Places in this day's records
4 places · 0 events not on the map
Prince Sultan Air Base · Strait of Hormuz · Tehran · Washington
23 March 2026
4 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 3 statements counted apart.
23 March 2026 in brief
HRANA recorded at least 36 civilians killed and 138 injured in Iran as Israel and the US carried out extensive strikes, and Iran's health ministry put the overall toll at 1,500. [1][2] Lebanon's social affairs ministry put the number displaced in Lebanon at 1,160,000. [1] The IRGC said it attacked Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia and the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. [1] Windward tracked five vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, against a pre-war average of 120 a day. [1] Trump postponed strikes on Iranian power plants for five days, citing productive talks, while parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no negotiations had been held. [1]
New count
at least
1,500
killed, Iran
Ministry of Health of Iran · by its own count
as of 23 Mar · 3 other counts this day
Said
President Trump said the US and Iran had very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of hostilities, that Witkoff and Kushner had held talks, and that Iran must give up its enriched uranium stockpile for a deal.
Government of the United States
23 Mar · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
Open
Market
$103.79
Brent crude, per barrel
+46% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
23 Mar · US Energy Information Administration
Confirmed
Reported
Reported
Reported
Said: 3 statements, not counted as events
Said
Government of the United States: President Trump said the US and Iran had very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of hostilities, that Witkoff and Kushner had held talks, and that Iran must give up its enriched uranium stockpile for a deal.
Said
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: The IRGC said it would target power plants supplying US bases if the US struck Iranian power plants.
Said
Government of Iran: Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no negotiations had been held with the US and called the reports fake news aimed at manipulating oil markets.