US attacks Iran highlights: Trump says ‘heavy and pinpoint bombing’ of Iran to continue,

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, will convene an emergency meeting on Monday at 9 am (0800 GMT) to discuss the US and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday, the agency said in a statement, reported Reuters.

The meeting was requested by Russia. Monday’s emergency meeting is scheduled one hour before the board’s regular quarterly session, where Iran’s nuclear program was already set to be discussed.

Diplomats have indicated that there is no evidence Iranian nuclear facilities were hit during Saturday’s strikes.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Israel and the United States carried out a coordinated attack on Iran, with the operation reportedly planned for months.

According to an official briefed on the operation, the strikes targeted Iran’s military, government symbols, and intelligence facilities. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not publicly released, AP reported.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead and described the alleged killing as “justice” for Iranians, Americans, and others worldwide.

“This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.

Trump added that the killing created a rare opening for Iranians to “take back their Country,” noting that some members of Iran’s security forces were reportedly seeking immunity and no longer wished to fight.

He reaffirmed the US commitment to its military campaign, saying Washington would continue “heavy and pinpoint bombing” as long as necessary to secure “peace throughout the Middle East and, indeed, the world.”

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Iran’s clerical leadership oversees powerful institutions that shape much of the country’s political system.

The Assembly of Experts, made up of senior ayatollahs chosen every eight years, is responsible for selecting the supreme leader. The constitution also allows it to question or even remove a leader, although it has never exercised that authority.

In reality, the decision would likely be taken by the most senior figures in the Islamic Republic and then formally endorsed by the assembly. However, with several top Revolutionary Guards leaders confirmed dead, it remains uncertain who would influence the outcome.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Abu Dhabi Airports confirmed that an incident occurred at Zayed International Airport, leading to the death of an Asian national and injuries to seven others.

It urged the public not to spread rumours and to rely only on official sources, adding that further updates will be shared.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Two Israeli television networks reported that a photograph of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's body had been shown to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"A photo of the body was shown to Netanyahu and Trump," reported Channel 12.

"Senior Israeli officials were informed of Khamenei's elimination. His body was recovered from the rubble of his compound," reported public broadcaster Kan. There has been no confirmation of Khamenei's death from Tehran.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Iranian state media outlet Fars News said Trump’s claim was “baseless,” citing “informed sources.”

"It is worth noting that Trump has a long record of spreading false and fabricated news," the report translated by NBC News said. "Among previous examples of this behavior is his claim about the fall of the city of Mashhad, which was later shown to have no factual basis and to have been merely media sensationalism."

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Iran's United Nations ambassador told the Security Council that more than 100 children have been killed in the US-Israeli strikes on a school in the country.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: US secretary of state Marco Rubio will no longer travel to Israel on a trip announced for Monday after a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, the state department said.

"Due to current circumstances, Secretary Rubio will no longer travel to Israel on March 2," Dylan Johnson, the assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, wrote on X on Saturday.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: America and Israel's attack on Iran disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace and three of the key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia halted operations.

Hundreds of thousands of travellers were either stranded or diverted to other airports after Israel, Qatar, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain closed their airspace.

There also was no flight activity over the United Arab Emirates, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 said, after the government there announced a “temporary and partial closure” of its airspace.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that US bombing of Iran will continue as long as needed and that the killing of the country's supreme leader gives Iranians their "greatest chance" for taking power.

"The country has been, in only one day, very much destroyed and, even, obliterated. The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in air strikes, though there has been no confirmation from Tehran.

"Khameini, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," Trump said on his Truth Social network.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Abdullah Khalifa Al-Muftah, head of public relations at Qatar’s Ministry of Interior, said eight people were injured by falling missile shrapnel, including one who was seriously hurt.

In a televised statement, he said 66 missiles were launched at Qatar. He added that 114 reports of shrapnel falling were recorded across the country.

Ibrahim Sultan Al-Hashemi, head of public relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Iran’s repeated targeting of Qatar is a reckless and irresponsible act that goes against the principle of good neighbourliness.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Speaking to ABC News about reports of Khamenei's death, US President Donald Trump said: "I don't want to say anything definitively until I see things but we believe he is. And much of their leaders are gone."

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: AFP reported a series of blasts in Jerusalem, central Israel and Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on Saturday night, with a journalist in Tel Aviv reporting a large explosion.

The blasts followed sirens, after the military said it had identified a new round of missiles launched from Iran.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates:Israeli military has claimed that its strikes killed Iran’s defence minister and the commander of the Revolutionary Guard.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: In an interview with NBC News, US President Donald Trump addressed reports about Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei being killed in airstrikes, saying, “We feel that that is a correct story.”

He also claimed that “most” of Iran’s senior leadership has been wiped out, adding, “The people that make all the decisions, most of them are gone.”

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Iranian state media posted a video claiming that the UAE’s Jebel Ali port was hit. There has been no official confirmation from UAE so far.

US attacks Iran LIVE updates: A United States senior administration official on Saturday told news agency Reuters that President Donald Trump was not going to "sit back and allow American forces in the region to absorb attacks," as the US had "indicators" that Iran could potentially preemptively strike.

US-Israel attack Iran LIVE updates:The head of public relations at the Iranian Supreme Leader's office on Saturday accused the country's enemies of "mental warfare" after Israeli reports Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed, Iranian state media reported.

"The enemy is resorting to mental warfare, all should be aware," the public relations official was quoted as saying.

US attacks Iran LIVE: As Israeli media reported that Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei was killed in airstrikes, cheers were heard on the streets of Tehran, witnesses told news agency AFP.

US attacks Iran LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran killed senior officials in the Islamic republic and warned that thousands more targets would be struck in the coming days.

"This morning we eliminated senior figures in the ayatollahs' regime -- commanders in the Revolutionary Guards and senior officials in the nuclear programme -- and we will continue," Netanyahu said in a televised statement.

"In the coming days, we will strike thousands of targets of the terror regime," he added.

US attacks Iran LIVE: “We will make the Zionist criminals and the vile Americans regret it,” Iran’s senior security official Ali Larijani wrote in a post on his X account on Saturday.

“The brave soldiers and the great nation of Iran will deliver an unforgettable lesson to the hell-bound oppressors of the international order,” he added.

US attacks Iran LIVE: An Israeli official told Israeli media that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Iran this morning, though there has been no official confirmation from the Iranian side.

US attacks Iran LIVE: Following the launch of U.S. combat operations in Iran, Americans worldwide and especially in the Middle East should follow the guidance in the latest security alerts issued by the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. They may experience travel disruptions due to periodic airspace closures. The Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution," the US state department said in an advisory.