US–Iran War Widens on Day 3: What to Know

‘We’ll go as far as we need to go to advance American interests,' U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stated.
US–Iran War Widens on Day 3: What to Know
Smoke rises following reported explosions in Tehran on March 1, 2026. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
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The joint attack by the United States and Israel against Iran has continued and widened on Monday, the third day of the conflict, with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth not ruling out “boots on the ground” in Iran.

While hundreds of targets in Iran were hit successfully by U.S. and Israeli forces, three F-15E Strike Eagle fighter planes were shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses in a friendly fire incident late on Sunday night.
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