Dubai: Iran vowed revenge on Sunday after the killing of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, confirmed by verbalize officials and US President Donald Trump, traded strikes with Israel as half of a widening battle introduced on by a shock US and Israeli bombardment, and rained missiles on diverse Gulf international locations. The US defense drive acknowledged three carrier participants were killed, the predominant known American informal ties from the battle. In Israel, 9 of us died in town of Beit Shemesh in an Iranian missile strike. Other Gulf international locations began counting their unimaginative from Iranian retaliatory strikes while Israel pledged “non stop” strikes against Iran. Iranian authorities acknowledged higher than 200 of us had been killed since the delivery of the strikes, together with six senior officials rather than Ayatollah Khamenei. Iran formed a brand contemporary governing council comprising senior cleric Ayatollah Aoreza Arafi, Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian and Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehei, head of the judiciary. A senior US authentic acknowledged that “contemporary ability leadership” in Iran has suggested they are open for talks with the US. Tehran attacked the UAE but said it is attacking US bases located in those countries.
An Oman port and an oil tanker off its coast were attacked Sunday, official media said, marking the first strikes on the sultanate — which mediated US-Iran talks — since Tehran launched a retaliation campaign.
Iran’s continued Gulf bombardment has raised fears of a wider conflict and rattled a region long seen as a haven of peace and security in the turbulent Middle East.
“A security provide reported that the commercial port of Duqm became as soon as centered by two drones,” the Oman News Agency said in a social media post.
“One drone struck a mobile workers’ lodging, injuring one foreign worker, while debris from the diverse landed shut to gasoline tanks, causing no casualties or arena materials injury,” it added.
Shortly after, Oman said an oil tanker was targeted off the coast. Its crew was evacuated and four of them were injured, the news agency reported.
What to know so far:
– How we got here: The joint U.S.-Israel attack on Iran, which officials say was planned for months, followed unsuccessful negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program and warnings from Trump. Iran responded by launching missiles and drones toward Israel and targeting U.S. military installations in the region.
– Arafi to lead temporarily: Alireza Arafi was appointed on Sunday as the jurist member of Iran’s Leadership Council, a body tasked with fulfilling the supreme leader’s role until the Assembly of Experts elects a new leader, Reuters report said citing ISNA news agency.
– Violence in Pakistan: At least six people have been killed in Karachi after protesters stormed the US Consulate in response to the killing of Khamenei. Local authorities report the situation is currently under “control” but remains volatile.
– Regional retaliation: Iran has launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes. Explosions have been reported for a second consecutive day in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha.
– Humanitarian toll: The Iranian Red Crescent reports over 201 fatalities nationwide, including a strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran with at least 85 feared dead.
– Airport Disruptions in Gulf: Major flight cancellations reported at Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai airports due to ongoing drone activity and interceptions by Saudi and Jordanian defences.
– Iran’s chief of army staff and defense minister killed in airstrike: Iran’s chief of army staff and defense minister were killed in an airstrike targeting a meeting of the country’s defense council, Iranian state television reported Sunday.
