Day 3 of US-Israel Strikes: Iran Death Toll Climbs to 555

US President Donald Trump claimed Tehran leaders were keen to talk – something Iran said was not really true.

The Wire Staff

US President Donald Trump claimed Tehran leaders were keen to talk – something Iran said was not really true.

day 3 of us israel strikes iran death toll climbs to 555

A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. Photo: AP/PTI

On Monday, March 2, day three of the joint United States-Israel strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump claimed Tehran leaders were keen to talk – something Iran said was not really true.

Israel said it would step up the attacks against Iran in coming days, while Trump said the ongoing bombardment would likely continue four more weeks – a month.

Forty members of Iran’s top leadership, including its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were killed in the strikes that began Saturday, February 28. Iranian official news services IRNA reported the transitional government being put in place.

Over 200 people have died in Iran, news agency have noted. Among the US-Israel strikes, the most jarring is one on a girls’ primary school – bombed on the first evening. The number of dead at the school is said to have crossed 108.

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