Israel further expanded its heavy bombardment of Iran overnight Sunday, carrying out waves of strikes on civilian infrastructure, including fuel depots near Tehran, which reportedly targeted a desalination plant in Bahrain.
As fighting escalated on day nine of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, Tehran moved closer to naming a new supreme leader after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with every indication suggesting his powerful son Mojtaba could take charge.
Israel's military threatened to kill any replacement for Khamenei, while U.S. President Donald Trump said the war might only end once Iran's military and rulers had been wiped out.
Meanwhile, thick, choking black smoke hung over Tehran Sunday, residents said, after strikes on oil storage facilities had lit up the night sky with plumes of orange flame.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the large-scale attack marked a "dangerous new phase" of the conflict and amounted to a war crime.
