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The development comes after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a precision strike on a high-security compound in Tehran.

After claiming that it attacked the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf with four ballistic missiles, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) also warned that “the land and sea will increasingly become the graveyard of the terrorist aggressors.”

“The US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was struck by four ballistic missiles,” the Guards said, warning that “the land and sea will increasingly become the graveyard of the terrorist aggressors,” AFP reported.

Watch released footage of Israel and U.S. forces raining bombs, missiles, and precision strikes across Iran in one of the most intense military operations in recent history. Israeli fighter jets, backed by U.S. support, targeted dozens of strategic sites, including missile arrays, air defense systems and military infrastructure deep inside Iran. The footage captures explosions, aerial combat visuals and the scale of the offensive amid escalating regional conflict.

The United States and Israel have launched major coordinated strikes on Iran using advanced military systems including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth aircraft, precision munitions and bunker‑buster bombs, hitting strategic military and nuclear‑linked sites across Tehran and other cities. In response, Iran’s leaders have vowed revenge, calling the operations an attack on sovereignty and threatening retaliatory action in the growing conflict.

The United States and Israel have launched major coordinated strikes on Iran using advanced military systems including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth aircraft, precision munitions and bunker‑buster bombs, hitting strategic military and nuclear‑linked sites across Tehran and other cities. In response, Iran’s leaders have vowed revenge, calling the operations an attack on sovereignty and threatening retaliatory action in the growing conflict.

Iran has launched fresh missile strikes against Israel, targeting central cities including Tel Aviv and triggering widespread air raid sirens across the country. Iranian ballistic missiles struck residential areas and caused injuries and damage, with emergency services treating dozens of civilians. The latest attacks come amid a deepening Israel‑Iran war after joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian territory.

Anthropic Claude and other LLMs were used by US military in Iran strikes for intelligence, targeting and simulations. But Pentagon has already expanded AI use before Iran strikes. And most big AI companies are involved.

UAE President’s advisor Anwar Gargash slams Iran’s "blatant" missile strikes on neighboring Gulf states. Following the death of Khamenei, the UAE warns Tehran: "Your war is not with your neighbours." Get the latest updates on the Iran-UAE conflict.

The Israeli military said it had dispatched search and rescue forces and medics to the scene, along with a helicopter to assist with evacuating the injured. The IDF said that the failure to intercept the Iranian ballistic missile that struck Beit Shemesh is under further investigation.

The scale of the destruction has focused attention on the performance of the Chinese-origin HQ-9B long-range surface-to-air missile system, which Iran is believed to have recently acquired.

The shooting comes amid heightened security across many US cities following the launch of US and Israeli air strikes on Iran that killed the country’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a crucial Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting in New Delhi as tensions in West Asia escalate following major conflict developments in the region. The top‑level security panel is expected to review India’s strategic, security and preparedness posture in light of rising regional instability.

In one of the largest and most concentrated military operations in the history of modern warfare, the United States and Israel executed a devastating joint campaign that has effectively decapitated the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The development signals a softening in Tehran's stance, even as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed the "most intense offensive operation in history" following the death of Khamenei.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has condemned the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US‑Israeli strikes, calling it an “open declaration of war against Muslims, especially Shiites worldwide.” Iranian officials vowed revenge, describing avenging his death as a duty and right amid escalating regional conflict.

U.S. intelligence officials say the CIA tracked Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s movements for months, providing precise location intelligence that helped U.S. and Israeli forces time a deadly strike on a high‑level meeting of Iranian leaders in Tehran. This intelligence reportedly enabled the daylight attack that killed Khamenei and top commanders, a major escalation in the US‑Iran conflict.

Iran has launched fresh missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and other parts of the Middle East amid the ongoing war following US‑Israel strikes on Iranian territory. An Iranian ballistic missile hit Tel Aviv, killing one Israeli and injuring at least 20 others, with emergency responders treating victims across the city. The attacks mark a major escalation in the conflict and have triggered air raid sirens and heightened alerts nationwide.

Several Hollywood celebrities, including Rosie O’Donnell and Mark Ruffalo, have condemned the ongoing military strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel. Read on to know more.