Sat, 7 March 2026 at 2:04 am UTC
Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Friday night, March 6, 2026.
(© Vahid Salemi, AP)Yesterday’s key developments:
US President Donald Trump demanded “unconditional surrender” as requirement for deal with Iran.
Israel launched air strikes on Tehran, as well as on several towns in southern Lebanon.
A Pakistani business owner who attempted to hire hitmen to kill a US politician was convicted on Friday in a trial highlighting alleged Iran-backed plotting on American soil.
A spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards challenged Trump to deploy US naval vessels to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)