Thick black smoke billowed into the sky, making day seem more like night.

Bank Sepah is a state-run institution, largely responsible for paying the salaries of Iran's military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The data center of Iran's state-run Bank Sepah was hit

A poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader is placed on an anti-riot police car as policemen stand on top of the car, during a rally to support him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The skies of Iran turned orange as Iranians experienced some of the heaviest bombardment since the war began. It comes after President Trump warned Iran would be hit “hard” and Iran’s president rejected Trump’s demand for the regime’s unconditional surrender.

March 11 (Reuters) - Switzerland is temporarily closing its embassy in Tehran due to the war in the Middle East and increasing security risks, the foreign office said on Wednesday. The ambassador and five Swiss staff members left Iran by land and are safely outside the country,

Black smoke from a burning oil depot engulfs the Tehran skyline. Credit: Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty. Thick, toxic smoke and black, acid rain have blanketed Iran’s capital,

Though some Iranians mourned the death of their supreme leader, others rejoiced. Their celebrations were furtive and short-lived to avoid riot police or other authorities.

Public fury at Washington is notably scarce across the Gulf states, even as they absorb some of the heaviest shocks of a regional war they had urged the United States to avoid.