Overview
- U.S. and Israeli forces continue large-scale air and naval strikes on Iranian leadership, missile, naval and nuclear-related targets under Operation Epic Fury.
- Iran has launched missiles and drones at Israel and U.S. bases across the Gulf, and the IRGC vows its most intense offensive to target regional U.S. and Israeli positions.
- U.S. Central Command reports three American service members killed and five seriously wounded, while media and Iranian state outlets cite at least 201 deaths inside Iran as casualty figures are still being verified.
- President Trump asserts Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, but Tehran says he is alive, leaving the supreme leader’s status in dispute as questions over succession swirl.
- House Democratic leaders push for an immediate War Powers vote, the UN Secretary-General calls for talks to avert wider conflict, Gulf states condemn Iranian missile launches, and the U.S. defense chief warns of lethal retaliation to threats.