War's death toll in Iran rises to 787, Red Crescent says
Iran's death toll from U.S.-Israeli strikes in the war now in its fourth day has climbed to 787, according to state media citing the Iranian Red Crescent.
The organization had put the number at 555 on Monday.
U.S. adds UAE to nations where non-essential personnel being evacuated
State Department evacuations of non-emergency personnel and family reached six nations Tuesday with the inclusion of the United Arab Emirates.
The other nations where that's happening are Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar.
The UAE, home to Dubai and Abu Dhabi and long considered a safe corner of the Middle East, has been dragged into the Iran war with and attacks on its territory and missile interceptions.
In addition, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has advised Americans there about what he calls "VERY LIMITED" options for leaving, mainly via bus to Egypt, using his X account, saying, "We are getting a lot of requests regarding evacuating from Israel from American citizens who are currently in Israel or who have family here."
At least 13 Iranian troops killed in strikes on southeastern air base, local media say
Airstrikes targeting an air base in southeastern Iran killed at least 13 Iranian troops, local media reported.
The semiofficial Tasnim news agency and the Hammihan daily newspaper said the strike hit the Kerman Air Base, some 500 miles southeast of Iran's capital, Tehran.
The base is known to house military helicopters.
Israel says it's hitting targets in Tehran and Beirut
Israel's military said it was "conducting simultaneous targeted strikes against military targets in Tehran and Beirut" as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran entered its fourth day Tuesday.
Journalists from French news agency AFP heard loud explosions in Iran's capital.
The Israel Defense Forces also said it had deployed troops to several locations in southern Lebanon in what it described as a "forward defense posture," adding that it was "conducting targeted strikes against Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure."
Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani told journalists in a separate briefing that "we have positioned soldiers on the border area in additional points to defend our civilians, to prevent Hezbollah from attacking them."
"This is not a ground operation. This is a tactical measure ... to ensure the safety of our people," he said.
U.S. embassy in Kuwait closed indefinitely over "regional tensions"
The U.S. embassy in Kuwait on Tuesday said it was closed until further notice, a day after smoke was seen rising from the mission following Iranian attacks on the country.
"Due to ongoing regional tensions, the US Embassy in Kuwait will be closed until further notice. We have cancelled all regular and emergency consular appointments," the embassy said in a statement on X.
State Dept. tells non-emergency U.S. government personnel and families to leave Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq
The State Department early Monday told all non-emergency U.S. government personnel and the families of government personnel to leave Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq because of ongoing safety risks.
The State Department had previously urged American citizens to "depart now via commercial means" from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Trump says wars can be fought "forever" with U.S. stockpiles
President Trump said late Monday on Truth Social, "The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better," and that the U.S. has a "virtually unlimited supply of these weapons. Wars can be fought 'forever,' and very successfully, using just these supplies."
"At the highest end, we have a good supply, but are not where we want to be. Much additional high grade weaponry is stored for us in outlying countries," Mr. Trump added.
Mr. Trump has predicted the ongoing war in Iran could last several weeks and has not ruled out the possibility of putting American boots on the ground in Iran.
U.S. has destroyed IRGC "command and control facilities," CENTCOM says
U.S. Central Command said Monday night that among the targets that have been destroyed in the strikes on Iran are "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields."
Satellite images show Iranian sites, including Khamenei compound, before and after strikes
Satellite imagery captured Sunday and Monday by Vantor shows the aftermath of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on multiple sites in Iran, including former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound.
Khamenei was killed in one of the initial strikes, along with about 40 other senior Iranian officials. Khamenei's movements had been tracked for months by the CIA, which learned about a Saturday morning meeting at a compound in Tehran that Khamenei was expected to attend, according to a person familiar with the matter. That intelligence was then passed on to Israeli counterparts, the person told CBS News.
Trump submits War Powers Resolution notice to Congress
President Trump on Monday submitted a War Powers Resolution notification to Congress regarding the Feb. 28 military strikes against the government of Iran.
"Despite my Administration's repeated efforts to achieve a diplomatic solution to Iran's malign behavior, the threat to the United States and its allies and partners became untenable," Trump wrote to Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley in the March 2 letter, obtained by CBS News.
Mr. Trump writes that "at my direction," U.S. forces conducted precision strikes against "numerous targets within Iran," including ballistic missile sites, maritime mining capabilities, air defenses and command-and-control capabilities. The strikes, he writes, were undertaken to protect U.S. forces in the region, protect the homeland, ensure the free flow of maritime commerce through the Strait of Hormuz and act in collective self-defense of U.S. allies, including Israel.
The president states that no U.S. ground forces were used and that the mission was designed to minimize civilian casualties, deter future attacks and neutralize Iran's malign activities.
He acknowledges in the letter that "it is not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration of military operations that may be necessary," adding that U.S. forces remain postured to take further action as needed.
The president wrote that he directed the action pursuant to his constitutional authority as commander in chief and is submitting the report consistent with the War Powers Resolution.
