Overview
- Iranian state TV and IRNA confirm the 86-year-old leader was killed; cleric Alireza Arafi joins President Masoud Pezeshkian and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on the Leadership Council as the Assembly of Experts moves to select a successor.
- Iran fires missiles and drones toward Israel and U.S.-aligned Gulf states, with blasts reported in Tel Aviv, Dubai and Doha, airport closures and damage in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait, and widespread flight cancellations.
- Israel says it mounted new strikes in Tehran and targeted Iran’s ballistic missile and air-defense sites; President Donald Trump says Operation Epic Fury will continue and warns of overwhelming force if Iran escalates.
- Iranian media and officials report multiple senior figures killed, including IRGC commander Mohammad Pakpour and security adviser Ali Shamkhani, with reports that members of Khamenei’s family also died.
- Casualty figures are still being updated, with Iran’s Red Crescent citing at least 201 dead and more than 700 wounded and one death reported in Israel, as the UN meets and foreign governments begin evacuations.