US-Iran war live updates: Fresh wave of attacks hit Tehran as Iranian death toll rises to 1,230
RECAP: The internet blackout in Iran has reached its fifth day as explosions are reported in Tehran and Azerbaijan.
THE NIGHTLY: Read recap of events here.
Key events
05 Mar 2026 - 08:56 PM
IDF tells residents in Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate immediately
05 Mar 2026 - 08:30 PM
IDF says new wave of Iranian missiles targeting country
05 Mar 2026 - 08:23 PM
More Aussies on way home from Dubai
05 Mar 2026 - 07:09 PM
Lebanon death toll rises to 77, health ministry says
05 Mar 2026 - 06:25 PM
Tehran sports hall hit by Israeli strike
05 Mar 2026 - 06:20 PM
Iran has not asked Russia for military backup, Kremlin says
05 Mar 2026 - 06:15 PM
Iranian internet blackout reaches five days
05 Mar 2026 - 05:16 PM
US will ‘bitterly regret’ strike on Iranian warship, says Foreign Minister
05 Mar 2026 - 05:02 PM
Iranian drone strikes hit Azerbaijan
05 Mar 2026 - 04:55 PM
Explosions reported over Tehran
05 Mar 2026 - 04:46 PM
US Senate blocks bill to limit Donald Trump’s military power
05 Mar 2026 - 04:34 PM
Strait of Hormuz closed to ships from US, Israel, Europe, says Revolutionary Guard
05 Mar 2026 - 03:54 PM
Reports of explosions over Bahrain, Qatar
05 Mar 2026 - 03:48 PM
Hezbollah command centres hit in Beirut, Israel says
05 Mar 2026 - 03:32 PM
Pictures emerge of missile landed in Syria
05 Mar 2026 - 03:19 PM
Main airport in Israel reopened after five-day closure
05 Mar 2026 - 02:56 PM
Israel launches fresh strikes in Iran, hitting holy city overnight
05 Mar 2026 - 02:38 PM
Aussie involvement in deadly torpedo strike unknown
05 Mar 2026 - 02:30 PM
Hamas official killed in Israeli strike: Report
05 Mar 2026 - 01:17 PM
Crisis teams part of effort to help stranded Aussies
05 Mar 2026 - 12:32 PM
Doha evacuates residents near US embassy
05 Mar 2026 - 11:57 AM
Base used by US forces in Baghdad reportedly struck
05 Mar 2026 - 10:33 AM
Iran reportedly targets Kurdistan region as ground incursion reported
05 Mar 2026 - 09:53 AM
Fresh strikes in Iran’s west near Iraqi border
05 Mar 2026 - 09:40 AM
Kurdish fighters armed: Boots on the ground enter Iran
05 Mar 2026 - 09:10 AM
Albanese, Canadian PM call on Iran to cease strikes
05 Mar 2026 - 08:35 AM
‘Metrics are shifting’: Why Iran war is just getting started
05 Mar 2026 - 08:25 AM
‘Full force’: IRGC chilling update on retaliatory strikes
05 Mar 2026 - 08:01 AM
Canada’s PM urges middle powers to unite for strength
05 Mar 2026 - 07:57 AM
Fresh attacks as Iran issues grim warning
05 Mar 2026 - 07:50 AM
Three more Dubai-Australia flights scheduled
05 Mar 2026 - 07:49 AM
Wong refuses to comment on Pine Gap involvement
05 Mar 2026 - 06:38 AM
US vote fails to limit Trump’s war powers
05 Mar 2026 - 05:44 AM
Trump says US shouldn’t have been ‘pushed’ around
05 Mar 2026 - 05:30 AM
‘Obama deal was a road to Iran having a nuclear weapon’: Trump
05 Mar 2026 - 05:20 AM
Trump says the US war effort a ‘15’ out of ten
05 Mar 2026 - 05:12 AM
Donald Trump provides Iran war update at Washington roundtable
05 Mar 2026 - 04:49 AM
Department of War release images of torpedo strike on Iran warship
05 Mar 2026 - 04:30 AM
Hegseth confirms US has killed Iranian in Trump assassination plot
Department of War release images of torpedo strike on Iran warship
A US submarine has sunk an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening the US military’s pursuit of the Iranian navy.
Sri Lanka’s deputy foreign minister identified the warship as the frigate IRIS Dena and said it was heading back to Iran from an eastern Indian port.
The attack happened in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of kilometres from the Gulf where US and Israeli forces are striking Iran and it is retaliating with missile and drone attacks.
“An American submarine sank an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the Pentagon.
“Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo.”
Hegseth confirms US has killed Iranian in Trump assassination plot
The US military has killed an Iranian official who headed a unit behind an alleged assassination plot against US President Donald Trump, the Pentagon says.
The announcement of the unnamed Iranian official’s killing came during an operational update to the four-day-old war with Iran at the Pentagon.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth touted the killing, which he said took place on Tuesday, even as he stressed the Iranian official was not the initial focus of the war.
“The leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed. Iran tried to kill President Trump and President Trump got the last laugh,” Hegseth told reporters.
