The Middle East remains on edge as the conflict triggered by the February 28 US–Israeli strikes on #Iran enters its 17th day.The attacks, which targeted multiple Iranian sites and killed senior Iranian officials, sparked a major regional escalati...
...on and a wave of retaliatory missile and #drone operations by Iran against Israeli and American positions across the Middle East.Follow Sputnik's live updates for more!Table of contentsNew firstOld first07:38 GMT 16.03.2026Iran Doesn't Have High Hopes for International Probe Into School Strike - AmbassadorTehran is in contact with international institutions regarding the prospects of a legal investigation into the school strike in the south of the country, but doesn't have high hopes for a...
... fair trial, Iranian Ambassador to #Moscow Kazem Jalali said in an interview with Sputnik. "Regarding the lawsuit, our foreign minister is in correspondence with international institutions. However, we don't have high hopes for them, since there is no international community left. International norms don't exist," the diplomat said.07:38 GMT 16.03.2026Israeli Army Announces New Wave of Strikes on Infrastructure in TehranThe #Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the beginning of another wa...
...ve of strikes on infrastructure in Tehran. "The IDF has begun a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting Iranian terror regime infrastructure in Tehran," the army said in a statement.07:36 GMT 16.03.2026