Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the United States could gain major economic benefits if the Iranian government is overthrown during the ongoing conflict.

U.S. President Donald Trump has denied that American forces were responsible for a strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab that killed 175 people, most of them children, suggesting instead that the explosion was caused by an errant Iranian missile.

Iran has claimed it forced a United States aircraft carrier strike group to withdraw from waters near the Strait of Hormuz following drone attacks, while Washington insists its naval forces remain actively engaged in operations against Tehran.

The Iranian Embassy in Sri Lanka has announced that a condolence book has been placed at the official residence of the Iranian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, located at 222 Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7, following the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for a strike targeting the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this morning.

Donald Trump said Sunday that he has agreed to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran’s new leadership, according to a report by The Atlantic.

Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Iran has “every right” to defend itself and will continue responding to what he described as ongoing U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, in an interview with ABC News on Sunday(01).

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the situation in Iran on Saturday local time, during which China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Fu Cong stated that the US and Israel had brazenly launched military strikes against targets inside Iran, causing a sudden escalation of regional tensions. China expressed deep concern over this.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement regarding the ongoing strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran, as well as Iran’s retaliatory actions and the broader consequences for the Middle East and the international community.