Overview
- Its closest partners split on messaging, with Australia refusing to rule on lawfulness while endorsing US aims and confirming it was not asked to provide military support.
- International law specialists say the attacks lack UN Security Council authorisation and credible evidence of an imminent Iranian assault, failing necessity and proportionality tests.
- Iran confirmed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, and authorities reported widespread civilian casualties, including at least 115 schoolchildren in a strike on a girls’ school in Minab.
- Tehran fired missiles and drones at Israel and US‑linked facilities in several Gulf states as airspace restrictions, emergency UN Security Council deliberations and continued Israeli strikes followed.
- Reports of Iran moving to close the Strait of Hormuz and rerouted shipping pushed up energy benchmarks and war‑risk premiums, heightening concerns over global trade and fuel prices.