Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian confli
A grenade launcher with Iranian Army branding displayed by Israel as "found in Lebanon during the 2006 Lebanon War"
Protest in Tehran against Israeli strikes on Iran, 20 June 2025
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi meeting with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on 8 May 2022
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with Ali Khamenei on the left and Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani on the right
Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
…2025, they fought a 12-day war, involving the United States. In 2026, Israel and the United States again engaged in another conflict against Iran in the 2026 Iran war, which caused series of spillovers in Iranian strikes on Arab countries and the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis. Motivated by the periphery doctrine…
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu successfully lobbied the Trump administration for military intervention. (Pictured in July 2025)
27 February: US aircraft sit on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln
3 March: Enghelab Square, Tehran
Six dead US soldiers from the 2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack are transferred to the US on 7 March 2026.