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02.03.2026 16:50 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday that it had launched missile strikes against three US ans UK tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

02.03.2026 16:50 Tehran launched four ballistic missile strikes on the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday.

02.03.2026 16:50 Iran banned the entry to the Persian Gulf for US ships, senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei said on Sunday.

02.03.2026 16:50 Iran confirmed the death of Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Abdolrahim Mousavi and Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, the IRNA state new agency reported on Sunday.

02.03.2026 16:50 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the beginning of "the most brutal offensive operation in the history of the country's armed forces" after confirming the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

02.03.2026 16:50 The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has appointed Ahmad Vahidi, who previously served as an advisor, to the position of commander, the Iranian news agency Khabar Online reported.

02.03.2026 16:50 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that the country will not hesitate to destroy the military bases of the enemies in the region following a US-Israeli attack that assassinated Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

02.03.2026 16:50 Iran's Army Commander Major General Amir Hatami says the Iranian armed forces are united and determined to counter the US-Israeli aggression, vowing that the enemy "will take the dream of enslaving the Iranian nation to the grave."

02.03.2026 16:50 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, is a declaration of an "open war" against Muslims, particularly Shias, across the world.

02.03.2026 16:50 Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has strongly denounced the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli airstrike, vowing that the country's armed forces will deliver such painful retaliatory blows that the enemies will beg for mercy.

02.03.2026 16:50 Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed in attacks by Israel and the United States, Iranian state television confirmed.

02.03.2026 16:50 The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.

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02.03.2026 16:50 Q: It's reported that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the military strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel. What is China's comment?

02.03.2026 16:50 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday said China's position on the situation in Iran is as follows: an immediate cessation of military operations, a prompt return to dialogue and negotiations, and a joint opposition to unilateral actions.