Iran’s army said it targeted on Sunday US bases in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and in the Gulf in response to Israeli and US strikes that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in televised speech said that the decisive operation against Iran will last a month, and that cooperation with the United States has reached its peak.
The UN nuclear agency will hold an extraordinary meeting on Iran on Monday in the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic, aimed in part at Tehran’s atomic program.
Three Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, will oversee the transition in Iran following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, state television reported citing Mohammad Mokhber, one of Khamenei’s advisors.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened Iran with “force that has never been seen before” if it retaliates against US and Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
At least one person was killed and seven wounded during an “incident” at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport, officials said Sunday after Iranian strikes targeting the UAE and Gulf states.
Iranian state television on Sunday confirmed the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, without referring to a massive US and Israeli attack on his residence.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there were signs that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in an attack on his compound as part of US-Israeli strikes.
The Israeli military said it detected missiles launched from Iran on Saturday as sirens sounded across several parts of the country, after Israel earlier launched strikes on its arch-foe.
Two Israeli television networks reported that Iran’s surpeme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli attacks on Iran on Saturday. “Ali Khamenei is dead,” reported public broadcaster Kan on its X account. Channel 12, citing a source, said, “Khamenei is dead.”
