Places in this day's records
4 places · 3 events not on the map
Tebnin · Tehran · Fujairah · Tyre District
16 May 2026
9 events recorded (0 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
16 May 2026 in brief
Tehran's municipal government said US and Israeli strikes during the war killed more than 1,260 people in the capital and damaged about 51,000 homes; the figures have not been independently verified. [1][2] Lebanon's state news agency said an Israeli strike on Tayr Falsayh killed at least three people, including a paramedic, and the health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 2,969 killed and 9,112 wounded; the Israeli military said an officer was killed in southern Lebanon. [1][2] WHO recorded attacks affecting health facilities in Tyr and Tebnin. [1][2] Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran to facilitate US-Iran talks, and Foreign Minister Araghchi said a deadlock remained over enriched nuclear material. [1] First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said Iran would no longer allow enemy military equipment through Hormuz, and the UAE said it would speed up an Abu Dhabi to Fujairah oil pipeline that bypasses the strait. [2]
New count
at least
2,969
killed, Lebanon
Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon · by its own count
as of 16 May · 1 other count this day
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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had received US messages indicating openness to new negotiations to end the war, but that a deadlock remained over enriched nuclear material. He said Iran welcomed help from any country, "particularly China".
Government of Iran
16 May · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
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Government of Iran: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had received US messages indicating openness to new negotiations to end the war, but that a deadlock remained over enriched nuclear material. He said Iran welcomed help from any country, "particularly China".
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Government of Iran: First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said Iran would no longer allow "enemy" military equipment through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran said it would soon publish a traffic management plan including fees, which legislator Ebrahim Azizi said would be charged for "specialised services".