RT News - March 15 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Iran launches retaliatory strikes on Israel and US military bases in the Middle East, with fires burning in Tel Aviv amid Tehran's 52nd wave of strikes 16 days into the widening conflict. That's as the US and Israeli attack sites across Iran, with residential areas taking direct hits, with the death toll rising as 15 people are reportedly killed near Isfahan. Iran calls all of Ukraine a legitimate target as Kiev offers so-called military help to the US and Gulf States, while Vladimir Zelensky meets with the exiled descendant of the last Iranian shah, and calls for the overthrow of the government in Tehran. As the war plunges the region into what looks like the opening forays of Armageddon, ahead in the programme we take a look at how Christianity, Judaism and Islam are driving both sides in the war.