Under US and Israeli fire for a second day, and reeling from the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iran on Sunday announced a new leadership, vowed revenge and attacked countries across the region.
Several senior military and political figures have been killed by Israel and the US since the two countries began striking Iran on Saturday morning. Donald Trump said 48 leaders had been slain.
Iranian authorities acknowledged several of them, including Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s defence council, and Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh.
Despite the blows, Iran continued its retaliatory missile and drone attacks on Israel and US assets in the region.
An Iranian missile struck a shelter in Beit Shemesh, a majority ultra-Orthodox town in central Israel. At least nine people were killed, bringing the overall death toll in Israel since hostilities began to 12.
