Overview
- Iranian state television and IRNA confirmed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death and declared 40 days of mourning with seven public holidays, naming cleric Alireza Arafi to a three‑member interim council alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei.
- The Pentagon labeled the campaign Operation Epic Fury and President Donald Trump said the “heavy and pinpoint” bombing would continue as necessary, while Israel reported fresh strikes on Iranian ballistic missile and air‑defense sites.
- Iran launched widespread missile and drone retaliation targeting Israel and U.S. positions and striking Gulf facilities, with sirens across Israel, a woman reported dead near Tel Aviv, two fatalities in Abu Dhabi, and airport damage and closures in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait that triggered major flight cancellations.
- Inside Iran, the Red Crescent reported at least 201 people killed and more than 700 wounded, and judicial authorities said a strike on a southern school killed 108 people, figures that independent outlets could not immediately verify.
- State outlets and Israeli military statements reported multiple senior Iranian officials killed, including Revolutionary Guard commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour and security adviser Ali Shamkhani, as Iran’s forces threatened their “most‑intense” offensive and global bodies such as the UN and IAEA called emergency sessions.