Overview
- Iranian authorities have acknowledged Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing, and a three-member interim council is set to assume his duties, according to official reports.
- Iran has launched missiles at Israel and U.S.-linked bases across the Gulf, while Washington says more than 1,000 targets in Iran have been struck since Saturday.
- At least 200 people have been reported killed in Iran with hundreds injured, the Iranian Red Crescent says, as strikes hit multiple cities and critical sites.
- Israel reports repeated air-raid alerts and fatalities from Iranian rockets, and the United States confirms three service members killed and additional wounded.
- Tanker traffic has piled up near the Strait of Hormuz as the UN Security Council meets and Tehran rules out talks with Washington, with Israel also hitting Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.