Iran Strikes Back as Mideast Conflict Widens

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🗓️ 2 March 2026

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A.M. Edition for Mar. 2. Iran is broadening the scope of its response to U.S. and Israeli strikes by targeting airports and other civilian sites in neighboring Gulf states. WSJ Middle East editor Andrew Dowell discusses the effect those attacks could have in deepening the Gulf’s resolve to fight back. Plus, WSJ correspondent Sune Rasmussen explains how Iran’s leadership is reacting to the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. And Dow Jones commodities reporter Giulia Petroni breaks down how fighting is sending oil prices surging and upending global supply chains. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Iran strikes back following the killing of its supreme leader. We'll get the latest as conflict spreads across the Middle East.
0:40.8	Combat operations continue at this time in full force, and they will continue until all of our objectives are achieved.
0:49.2	Plus, we'll take a look at the economic impact as fighting since oil prices surging and upends global supply chains.
0:55.9	It's Monday, March 2nd. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition
1:00.6	of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:07.7	48 hours after launching major combat operations against Iran, the U.S. and Israel are keeping up the fight.
1:14.8	We report that they have collectively struck more than 2,000 targets inside Iran.
1:19.8	And speaking last night, President Trump pledged to push on, saying the U.S. would avenge the death of three American troops killed over the weekend.
1:27.3	We agree for the true American patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation,
1:35.3	even as we continue the righteous mission for which they gave their lives.
1:40.3	Meanwhile, the U.S. is far from alone in coming under fire as Israel, a number of
1:45.9	Gulf states, and even the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, home to a British military base,
1:50.9	find themselves on the receiving end of Iranian counterattacks. Here to make sense of what's going
1:56.0	on is Wall Street Journal Middle East editor Andrew Dowell. Drew, 2,000 targets struck within Iran. Do we know what
2:03.3	those are? Can we start to sort through what has actually been achieved here? How are we measuring
2:08.5	progress in this campaign? It's difficult from the outside to measure that progress just because
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