New day of war in the Middle East. The conflict that began on Saturday 28 February continues with cross-attacks towards Iran and Lebanon. Tehran responds with attacks on Israel and the rest of the Gulf area.
Iranian intelligence minister killed
The IDF targeted Ismail Khatib, intelligence minister of the Islamic Republic and the commander of the ‘Imam Hussein’ militia this night in Beirut. The Israeli media reported it. Khatib held the position in both Ebrahim Raisi’s and Pezeshkian’s governments. Israeli sources reported: “We are awaiting the results of the attack, it looks promising.” Israel’s Defense Minister says Iranian Intelligence Minister Ismail Khatib has been killed.
Stockholm, ‘Iran has executed a Swedish citizen’
“It is with dismay that I learned of the recent execution of a Swedish citizen in Iran,” Stockholm Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergar said in a statement.
Since the man’s arrest in June 2025, Sweden has “repeatedly raised the issue at various levels with Iranian representatives,” he added. “In these contacts, we have underlined Sweden’s expectation that our citizen would receive a fair trial and not be sentenced to death.”
“It is clear that the legal proceedings that led to the execution of the Swedish citizen did not take place in compliance with the rule of law”, concluded the minister who did not reveal the identity of the executed citizen.
Previously, the Iranian judiciary website, Mizan Online, announced the execution of Kouroush Keyvani, accused of spying for Israel, arrested during the war between Iran and Israel in June last year.
The site detailed his meetings with Mossad agents and claimed that Keyvani had received training in “six European countries and Tel Aviv.”
This is the first public announcement of an execution since the beginning of the war on February 28th.
Lebanon, 12 dead in Israeli raids in central Beirut
The death toll from Israeli raids on densely populated neighborhoods in central Beirut has risen to 12 dead and 41 injured. This was announced by the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The IDF announced that last night in Beirut it struck structures of the ‘Al-Quard al-Hasan’ association, the financial arm of Hezbollah. The organization is used to finance military build-up, support payments to militiamen and promote terrorist activities. The Israeli Air Force and Navy also targeted command centers of the ‘Imam Hussein’ division in southern Lebanon. The Navy also struck Hezbollah militants in Beirut. Prior to the attacks, the IDF said, measures were taken to reduce the risk of harm to civilians, including the use of early warning, precision munitions and aerial surveillance.
New attack against the US embassy in Baghdad: “Hit by a drone”
A drone attack targeted the US embassy in Baghdad tonight, a security source and witnesses said. “A drone hit the embassy directly,” the security source said without specifying whether there was any damage. A second official added that the drone fell “near the embassy security fence.” The attack comes a few hours after another drone and rocket attack on the US embassy in the Iraqi capital.
The USA: “Iranian sites hit along the coast, near Hormuz”
The US Central Command announced that it had struck sites along the Iranian coast, near the Strait of Hormuz. “A few hours ago, US forces launched several 5,000-pound armor-piercing projectiles at Iranian missile positions along the Iranian coast near the Strait of Hormuz,” reads a command post which explains that “Iranian anti-ship missiles present at these positions posed a risk to international navigation in the strait.”
Two people injured by an Iranian cluster bomb die in a suburb of Tel Aviv
The Magen David Adom ambulance service announces the death of two people seriously injured in the impact of an Iranian cluster bomb in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan. It is a man and a woman.
Iran threatens revenge for Larijani’s death, “attack Israel”
Iranian army chief General Amir Hatami said today that the death of Islamic Republic security chief Ali Larijani will be “avenged,” Tehran media reported. “The pure blood” of Larijani “and other beloved martyrs will be avenged,” Hatami said in a statement published by the Tasnim news agency. For its part, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced in a statement that the attacks that hit Tel Aviv tonight causing at least two deaths were launched “to avenge” Larijani and the other officials killed yesterday in attacks against Iran.
Tehran: “The consequences of this war will affect the whole world”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that the consequences of the war in the Middle East will “affect everyone” and welcomed criticism of the conflict from Western countries. “The wave of global repercussions has just begun and will affect everyone, regardless of wealth, religion or race,” Araghchi wrote last night, attaching to his message a copy of the resignation letter of the top US counter-terrorism official Joe Kent who protested against the war. “More and more voices, including European and American officials, are calling the war against Iran unjust. Other members of the international community should also do the same,” the minister added.
The USA: “Iranian sites hit along the coast, near Hormuz”
The US Central Command announced that it had struck sites along the Iranian coast, near the Strait of Hormuz. “A few hours ago, US forces launched several 5,000-pound armor-piercing projectiles at Iranian missile positions along the Iranian coast near the Strait of Hormuz,” reads a command post which explains that “Iranian anti-ship missiles present at these positions posed a risk to international navigation in the strait.”