CryptoWorld reports that on March 2nd, the situation in the Middle East continued to escalate. In terms of casualties, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei and former President Ahmadinejad were targeted and killed in an attack, while the Iranian presidential office stated that Pezeshkian was safe. Trump announced that 48 members of the Iranian leadership were killed and claimed that 3 U.S. soldiers had died; Iran reported that the attack caused 560 casualties among U.S. forces. The U.S. claimed to have destroyed the headquarters of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, struck over 1,000 targets, and used B-2 bombers to attack missile facilities. Iran stated that it had launched multiple rounds of strikes against U.S. and Israeli targets and appointed Ahmad Vahidi as the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Israel claimed to have eliminated several senior Iranian leaders and increased its offensive efforts. The United Kingdom, France, and Germany issued a joint statement regarding arrangements for defensive actions. Multiple countries' shipping and financial markets have been affected.