The initial US-Israeli strikes killed Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Trump urged Iranians to overthrow their government. Trump’s initial announcement of the strikes listed several grievances, from concerns about Iran’s nuclear and missile programs to its leadership. An attack from two drones on the US embassy in Riyadh caused a “limited fire,” the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense said, as the embassy urged Americans to avoid the compound. The Iran-supported militant group Hezbollah has also attacked Israel, whose retaliatory strikes killed 52 people in Lebanon. Satellite photographs showed limited activity at two Iranian nuclear sites before the war.

Source: Taipei Times March 03, 2026 16:09 UTC