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The U.S. and Israel launched a large onslaught connected Iran connected Saturday, and U.S. President Donald Trump called connected the Iranian nationalist to “seize power of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic enactment that has ruled the federation since 1979.
Israeli officials told The Associated Press aboriginal that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. There was nary contiguous remark from the U.S. oregon Iran connected his status.
Earlier, Iran had retaliated to the U.S. and Israeli attacks by launching missiles and drones toward Israel and U.S. subject bases successful the region.
Some of the archetypal strikes connected Iran appeared to deed areas astir the offices of Khamenei. Smoke could beryllium seen rising from the superior arsenic portion of strikes that Iranian media said occurred nationwide. It wasn’t instantly wide whether the 86-year-old person was successful his offices erstwhile the onslaught occurred.
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Israel’s UN ambassador calls condemnation of airstrikes ‘hypocrisy’
Danny Danon told reporters up of an exigency gathering of the U.N. Security Council that Iran is liable for escalating actions by its proxies and its atomic and rocket programs, and “now Israel and the U.S. enactment to forestall an irreversible and contiguous threat.”
He did not respond to a question asking whether helium could corroborate the decease of Iran’s ultimate leader. But helium said: “We volition proceed to people the enactment of the extremist authorities and we volition bash immoderate indispensable to alteration the close conditions for the radical of Iran and stableness for the region.”
How agelong volition it take? “As agelong arsenic it volition instrumentality to execute the goals,” Danon replied.
Everyone is watching the concern connected the ground, helium said, and “the clip for the Iranian radical to instrumentality power of the aboriginal is precise soon.
Most of Iran’s elder enactment is ‘gone’ — Trump
Asked astir reports that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed successful airstrikes connected Saturday, President Donald Trump said: “We consciousness that that is simply a close story.”
In a little telephone interrogation with NBC News, Trump said “a ample magnitude of leadership” of Iran had been killed, adding: “I don’t mean similar 2 people.”
He besides said “most” of Iran’s elder enactment is “gone,” including galore radical who marque decisions.
Asked who mightiness present go Iran’s caller ultimate leader, Trump joked, “I don’t know. But astatine immoderate constituent they’ll beryllium calling maine to inquire who I’d like” earlier noting helium was being “only being a small sarcastic” successful suggesting that.
Iran’s defence curate and Revolutionary Guard commandant killed, says Israel
Israel’s subject has named immoderate of the apical members of Iran’s enactment it says were killed successful its archetypal circular of Saturday strikes connected Iran. Neither Iran nor the U.S. commented connected oregon confirmed the claims.
Israel said the strikes killed Mohammad Pakpour, the commandant of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran's Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh.
The subject besides said its strikes took retired Ali Shamkhani, the caput of the Iranian Security Council and a adjacent advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Mohammad Shirazi, the caput of Khamenei’s subject bureau.
Khamenei is dead, Israeli officials archer AP
Israeli officials told The Associated Press Saturday that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. There was nary contiguous remark from the U.S. oregon Iran connected his status.
The assassination of the 2nd person of the Islamic Republic, who had nary designated successor, would propulsion its aboriginal into doubt.
In a nationally televised address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said determination were “growing signs” that Khamenei had been killed erstwhile Israel struck his compound aboriginal Saturday.
Shortly aft the address, 2 Israeli officials said Israel had confirmed his death. The officials some spoke connected information of anonymity pending a ceremonial announcement and gave nary further details.
Iraqi radical claims drone onslaught connected U.S. basal successful Irbil
A radical calling itself the Islamic Resistance successful Iraq-Brigades of the Guardians of Blood successful a connection claimed that it launched a drone onslaught connected a U.S. basal successful Irbil, the superior of Iraq’s semi-autonomous bluish Kurdish region.
Earlier Saturday, a fig of missiles and drones were intercepted implicit Irbil.
The Islamic Resistance successful Iraq is an umbrella radical of Iran-backed militias that has antecedently launched attacks connected U.S. bases successful Iraq and Syria.
Iran’s accepted rocket capableness was an ‘intolerable’ risk, says US official
A elder Trump medication authoritative says Iran’s accepted rocket capableness presented an “intolerable” hazard to the U.S., and that that world has since been demonstrated by Tehran’s strikes astir the portion aft the U.S.-Israeli attack.
On a telephone with reporters, the authoritative said Secretary of State Marco Rubio had briefed apical leaders successful Congress. Rubio made it wide past that Iran was acceptable to usage accepted missiles against U.S. forces successful the Middle East, the authoritative said.
The authoritative — who spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon details astir Trump’s decision-making process that person not been publically disclosed — added that Iran’s unwillingness to sermon ballistic missiles successful erstwhile negotiations near Trump nary enactment but to proceed militarily.
Separately, Trump medication officials said connected a telephone telephone with reporters that they offered Iran galore ways to person a peaceful atomic programme that could beryllium utilized for civilian purposes.
But the officials said it was wide to them that Iran wanted enriched uranium for a atomic weapon. The Trump medication officials said that Iran met their offers with “games, tricks, stall tactics.”
The officials requested anonymity to picture the rationale down the associated subject strikes connected Iranian targets by the U.S. and Israel.
Pro-Iran protests successful Baghdad
Hundreds of radical demonstrated successful Baghdad successful enactment of Iran and against the attacks launched by Israel and the U.S.
Demonstrators carried posters of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, erstwhile Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah, and the precocious Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Demonstrators clashed with anti-riot constabulary respective times successful the objection that was held adjacent the heavy fortified Green Zone successful the Iraqi capital.
US posts aerial footage showing strikes connected assortment of targets
Aerial footage posted to societal media by U.S. Central Command showed U.S. munitions striking what appeared to beryllium a assortment of targets from drones to buildings.
The video montage was released Saturday afternoon. It showed achromatic and achromatic aerial footage of what appeared to beryllium a drone connected a runway, a radar tower, a rocket battery, and a compound of buildings. They were each being struck by what seemed to beryllium bombs oregon missiles and followed by ample explosions.
The footage features the words “unclassified” astatine the apical of the surface and a targeting reticle successful the middle.
U.S. Central Command did not supply much details astir the video.
EU overseas ministers to clasp virtual gathering connected Sunday
European Union overseas ministers volition conscionable virtually connected Sunday to sermon the unfurling struggle successful the Middle East, the bloc’s apical diplomat said.
EU overseas argumentation main Kaja Kallas said successful a societal media station that she would clasp a conscionable of the Foreign Affairs Council to enactment towards a deescalation.
“It is indispensable that the warfare does not dispersed immoderate further. The Iranian authorities has choices to make,” Kallas said. “The Iranian regime’s indiscriminate attacks against its neighbours transportation the hazard of dragging the portion into a broader warfare and we condemn this.”
Growing signs that Khamenei 'is nary longer alive’ — Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says determination is increasing grounds that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed successful the U.S.-Israeli operation.
Speaking successful a nationally televised address, Netanyahu said the strikes had targeted Khamenei’s compound. “There are increasing signs that the tyrant is nary longer alive,” helium said.
Khamenei has not been seen successful nationalist since the cognition began.
Trump speaks to determination leaders and NATO chief
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said connected the societal media tract X that President Donald Trump “has spoken with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte” aft the strikes connected Iran.
The president has yet to item the strikes and the urgency down them to the broader public.
Israel closes each crossings into Gaza
The Israeli bureau liable for administering assistance to Gaza said it has closed each crossings into the territory, preventing the introduction of materials and assistance workers.
In a station connected X, COGAT said determination is capable stockpiles of nutrient successful Gaza to get Palestinians determination done an extended period, without providing evidence.
The bureau said the crossings were closed for information reasons owing to the existent rocket speech with Iran.
Religious sites successful Jerusalem’s Old City close
Israel’s constabulary said the Dome of the Rock compound volition beryllium closed for Ramadan owed to concerns implicit rocket strikes with Iran.
All spiritual sites successful Jerusalem’s Old City are closed, according to police.
The Israeli subject has raised the alert level crossed the state and canceled each gatherings successful nationalist spaces. Schools and galore workplaces are besides closed.
Vance monitored strikes connected Iran from White House
Vice President JD Vance monitored the strikes connected Iran from the the Situation Room astatine the White House and dialed into a league enactment with President Donald Trump and his squad astatine Mar-a-Lago connected Friday nighttime into Saturday morning, a idiosyncratic acquainted with the concern told The Associated Press.
Vance was joined by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, arsenic good arsenic the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the idiosyncratic said.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, was astatine Mar-a-Lago connected Saturday, a 2nd idiosyncratic acquainted with the concern said.
Both radical spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to talk publicly.
The Pentagon did not reply questions astir Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s whereabouts for the strike.
US targeted Revolutionary Guard bid facilities, different sites
U.S. forces striking Iran focused connected locations “that posed an imminent threat” including “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps bid and power facilities, Iranian aerial defence capabilities, rocket and drone motorboat sites, and subject airfields,” U.S. Central Command said successful a connection Saturday.
The strikes, which began soon earlier 10 a.m. successful Tehran, included “precision munitions launched from air, land, and sea” and U.S. Central Command said that they besides employed low-cost one-way onslaught drones for the archetypal clip successful combat.
According to the subject command, the operation, dubbed “Epic Fury,” is the “largest determination attraction of American subject firepower successful a generation.”
US subject reports nary American casualties truthful far
About 12 hours aft the attacks began, the U.S. subject reported nary U.S. casualties and minimal harm astatine U.S. bases contempt “hundreds of Iranian rocket and drone attacks.” It said targets successful Iran included Revolutionary Guard bid facilities, aerial defence capabilities, rocket and drone motorboat sites, and subject airfields.
Iran authorities TV reports much than 200 radical killed
Iran’s Red Crescent says Israeli-U.S. airstrikes crossed Iran person killed 201 radical and injured 747, according to comments connected Iranian authorities TV.
The spokesperson for the Red Crescent said the strikes person deed 24 of Iran’s 31 provinces. The spokesperson said alleviation operations are ongoing, and that 220 teams were deployed to antithetic sites to respond to the strikes.
Leader of Houthi rebels successful Yemen vows solidarity with Iran
The person of the Houthi rebels successful Yemen says they’re acceptable for “any indispensable development” pursuing U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran and Tehran’s antagonistic attacks against Israel and U.S. interests successful the region.
In a pre-recorded speech, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said the rebels “will instrumentality enactment successful assorted activities” successful solidarity with Iran. He didn’t elaborate further details.
“The Islamic Republic is waging the conflict of the full Islamic federation against American-Israeli-Zionist tyranny,” helium said.
Israeli says immoderate 200 combatant jets took portion successful archetypal attack
The Israeli subject says immoderate 200 combatant jets participated successful the archetypal onslaught connected Iran, striking immoderate 500 targets that included aerial defenses and rocket launchers.
It says it was the largest “military flyover” successful the Israeli aerial force’s history.
Explosions heard successful Tehran adjacent Intelligence Ministry
Witnesses surviving adjacent the Intelligence Ministry gathering successful Tehran archer The Associated Press that respective explosions were heard successful the vicinity of the facility. There has been nary authoritative connection connected the incidental successful Iranian media truthful far. Witnesses besides reported that aerial defence systems had begun operating successful the area.
Oil terms swings expected adjacent week
Oil markets presently closed for the play are acceptable to spot terms swings adjacent week arsenic the interaction from the U.S. and Israeli strikes connected lipid supplies from the Middle East remains unclear.
Scenarios earlier the latest struggle with Iran foresaw a speedy terms spike that fades if the attacks didn’t impact lipid shipping and infrastructure specified arsenic Iranian pipelines and its Kharg land terminal.
However, determination would beryllium a bigger terms spike and longer-lasting interaction if lipid infrastructure oregon supplies were interrupted, for lawsuit due to the fact that of disruption of tanker postulation done the Strait of Hormuz.
UK calls connected Iran to ‘end this now’
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says that portion the U.K. didn’t enactment successful the onslaught connected Iran, its planes provided aerial defence for its radical and allies successful the region.
“We’ve stepped up protections from British bases and unit to their highest level,” Starmer said.
The Iranian enactment is “utterly abhorrent,” has killed its ain radical and destabilized the portion and should ne'er beryllium allowed to make a atomic weapon, Starmer said.
“Iran tin extremity this now,” helium said. “They should refrain from further strikes, springiness up their weapons programme and cease the appalling unit and repression against the Iranian people.”
Mideast governments condemn Iran
Across the Middle East, governments moved rapidly to condemn Iran’s strikes connected Arab neighbors, portion staying soundless connected earlier Israeli and U.S. attacks. Countries that support diplomatic ties with Israel — including Morocco, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates — denounced Iranian strikes targeting U.S. subject bases including successful Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the Emirates.
The 22-nation Arab League — which has historically condemned some Israel and Iran for actions it says hazard destabilizing the portion — called the attacks “a blatant usurpation of the sovereignty of countries that advocator for bid and strive for stability.”
Saudi Arabia said it “condemns and denounces successful the strongest presumption the treacherous Iranian aggression and the blatant usurpation of sovereignty.”
The responses broadly mirrored Western reactions, portion mounting Middle Eastern powers isolated from China and Russia’s speedy condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli action.
Iran continues to occurrence missiles astatine Israel
Israel’s subject accidental that that “dozens” of missiles person been fired by Iran astatine Israel. While galore person been intercepted and nary superior injuries person been reported, the rocket barrages were continuing aft sundown Saturday. Israel’s subject main gave an code connected nationalist TV informing that the defenses are not “hermetic” and the nationalist should obey information instructions and stay vigilant.
Iran calls for ‘immediate action’ from UN
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has written to the U.N. Security Council calling for the 15-member assemblage to “take contiguous enactment successful effect to this breach of planetary bid and security.”
The council, which is presently nether the presidency of the United Kingdom until midnight Saturday, is expected to clasp an exigency gathering connected Saturday.
Araghchi reiterated that Iran volition proceed to retaliate by each means indispensable and that “all bases, facilities, and assets of the hostile forces successful the portion shall beryllium regarded arsenic morganatic subject objectives.”
EU to clasp exigency information gathering connected Monday
The European Union volition clasp an exigency information gathering connected Monday implicit the struggle successful the Middle East, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
“For determination information and stability, it is of the utmost value that determination is nary further escalation done Iran’s unjustified attacks connected partners successful the region,” she said connected a Saturday successful a societal media post.
Egyptian person speaks with Saudi crown prince
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has spoken by telephone with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
El-Sissi expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia, and stressed the value of intensifying efforts to “contain the escalation” successful the region.
“Continued subject escalation volition lone bring much suffering to the radical of the portion and undermine improvement opportunities,” el-Sissi said.
Leading Democrat denounces US strikes connected Iran
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia has questioned whether President Donald Trump has learned thing “from decades of U.S. meddling successful Iran and everlastingly wars successful the Middle East.”
“For months, I person raised hellhole astir the information that the American radical privation little prices, not much warfare — particularly wars that aren’t authorized by Congress, arsenic required by the Constitution, and don’t person a wide objective,” Kaine said successful a statement.
“These strikes are a colossal mistake, and I commune they bash not outgo our sons and daughters successful azygous and astatine embassies passim the portion their lives,” helium said.
He called for the U.S. Senate to “immediately return” to the Capitol and ballot connected whether to authorize oregon bounds strikes connected Iran.
UN Security Council to clasp exigency meeting
The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an exigency gathering connected the U.S. and Israeli attacks connected Iran.
Israel’s U.N. Mission says the gathering volition instrumentality spot astatine 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) astatine the petition of Bahrain and France.
Israel’s U.N. ambassador Danny Danon said Israel “is strong, agreed and determined to support its citizens against immoderate existential threat.” Danon besides said that “Israel volition ne'er let an Iranian atomic state.”
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the strikes connected Iran and the Islamic Republic’s retaliation.
“The usage of unit by the United States and Israel against Iran, and the consequent retaliation by Iran crossed the region, undermine planetary bid and security,” Guterres said successful a statement. He besides called for an contiguous ceasefire and for each parties to instrumentality to the negotiating table.
Iran's ultimate person and its president are live — curate says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells NBC News that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian are live “as acold arsenic I know.”
Egypt consults with respective countries
Egypt’s apical diplomat has discussed the subject escalation successful the Middle East with his counterparts successful respective determination and European countries, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Germany and France.
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty warned that the escalation successful Iran volition person “dire repercussions” connected Mideast information and stability. In a statement, helium called for prioritizing governmental and diplomatic solutions to avert a “comprehensive confrontation” successful the region.
US Congress was notified earlier strike, root says
Congress was notified earlier the strikes connected Iran, arsenic required by law.
The notifications mentioned ballistic missiles, but didn’t bespeak that the strikes would beryllium truthful expansive oregon the goals truthful broad, according to a idiosyncratic acquainted with the notifications who requested anonymity to sermon them.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reached retired personally to immoderate apical lawmakers.
Saudi Arabia says it repelled onslaught by Iran
Saudi Arabia said Iran targeted its superior and its eastbound portion successful an attack.
The authorities reported the onslaught successful an announcement connected its state-run Saudi Press Agency. It called the onslaught “blatant and cowardly” and said it was repelled.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are longstanding rivals, but the state reached a Chinese-mediated detente with Iran successful 2023.
US is entering ‘war of choice,’ lawmaker says
One of the elder U.S. lawmakers precocious briefed by Trump medication officials connected Iran says that the United States is entering a “war of choice.”
“Everything I person heard from the medication earlier and aft these strikes connected Iran confirms this is simply a warfare of prime with nary strategical endgame,” said Rep. Jim Himes, the apical Democrat connected the House Intelligence Committee.
He besides expressed his concerns to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio straight that subject enactment successful the portion “almost ne'er ends good for the United States.”
“It does not look that Donald Trump has learned the lessons of history,” Himes said.
China calls for halt to subject actions
China’s authorities said it is “highly concerned” astir the U.S. and Israeli strikes connected Iran and called for an contiguous halt to the subject actions and a instrumentality to negotiations.
“Iran’s sovereignty, information and territorial integrity should beryllium respected,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry connection said.
Ukraine's president supports US-led strikes
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced enactment for US-led strikes connected Iran, calling the state “an accomplice of Putin” for supplying Shahed drones and the exertion for Moscow to nutrient them and different weapons successful its four-year warfare against Ukraine.
“Over the people of this full-scale war, Russia has utilized much than 57,000 Shahed-type onslaught drones against the Ukrainian people, cities, and vigor infrastructure. Other nations person besides suffered from Iranian-backed terror. Therefore, it is just to springiness the Iranian radical a accidental to escaped themselves of a violent authorities and to warrant information for each nations that person suffered from panic originating successful Iran,” Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X.
The Ukrainian person said the accent present should beryllium to prevention arsenic galore lives arsenic imaginable and forestall immoderate enlargement of the war.
“It is important that the United States is acting decisively. Whenever determination is American resolve, planetary criminals weaken. This knowing indispensable besides travel to the Russians,” Zelenskyy said.
Omani mediator successful caller talks urges US to not 'get sucked successful further’
Oman’s apical diplomat has urged the U.S. “not to get sucked successful further” to a struggle with Iran. Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi posted his comments connected X hours aft Israel and the U.S. launched associated strikes connected Iran.
“I impulse the United States not to get sucked successful further. This is not your war,” helium wrote.
Albusaidi was the cardinal mediator successful talks implicit Iran’s atomic programme seeking to debar a U.S. attack. He said successful an interrogation with CBS News that negotiations implicit a woody had made “substantial progress” successful the past circular talks successful Geneva.
Iranian authorities marque a road one-way to assistance radical leaving Tehran
Iran’s authorities quality bureau IRNA has reported that authorities turned a large road connecting Iran’s superior with the country’s northbound into a one-way way to accommodate postulation leaving Tehran.
The bureau reported dense postulation heading northbound retired of the capital.
Iran’s apical nationalist information assemblage had earlier told residents they should see leaving Tehran for their safety.
Flights are disrupted crossed the Middle East and beyond
The U.S. and Israel’s onslaught connected Iran is disrupting flights crossed the Middle East and beyond. Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar closed their airspace connected Saturday. Airspace successful confederate Syria was besides closed.
Some planes that were en way to cities similar Tel Aviv and Dubai were diverted oregon returned to wherever they took disconnected from.
The concern is changing rapidly and airlines urged passengers to cheque their formation presumption online earlier heading to the airport. Many large airlines are canceling flights to and from parts of the portion done Sunday oregon aboriginal adjacent week.
Dubai’s airdrome relation said flights person been halted indefinitely astatine Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest airdrome for planetary flights, and the Dubai World Central — Al Maktoum International Airport connected the Gulf city’s outskirts.
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