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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is wounded and likely disfigured, following previous unconfirmed reports suggesting he was wounded or possibly killed in an Israeli/US airstrike.
U.S. President Trump stated that the United States would escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz "if needed," while also warning that the U.S. would strike Iran "very hard over the next week."
The historic Vahdati Air Base in Dezful, the 4th Tactical Fighter Base of the Iranian Air Force, was heavily bombed by the Israeli Air Force using F-5A, F-5B, F-5E, and F-5F aircraft; multiple aircraft at the base are currently on fire.
The Israeli Air Force bombed a government building near Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, the chief executioner of the Islamic regime of Iran, during an anti-Israel rally on Enghelab Street in Tehran. Mohseni-Eje'i was using human shields from the regime’s security forces to protect himself.
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, the head of Iran's judiciary, did not appear at the officials’ platform at Tehran University's Musalla after the anti-Israel Quds Day march; instead, he prayed in the street surrounded by security forces in civilian clothes, reportedly to avoid potential Israeli airstrikes.
Israeli airstrikes targeted government and military buildings, including Basij bases, in Tehran, Iran, as regime supporters and security forces gathered in the city center for the funerals of deceased IRGC commanders.
An IRGC Aerospace Force Shahed-136 drone strike hit a building at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) on Thursday. #OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar
Suspected IRGC attackers set two fuel tankers on fire near La Porte, Texas, United States. The FBI is investigating the incident, which may be linked to the Islamic regime of Iran.
As a result of the IRGC ballistic missile strike on Israel, the Arab town of Zarir in the north of the country was hit, injuring nearly 30 civilians and destroying property.
The Imam Ali ballistic missile base of the IRGC Aerospace Force in Khorramabad launched a large number of Khaybar Shekan hypersonic ballistic missiles towards Israel on the night of an unspecified date. These missiles are challenging to intercept even with advanced systems like Arrow-2, Arrow-3, and THAAD.
The U.S. and Israeli air forces conducted extensive airstrikes against government and military targets in and around Tehran, Iran, for several hours. B-1B heavy bombers from RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom participated in the operation, which has caused widespread smoke across different parts of the capital city.
On the night of [date not specified], U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 74th and 75th Fighter Squadrons, based at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, engaged Hashd al-Shaabi forces affiliated with the IRGC Quds Force in Iraq, firing their GAU-8 Avenger autocannons.
