Iran has warned that it will consider a U.S. naval blockade and attacks on Iranian shipping as a ceasefire breach, threatening to halt trade across the Gulf, Sea of Oman, and Red Sea with a forceful response.
Israel conducted an attack in Hamadan on the eighth day of the 40-day war, targeting a senior cyber operative of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was involved in hacking and cyber infiltration activities. The initial reports by the Basij and IRGC had described the targeted house as belonging to ordinary civilians.
On the evening of March 4, 2026, a missile strike hit a building in the Zibashahr Travelers' Residence in Shiraz, Iran, destroying it and killing 9 civilians, including staff from the adjacent 115 Emergency Base. The targeted building was reportedly being used by IRGC forces, including its Aerospace Force.
Shiite scholar Usama Abdulghani in Dearborn called on Muslims to dream of engaging in jihad and raise their children with that ideal. The crowd then recited the Fatiha prayer for Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei and Hezbollah leader Nasrallah.
Kamran Ghazanfari, a member of the Iranian parliament, wrote on Eita that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's expressed interest in meeting with Mojtaba Khamenei is part of a U.S. and Israeli program aimed at setting the stage for Sharif's "martyrdom," with "America's domestic pawns" acting as intermediaries.
