Iran war: What is happening on day 17 of US-Israel attacks?

EXPLAINERDubai contained a fire near its airport and temporarily suspended flights, while Trump claimed Iran wants to negotiate.Published On 16 Mar 2026Israel launched a new wave of attacks on Tehran as the US-Israel war on Iran entered its 17th day on Monday.Escalations continue in the Gulf region, where authorities suspended flights at Dubai international airport after a drone incident sparked a fire nearby. Dubai-based Emirates announced later that it was resuming limited flights, with several planned routes cancelled for the day.Saudi Arabia also reported intercepting drones. Attacks also continued in Iraq and Lebanon.Meanwhile, in a social media post, United States President Donald Trump, without providing evidence, accused Iran of being a “master of media manipulation” by using artificial intelligence (AI) to spread disinformation about its war gains.Here is what we know about what happened in the past 24 hours:In Iran Israel announced that it launched a new wave of strikes in Tehran. After this, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported that Iran was responding to “hostile targets in the skies” over Tehran. The Iranian Red Crescent Society said the latest Israeli raids damaged one of its clinics and an aid relief post. During an interview with CBS News on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed Trump’s claim that Tehran wants truce talks. “No, we never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation. We are ready to defend ourselves as long as it takes,” he said. The spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier-General Ali Mohammad Naini, told a local broadcaster that most of the IRGC’s weapons cache remains intact. He said the missiles used in the ongoing war are from a “decade ago” and that Iran has not yet fired the missiles produced since the 12-day war with Israel. Iranian authorities arrested 18 people accused of working for Iran-international" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="7729" data-entity-type="organization">Iran International, the satellite news channel Tehran has accused of having ties to Israel, according to state-funded broadcaster Press TV. As of Sunday, 1,444 people were killed in Iran, while 18,551 have been injured.