Smoke rises over buildings following explosions in the central region of the city in Tehran, Iran, on March 6, 2026. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
The joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign against Iran entered its second week on March 7, with U.S. President Donald Trump weighing strikes on a wider range of targets across the Persian state.
Thus far, Iranian leaders have rejected calls for surrender, even after U.S. and Israeli forces killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and numerous other senior Iranian military and intelligence officials, and continued to strike thousands more targets across the country.
