U.S. troops killed and wounded as Iran retaliates
Iran update:
• U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED: Three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five more were seriously wounded in military operations against Iran, the U.S. military said today.
• SUPREME LEADER SHOCK: Israel launched a new wave of strikes in Tehran today as it continued to hit targets in Iran a day after the killing the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
• IRAN RETALIATES: Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv as Iran fired back at Israel, and the Israeli military said it was working on intercepting the incoming missiles.
• IRAN THREATENS NEIGHBORS: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq that they could become “legitimate targets” if they allow the U.S. and Israel to use their territory to attack Iran.
• DEATH TOLL: More than 200 have died in Iran following U.S. and Israeli strikes, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society. Ten people have been killed in Israel, eight today in a single strike, as Iran and its enemies trade blows, and two in the UAE.
• IRAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: Ayatollah Ali Reza Arafi has been appointed as the jurist member of Iran's Leadership Council, the body temporarily running Iran after Khamenei's killing. Other members include President Masoud Pezeshkian and judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei.