German Chancellor Merz on Spain:

We are trying to convince Spain with the defense spending requirements.

Footage showing Azadi Square in Tehran following Israeli strikes earlier today.

Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir:

We will not stop until Hezbollah is disarmed.

The Pentagon confirmed B-52 bombers took part in Operation Epic Fury against Iran in the past 24 hours.

The U.S. military used Anthropic’s Claude AI during recent strikes on Iran and continues to rely on it, even as federal agencies have been ordered to phase out the technology following a dispute over usage limits.

Source: CBS News

Polish PM Tusk:

Poland does not want to be passive when it comes to nuclear security in the military context.

We will seek to prepare Poland in the future for as much autonomy as possible in this area.

Polish PM Tusk:

I want to tell you clearly: there is absolutely no problem when it comes to fuel reserves in Poland.

Although we are all deeply concerned about what is happening in the region following the attack on Iran, the war has no direct impact on oil and fuel deliveries to Poland.

🛰️🚀 Satellite images show a continued pattern of strikes targeting IRGC ballistic missile launchers, while most buildings and tunnel entrances remain intact.

— Imam Ali: Likely strikes near tunnel areas (low-res image).

— South Isfahan: Road crater suggests a strike on a moving launcher; burn marks at a launcher site.

— North Isfahan (Mar 1–2): One launcher destroyed and a missile inspection building damaged; second burn mark seen the next day. No confirmed hits on tunnel entrances.

— Garmdareh (near Tehran): Burn marks from damaged/destroyed vehicles; tunnels likely untouched.

— Khorgu: Two suspected missile inspection buildings and other admin/technical structures destroyed; no visible damage to tunnels or silo-like structures.

— South Shiraz: Four launchers destroyed; visible fuel burn trace.

— West Shiraz: Missile inspection building destroyed; no other visible damage.

— Panj Pelleh (Kermanshah): Four launchers hit around Feb 28–Mar 1.

— Hajiabad: Three launchers destroyed near tunnel entrances.

IDF:

The Israel Defense Forces warn that they will not tolerate any presence of representatives of the terrorist Iranian regime in Lebanon and are giving those currently in Lebanon an opportunity to leave within the next 24 hours.

After that, there will be no safe place for representatives of the Iranian regime in Lebanon, and the Israel Defense Forces will strike them wherever they are found.

The Spanish Government responds:

The U.S. must comply with international law and bilateral EU–U.S. trade agreements.

The body of Khamenei will be laid to rest in Mashhad.

NEW: Iran’s Assembly of Experts is holding final voting to choose a new Supreme Leader.

Although the Assembly’s building in Qom was reportedly hit, no session was held there.

Voting is being conducted remotely for security reasons.

Sources say the final stages are underway and a new leader could be announced very soon.

Source: Fars

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

We now see that Iran is following a strategy that signals: if it faces a final attack against itself, it will take the region down with it.

In other words, if I go down, I will take the region with me.

This strategy particularly targets other countries in the region, especially their energy infrastructure.

Iran is well aware that the energy infrastructure in key regional states is critical for the stability of the global economy.

BIG: The Trump administration is considering using U.S. military forces to protect oil and gas tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran threatened ships in the area.

Officials are discussing naval escorts for tankers and possibly having the U.S. government back maritime insurance, as insurers are raising rates or canceling coverage.

Source: POLITICO

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

The idea that Iran, without making any distinction, would bomb mediator Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan— essentially all of them, in my view, is an unbelievably wrong strategy.

It would already significantly increase the very serious risk in the region.

On the other hand, from Iran’s own perspective, it would also be a serious miscalculation.

From our friends’ point of view and in line with our own strategic assessment, this would be a mistake for Iran.

In other words, while Iran is engaged in war and under attack, the countries that have not allowed their bases or airspace to be used by the attacking parties — that have not permitted aircraft to take off from their territory and have not supported the Americans or Israelis, instead maintaining a form of neutrality — should not be targeted.