Reactions and statements from the international community
A petition has been circulated calling for legacy media journalists to be airdropped into Iran, where they would live under the current regime for a full year.
On Sunday, Bapco company in Bahrain reported that a tanker at its fuel depot caught fire due to an attack by Iran. Published reports and images indicate that nighttime airstrikes also hit Tehran and other parts of Iran.
Kuwait reported attacks on a power plant and two desalination facilities following missile and drone strikes by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region.
Gholamreza Tajgardun, head of Iran's Parliament Budget and Planning Commission, stated that Iran will seek war compensation from its enemies through methods involving the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing that compensation will be obtained through appropriate means rather than direct financial payments. He also noted the need to utilize banking and infrastructure resources post-war.
Multiple direct impacts from a cluster munition missile launched from Iran were reported in central Israel.
Matin Khademi, a young Iranian student in Turin, Italy, took his own life due to the psychological pressure from the regime's actions against the Iranian people; his funeral was held in Turin without his family's presence because of the internet blackout in Iran.
Masih Alinejad tweets at President Donald Trump, urging him to cease targeting Iran's infrastructure and ordinary citizens, instead of the Islamic regime's officials whom he refers to as "less radical leaders" but are described as having a "Stone Age mindset."
An American pilot from an F-15 fighter jet that crashed in Iran has been rescued; U.S. forces and the Islamic Republic had been searching for the pilot. Donald Trump has renewed calls for Tehran to negotiate a peace agreement.
US Air Force helicopters entered southern Iranian airspace and were spotted in Khuzestan Province, likely carrying special forces.
On April 4, 2026, a missile was launched from near Tabarsi Boulevard in Amol, Mazandaran province, Iran. The coordinates of the launch site are 36°28′42.79″N 52°21′05.85″E.
In December 2025, the US State Department expelled the Iranian deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Saadat Aghajani, due to national security concerns, and in February 2026, also asked Aghajani's children to leave the country.
The US State Department expelled at least three Iranian diplomats from New York over the past six months.
