Al Jazeera reported today that Iran has continued to strike US assets across the Gulf after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and up to 40 top Iranian officials.
The attacks have reportedly killed one person in Bahrain, with Iraq and Kuwait reporting more Iranian raids.
According to Al Jazeera, Israel says it is striking at the “heart of Tehran” and is launching attacks on Lebanon after Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets at northern Israel.
Al Jazeera cited Iranian state media as saying that Israeli attacks have killed at least 20 people in Tehran’s Niloofar Square and caused damage to the Gandhi Hospital and a police building.
Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel have reportedly hit the cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and killed at least nine people in the central city of Beit Shemesh.
Meanwhile, media reports say ministers of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) declared following an emergency meeting that Iran must immediately cease its strikes on Gulf countries, as its aggression is unjustified,
"Despite the fact that the Council’s countries have repeatedly assured Iran that their territories will not be used as a launchpad for an attack on the Islamic Republic, the latter continues to strike the Gulf states and attack civilian infrastructure facilities. This aggression is unjustified and must be ceased immediately to restore peace and security in the region," the ministers' declaration stated.
On February 28, the US and Israel launched a military operation against Iran. Major Iranian cities, including Tehran, have been hit. The White House justified the attack by citing alleged missile and nuclear threats from Iran.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iranian Armed Forces’ elite unit, announced a large-scale retaliatory operation. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and some other key leaders of the Islamic Republic were killed in the joint US-Israeli attack, and the country declared a 40-day mourning.
