The US-Israeli military attack on Iran led to the death of a number of first-line leaders in the Iranian authority, led by the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Revolution, Ali Khamenei.
The list also included the adviser to the Iranian leader, the head of the Defense Council Ali Shamkhani, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Bakpur, the chief of the general staff of the armed forces, Major General Abdul Rahim Mousavi, and the defense minister, Aziz Nasirzadeh.
The US-Israeli attack also killed the guide’s daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter.
Iran has vowed an “overwhelming” response to the killing of the supreme leader and other commanders to the U.S.-Israeli operation through remarks made by the Revolutionary Guards and the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened a harsh response if Iran delivers on promises of a major military attack on U.S. targets in the region.
America has identified and Israel has implemented
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has located Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei after tracking his movements for months.
The New York Times reported that the agency learned of a meeting of Khamenei with senior Iranian officials on Saturday morning at a command complex in the heart of Tehran.
The United States and Israel decided, following intelligence updates, to modify the timing of their attack on Saturday evening in part to the morning, to take advantage of the new intelligence, according to officials familiar with the decisions.
CIA handed over its intelligence to Israel, which took care of the operation, and Israeli sources reported that the command complex in Tehran was targeted by thirty bombs from the Israeli aircraft in the operation that killed Khamenei and his most prominent advisers and leaders.
The most prominent military operations
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced the implementation of missile attacks on Israeli territory and a number of US bases in the Gulf region, in response to the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The strikes, according to Iranian television, included 27 US military bases in the Middle East, along with the Ministry of Security, the headquarters of the Israeli army and a complex for defense industries in Tel Aviv.
The Revolutionary Guards explained that it carried out the sixth wave of Operation True Promise 4, stressing that the operation comes within the response to previous attacks, and that the Iranian forces are ready to face any threats against the country’s regional interests.
The Israeli military said the air force had struck more than 1,200 rockets and announced yesterday that 200 Israeli warplanes had targeted more than 500 sites in Iran.
US forces showed scenes of their participation in the operation, confirming that there were no casualties in their ranks until the moment.
Israeli media reported that five Iranian missile strikes were fired in less than an hour towards central and southern Israel, repeatedly sounding the sirens.
Israel has announced that a woman has been killed and 121 injured as a result of Iranian bombing since the beginning of the military operation.
The Iranian Red Crescent announced that 201 people were killed and 747 injured in the US-Israeli attacks.
Gulf States
Several Gulf countries have witnessed a new series of ballistic missile and drone attacks launched by Iran, targeting sites and facilities in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, following the Israeli-American attack on Iran.
Iranian state media announced that the Revolutionary Guards bombed the Saudi air base of Prince Sultan with missiles.
The Dubai Government Media Office said four people were injured in an accident at Dubai International Airport as a result of a missile targeting.
Abu Dhabi airports confirmed that an accident occurred at Zayed International Airport, which resulted in the death of a person of Asian nationality and the injury of 7 others.
In Kuwait, civil aviation announced that a drone targeted Kuwait International Airport on Saturday evening, resulting in minor injuries to a number of staff and limited material damage to the passenger terminal.
Kuwait’s defence ministry said the Mohammed al-Ahmad naval base had been targeted by a march.
The Ministry of Health announced that 12 people were injured, including three members of the Kuwaiti armed forces as a result of shrapnel falling at Ali Al-Salem Air Base.
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced that Bahrain International Airport was targeted by a drone, pointing to material damage without loss of life, and Iranian missiles and marches hit residential buildings in the Bahraini capital Manama.
In Qatar, the Interior Ministry said 8 people were injured by Iranian missile fragments, one of whom was seriously injured.