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🚨 Ship tracking imagery shows traffic halted at both ends of Strait of Hormuz
The latest images reveal that most vessels, with the exception of Iranian and Chinese naval ships, have stopped on either side of the strait and are not risking passage through it.
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🚨 US–Israel attack on Iran: Here’s the latest
◻️ Iranian state media has confirmed the death of the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his compound in the capital Tehran
◻️ More than 200 people have already been killed during the US–Israel strikes on Iran, according to the Red Crescent
◻️ Israeli military carried out a new series of attacks on about 30 sites in the Islamic Republic
◻️ Number of people killed in a strike on a girls’ school in the southern Iranian city of Minab has soared to 118
◻️ Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a “sixth wave” of missile and drone counterattacks on Israel and US bases in the region
◻️ Iranian drone strike damaged Bahrain International Airport, following Iran’s attacks on two airports in the United Arab Emirates and one in Kuwait
▫️ Large cloud of black smoke was seen over Erbil Air Base in Iraq, home to a contingent of US troops, after Iran’s Fars News Agency reported about heavy explosions in the area
Statements
🔸 IRGC announced the beginning of "the most brutal offensive operation in the history of Iran’s Armed Forces" after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
🔸 Assassination of Khamenei is a “big crime” that “will never go unanswered,” Iran’s presidential office warned, pledging that they “will force those who organized and carried out this crime to repent”
🔸 US President Donald Trump warned that Iran would face an even stronger attack if it tries to respond
🔸 Iran was ready for US and Israeli attacks and had “prepared itself for all possible scenarios, even [actions] following the death of the Supreme Leader,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf noted
🔸 US and Israeli military operation against Iran was a “true betrayal of diplomacy,” Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia underscored
🔸 Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani thanked Russia, China, and Pakistan for condemning the US and Israel’s “unlawful act” of military aggression against the Islamic Republic
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🚨 Iranian Parliament speaker: 'Trump and Netanyahu crossed our red line—they will pay'
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has issued a stark warning following the death of Ayatollah Khamenei:
🔹 "We will settle accounts with the Americans and Israelis"
🔹 "We will strike you with such terrible blows that you will beg for mercy"
🔹 "We are ready for all scenarios. We have plans for the period after the martyrdom of Imam Khamenei"
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🚨🗣Trump warns he will hit Iran 'with a force that has never been seen before'
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🚨Footage shows aftermath of IRGC missile strikes in Israel's Gush Dan area — the Tel Aviv metropolitan region
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🚨 Alarm sirens blare across Israel
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🚨 According to Fars, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced a new phase of retaliation:
🔸 The 6th wave of Iran's "True Promise 4" operation is being carried out with missile and drone strikes
🔸 Targets included 27 US bases across the region, Israel's Tel Nof base, the IDF command in Hakirya, and a defense complex in Tel Aviv
🔸 The IRGC vowed it "will not let sirens fall silent in occupied territories or US bases" and promised a "different and difficult step of revenge"
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🚨 Israeli military confirms missiles launched from Iran toward Israel
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⚔️🇮🇶 US base in Erbil on fire after attack
Smoke rises above the American military installation in Iraqi Kurdistan following a reported strike.
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📹 Thousands Iranians flood the streets mourning Khamenei's death
Crowds pour into the capital, tears mixing with chants of revenge.
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⚔️ IRGC vows 'the most devastating offensive' in its history
"The most devastating offensive operation in the history of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will begin in moments towards the occupied territories and the bases of American terrorists," the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in the statement.
🚨The Israeli Air Force is conducting large-scale airstrikes against Iranian military targets in western Iran - IDF
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🚨Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on all UN member states to condemn the aggression of the US and Israel
Here's what the ministry said in a statement:
🔶This morning, on the tenth day of the holy month of Ramadan, the US and Israel attacked several Iranian military and civilian targets, violating Iran's territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
🔶The renewed military aggression from the US and Israel comes while Iran and the US were engaged in diplomatic negotiations.
🔶The Islamic Republic of Iran stresses the obligation of the United Nations and the Security Council to take immediate action to address the threat to peace and international security caused by the US and Israeli military aggression.
🔶Iran calls on the UN secretary-general, the Security Council president, and Council members to fulfill their duties as soon as possible.
🔶All UN member states, especially those in the region, Islamic countries, and any states concerned with global peace and security, are expected to decisively condemn this act of aggression and take urgent collective action to counter it, as it poses an unprecedented threat to regional and global security.
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📹A moment of an Iranian missile allegedly striking the US base in Bahrain, though details remain unclear.
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🚨 Alleged explosions reported near US military sites in Juffair, Bahrain.
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🚨🚨🚨 Major General Abdulrahim Mousavi, Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, has been killed, Iranian agency Fars reports
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🚨 Iran to form Interim Leadership Council following Khamenei's death
💬 "An Interim Leadership Council will soon be formed until the next leader is elected," Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, announced.
🚨 Thousands gather at Revolution Square in Tehran to mourn Khamenei
Crowds are assembling at Enghelab Square in the Iranian capital following the death of the Supreme Leader.
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🔊 US 'lulled Iran to sleep' using nuclear talks as cover for joint strike – Scott Ritter
The diplomacy was never real—it was a ruse to create a false sense of security and enable Israel to strike, Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter told Sputnik.
"This is a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran. The goal has always been regime change... Iran is backed into a corner and will fight to destroy those aligned against them."
🚨Smoke rises over Dubai after Iranian strike on Jebel Ali Port
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🚨 🇮🇶Protesters from Iraqi resistance factions, angered by the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attempt to storm Baghdad's Green Zone
👉 A massive security deployment has been mobilized around the zone as tensions soar.
The Green Zone hosts foreign embassies and government buildings.
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🚨 IRGC missile hits Israeli Army General Staff, Tasnim reports
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🚨 Local sources in Iraq's Dhi Qar province report spotting Iranian Shahed drones heading toward Israel
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🇮🇷 Iran's Head of Judiciary will manage the transitional period — reports
State news agency IRNA reports that Mohammad Mokhber, the Head of the Judiciary, and one of the Guardian Council jurists will now head the council that assumes all leadership duties until the Assembly of Experts appoints a new Supreme Leader.
The council consists of: the President, the Head of the Judiciary, and one jurist from the Guardian Council (selected by the Expediency Council).
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🚨 Iranian media confirms death of top military commanders
Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Defense Council, and Major General Mohammad Pakpour, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were martyred in the US and Israeli attack on Tehran.
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🗣 US operation now aims to obliterate all Iranian military capabilities — Hegseth
"We will not tolerate powerful missiles targeting the American people. Those missiles will be destroyed, along with Iran’s missile production," the Secretary of War stated.
🚨🚨Iranian authorities have stated that all assets in the region linked to Israel and the US are considered "legitimate military targets."
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🇺🇸CENTCOM refused to disclose a list of military targets in Iran, including the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in response to Sputnik’s request.
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🚨Explosions reported in Gulf countries hosting US bases - CNN
Multiple explosions have been reported in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar, all of which host US military bases.
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🗣 Netanyahu addressed Israelis, announcing that Israel and the United States had launched an operation to "remove the existential threat" posed by Iran
He said that joint actions by the US and Israel "will create the conditions" for Iranians to "take their fate into their own hands."
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