroyed a building in Iran’s diplomatic compound in Damascus and killed senior IRGC officers; Israel neither claimed nor denied responsibility. On April 13 Iran launched...

After France, Germany, and the United Kingdom triggered the JCPOA snapback process in August, UN sanctions returned on September 28, according to the E3 and EU. The EU Council adopted its own...

Iran confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during the opening US-Israeli strikes. His killing was a major political and military rupture, but it did not end the Iranian state or the...

Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab was struck during the opening attacks. Human Rights Watch reviewed imagery and called for an independent investigation, reporting scores of civilian deaths...

Iran launched missile and drone attacks after the US-Israeli assault, targeting Israel and sites across several Gulf states. These actions widened the battlefield and put civilians and civilian...

Iran announced restrictions on navigation as vessels were hit and shipowners paused transits through the Strait of Hormuz. The chokepoint carries a large share of global oil and gas trade; its...

On 1 March, US Central Command reported that three US service members had been killed and five seriously wounded in Operation Epic Fury. The announcement establishes human costs among US forces...