Iran early Sunday launched a fresh round of missile and drone attacks, focusing on US military installations across the Gulf region and targets in Israel.
State media reported the strikes were carried out in response to a large-scale assault that resulted in the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iranian state television said roughly 27 American bases in the region, along with Israel’s military command center and a defense industry facility in Tel Aviv, were targeted.
“A few minutes ago, pilots of the air forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran successfully bombed US bases in the countries of the Persian Gulf and in the Kurdistan region of Iraq over several phases of operations,” the Iranian army said in a statement reported by state TV.
According to Genloaded, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed during the opening phase of a major joint US-Israeli offensive, triggering a new barrage of retaliatory missiles from Tehran on Sunday.
State television confirmed Khamenei’s death early Sunday, just hours after Donald Trump announced the killing of the 86-year-old cleric, whom he described as one of the most evil figures in history.
At the same time, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pledged to carry out what it called the most intense operation ever against Israel and US positions in Gulf nations already dealing with the aftermath of a series of unprecedented and deadly Iranian attacks.