Iran war brings new attacks on commercial ships, Dubai airport, as Tehran warns banks are next

By Tucker Reals, Haley Ott

What to know as the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran continues

• Suspected Iranian drones hit at least three ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz overnight, continuing attacks that have paralyzed traffic through the vital shipping lane despite a stern warning from President Trump. 

• U.S. officials have told CBS News that Iran may be preparing to deploy naval mines in the Strait, and the Pentagon said the U.S. had destroyed 16 mine-laying boats near the strategic waterway.

• Drones hit Dubai's airport overnight, wounding four people, the government said, adding that the major aviation hub was still operating. The UAE said it was intercepting Iranian drones and missiles, too, as Iran warned it would start targeting U.S.-linked banks across the Mideast.

• Approximately 140 U.S. service members were wounded in the first 10 days of the war with Iran, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the U.S. and Israel were "winning" the war and rapidly meeting their objectives.

New Updates

 16m ago

Iranian IRGC claims strike on Thailand-flagged cargo ship damaged in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for an attack earlier Wednesday on the Thailand-flagged bulk carrier Mayuree Naree off the coast of Oman, saying the vessel had ignored IRGC warnings and tried to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, run by the British military, said earlier that the vessel was hit by a projectile about 10 nautical miles off Oman's coast in the strait. 

In a subsequent update, UKMTO said a fire on the vessel was out, there was no environmental impact, and a skeleton crew remained aboard the ship.

The IRGC's claim, relayed by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, also said a container ship called the Express Rome, sailing under the flag of Liberia, was hit. That ship appeared to be anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, in the Persian Gulf, but there were no other reports of it being attacked. 

By Tucker Reals, Joanne Stocker

 31m ago

Spain pulls ambassador from Israel as top diplomat calls in Europe to "defend the international order"

Spain has withdrawn its Ambassador to Israel, the Spanish government's official news portal announced Tuesday, without any further explanation.  

"At the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, and after deliberation by the Council of Ministers at its meeting of 10 March 2026, I hereby order the dismissal of Ms. Ana María Sálomon Pérez as Ambassador of Spain to the State of Israel, thanking her for the services rendered," the bulletin said.

The Reuters news agency, citing sources in Spain, said the ambassador would not be replaced, and the country would be represented in Israel by a lower-ranking charges d'affaires.

Spain's government has been among the most vocal European critics of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran launched on Feb. 28. It denied the U.S. military use of bases in southern Spain for American operations against Iran, and speaking Tuesday, Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said it was up to Europe to "defend the international order, because the alternative to the international order, is chaos, no order."

By Tucker Reals

 46m ago

Trump told FIFA that Iran is welcome to play in World Cup in U.S., officials say

President Trump told FIFA representatives Tuesday that Iran is welcome to play in the World Cup tournament in the United States, officials told CBS News. 

The war, now in its 12th day, came up in the conversation with the soccer association's president, Gianni Infantino, and White House FIFA task force executive director Andrew Giuliani in the Oval Office on Tuesday evening, according to sources familiar with the conversation.

Infantino later posted on social media: "We all need an event like the FIFA World Cup to bring people together now more than ever."

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By Jennifer Jacobs

 8:20 AM

U.K. bans pro-Palestinian protest citing ties to Iranian regime

London's Metropolitan Police banned an upcoming pro-Palestine protest, which it said was "uniquely contentious having originated in Iran and in London is organized by the Islamic Human Rights Commission, an organization supportive of the Iranian regime."

It said it was the first time the police had used its powers to ban protests since 2012.

"The Met has safely policed hundreds of protests from across the political spectrum including 32 major pro-Palestinian protests and many more both pro and anti the Iranian regime. Where those protests present risks, they can normally be managed," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. "But in our assessment this march raises unique risks and challenges. We must consider the likely high numbers of protestors and counter protestors coming together and the extreme tensions between different factions. We have taken into consideration the likely impact on protests of the volatile situation in the Middle East, with the Iranian regime attacking British allies and military bases overseas."

The Met also said it had considered threats from the Iranian regime on U.K. soil.

"Previous Al Quds marches have resulted in arrests for supporting terrorist organisations and antisemitic hate crimes. However, the decision to ban it this year is purely based on a risk assessment of this specific protest and counter-protests – we do not police taste or decency or prefer one political view over another, but we will do everything we can to reduce violence and disorder."

By Haley Ott

 7:59 AM

Iran state TV says "massive turnout" for funeral in Tehran for "fallen heroes"

Iran's state-run media said a funeral was underway in central Tehran Wednesday for high-ranking military commanders and civilians killed in the war with the U.S. and Israel.

"The procession started at Enghelab Square, with a massive turnout of Tehran residents paying tribute to the fallen heroes," state TV said.

It was the second funeral for multiple people, including senior military officers, held in Iran in as many days. 

CBS News' producer in Tehran was invited to attend a burial ceremony on Tuesday just south of the Iranian capital. 

The Iranian government has not allowed media outlets to publicize anti-regime voices from inside Iran, and no one against the war or the regime would speak to CBS News on camera at the Tuesday burial ceremony, even with the promise of anonymity.

By Tucker Reals, Haley Ott

 7:30 AM

Bodies of Iranian soldiers killed in U.S. submarine attack to be returned to Iran

A Sri Lankan court has ordered the bodies of 84 Iranian soldiers killed in a U.S. submarine attack off the country's southern coast to be returned to Iran, the AP and Reuters news agencies reported Wednesday.

The Iranian warship IRIS Dena was returning from a naval exercise organized by India last Wednesday when it was hit by a torpedo fired by a U.S. submarine.

The bodies of those killed were being held in the morgue of the Galle National Hospital. 

Sri Lanka has issued visas for 208 crew members of a second Iranian vessel that experienced engine problems in the same area as the IRIS Dena, Reuters reported.

32 people survived the attack on the IRIS Dena, according to the news agency.

By Haley Ott

 7:11 AM

Italy's leader, a Trump ally, suggests U.S. and Israel have broken international law with Iran war

Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni suggested the U.S. and Israel had broken international law with the ongoing war against Iran, according to Italy's national news agency ANSA.

"It is in this situation of crisis of the international system in which threats are becoming increasingly terrifying and unilateral interventions conducted outside the perimeter of international law are multiplying that we must also place the American and Israeli intervention against the Iranian regime," Meloni told Italy's senate on Wednesday, ANSA reported.

"We do not have a government here that is complicit in other people's decisions, much less one that is isolated in Europe, or culpable for the economic consequences the crisis may have on citizens and businesses," Meloni said.

Meloni added her "firm condemnation of the massacre of girls at the school in Minab, southern Iran," according to the French news agency AFP, referring to a strike on the first day of the war that Iran has blamed on the U.S. or Israel, and which it said killed at least 168 children.

The Italian leader called for "responsibility for this tragedy" to be "swiftly ascertained."

Israel has denied any connection to the strike on the school, while President Trump has blamed Tehran for the attack, but also said Washington is investigating. 

The preliminary U.S. assessment suggests the United States was "likely" responsible for the deadly attack but did not intentionally target the school, with dated intelligence possibly to blame, a person briefed on the preliminary intelligence told CBS News on Monday.

By Haley Ott