World awaits Iran's choice for supreme leader
Iranian officials deliberated Tuesday about a new supreme leader, signaling that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son might be the frontrunner. CBS News national security contributor Samantha Vinograd has more.
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Iranian officials deliberated Tuesday about a new supreme leader, signaling that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son might be the frontrunner. CBS News national security contributor Samantha Vinograd has more.
The State Department said it was facilitating charter flights from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE for Americans.
Israel has closed its border crossings into Gaza as the Middle East grapples with war in Iran. David M. Halbfinger, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, joins CBS News with more.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth touted the U.S. military's tactics against Iran and gave updates on recent strikes. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has the latest.
Persian Gulf nations like Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia are warning that Iran's ongoing retaliatory strikes protesting the U.S.-Israeli military operation could draw them into the conflict. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine urged Americans trying to evacuate from the Middle East to register with the State Department. CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman has the latest from Tel Aviv.
Many of the agents who were fired last week by FBI Director Kash Patel were assigned to a squad that worked on global counterintelligence cases, including those involving Iran, sources said.
Iran's threats to set ships ablaze have caused traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slow to a crawl after two of the world's largest shipping companies said they're suspending travel through the waterway. Here's why the strait is important.
As the U.S. and Israel continue to hit targets inside Iran and Iran retaliates, the Trump administration has ordered U.S. nationals to leave 14 countries. But some Americans have expressed frustration with the government as they try to evacuate. Matt Gutman reports.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine held a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday. Caine said that the U.S. has hit more than 2,000 targets in Iran since the strikes started. Vladimir Duthiers anchored this CBS News Special Report.
U.S. nationals have been urged to leave the Middle East as strikes continue across the region amid the Iran war. Some Americans in the region are struggling to find a way home and blaming the U.S. government for a lack of assistance. Charlie D'Agata reports.
U.S. nationals have been urged to leave the Middle East as strikes continue across the region amid the Iran war. Some Americans in the region are struggling to find a way home and blaming the U.S. government for a lack of assistance. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.
The U.S. and Israel have launched ferocious new attacks on Iran, with President Trump saying "just about everything's been knocked." Yet, Iran is still hitting back. Tony Dokoupil has the latest.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that a drone hit a U.S. consulate in Dubai, but that no one was hurt. Semafor Gulf editor Mohammed Sergie joins CBS News to discuss.
The Senate is expected to vote on a series of Democrat-backed war powers resolutions aimed at stopping the conflict with Iran and preventing future wars without a greenlight from Congress. Nancy Cordes has details on Democrats' reactions.
President Trump said his objectives in Iran are to dismantle its military capabilities, destroy its naval assets, prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon and cut off funding to Iran's proxies. But Zineb Riboua, author of The Free Press article "The Iran Strike is All About China," argues otherwise. Paramount Skydance owns The Free Press and CBS News.
A suspected Iranian drone struck the grounds of a U.S. consulate in Dubai, setting it ablaze. There were no reports of casualties, but as Imtiaz Tyab reports, it's part of a punishing campaign by Tehran that has seen the United Arab Emirates targeted more than any other nation in the Gulf.
The U.S. State Department is urging the roughly 1 million American citizens in 14 countries in the Middle East to leave immediately and saying help is on the way. But with most planes grounded, many are finding escape nearly impossible. Matt Gutman reports.
The Pentagon has released the names of the first U.S. service members killed in the ongoing war with Iran. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has more.
As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue, new CBS News polling shows that most Americans disapprove. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto has the numbers.
President Trump on Tuesday defended his decision to launch strikes on Iran as the conflict in the region widened. CBS News' Matt Gutman, Aaron Navarro and Kelly O'Grady have the latest on the war.
The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.
Oil prices continue to climb and U.S. stock markets remain uneasy amid the war with Iran. CBS News' Kelly O'Grady has the details.
New CBS News polling captures how Americans feel about the war with Iran. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto breaks down the findings.