Azar Nafisi's 2003 bestseller about reading forbidden books under Iran's regime has become a war document as Tehran faces bombardment, mass protests, and the assassination of its supreme leader in 2026.

Three American service members have been killed and casualties are reported in the UAE, Israel and Kuwait as Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes.

Footage from Iran’s state broadcaster shows debris and shattered glass outside the hospital, with patients laid on the floor. Witnesses told Reuters the facility was hit in Israeli strikes, though CNN has not independently verified the reports.

The government provided little advice in the days before the attacks or as the bombs fell, more than a dozen Iranians said in interviews.

Iran's security chief says Tehran is unwilling to negotiate with the US as it strikes the country for a third day. The conflict is spreading, with Israel trading fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon and a British military base in Cyprus hit by a suspected drone.

Photos taken during and after the strikes showed damage to Fairmont's luxury hotel in Dubai.

Iranians were beginning their workweek as U.S. and Israeli strikes sent people fleeing parts of the capital and parents racing to collect children from schools.

The UAE has shut its Tehran embassy and recalled its ambassador after Iran’s retaliatory Gulf strikes killed four people and wounded dozens