This picture, taken a position in northern Israel, shows an Israeli Air Force fighter jet flying over the border area with southern Lebanon on March 13, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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An Iranian flag is planted in the rubble of a police station, damaged in airstrikes yesterday, on March 3, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Black smoke rises following an airstrike as Iranians take part in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally in Tehran on March 13, 2026 Mohammad Mahdi Dehghani/Fars News Agency / AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese village of Abbasiyyeh, Friday. Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people in Gaza City on March 12, 2026. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty hide caption
Mojtaba Khamenei (center), the son of the killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019. Rouzbeh Fouladi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Iran's flag is displayed on a screen during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C., on December 5, 2025. Iran's sports minister says the team now won't play in this summer's tournament because of the U.S. attacks on Iran. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Iran's soccer team cannot participate in the FIFA World Cup, Iranian minister says
This picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026. Ali Najafii/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pentagon probe points to U.S. missile hitting Iranian school
An Israeli tank maneuvers in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Friday, March 6, 2026 Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
March 7: People inspect the damage where Israel's military carried out an airborne operation that dropped troops overnight, in the town of Nabi Chit, Lebanon. Mohammad Yassine/Reuters hide caption
Mourners carry the casket of a person killed in recent U.S.-Israeli airstrikes for burial at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery on the southern outskirts of Tehran, Iran, on Monday. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, sparking swift retaliation by Iran with attacks across the region. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Plumes of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil facility late Saturday linger and merge with the cloudy sky over Tehran, Iran, Sunday. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption
Cyber Warfare tactics increasingly used in Iran conflict
Iran players react during their national anthem ahead of the Women's Asian Cup soccer match between Iran and the Philippines in Robina, Australia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. Dave Hunt/AP hide caption
President Trump announces combat operations in Iran in 2026 (left); President G.W. Bush announces the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 (right) @realDonaldTrump via Truth Social/Screenshot by NPR, Photo by Getty Images hide caption
A supporter poses with a picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in central Tehran on Monday. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, on Monday. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
Screenshots of a cruise missile hitting a compound where an Iranian girls school was struck killing around 175. Screenshots by Geoff Brumfiel for NPR/ Mehr News on X hide caption
Video appears to show U.S. cruise missile striking Iranian school compound
A man makes his way through debris at the site of overnight Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 6, 2026. AFP/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Spread of Iran war to Lebanon a glimpse of far-reaching impact
Mojtaba Khamenei (center), pictured here in 2019, is the son of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was selected as the country's next supreme leader. Rouzbeh Fouladi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty hide caption
Iranians attend Friday prayers in the courtyard of the Imam Khomeini Grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 6, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption
In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on March 5, 2026, mourners in the city of Qom attend the funeral of those killed in the US-Israeli war with Iran. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, killing Iran's supreme leader and top military leaders, prompting authorities to retaliate with strikes on Israel and across the Gulf. Mehdi ALAVI/ISNA / AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How is the Iran war reshaping the world and politics here at home?
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 6, 2026 Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
A fireball ascends from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs as Israel attacked Lebanon Friday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption