Iran launces strikes on Israel, U.S. assets after Larijani is killed
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Iran intensified its attacks on US assets in the Middle East and Israel on Wednesday in retaliation for the overnight killing of the country’s security chief, Ali Larijani, as the weeks-long conflict showed no signs of abating.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran reportedly His missiles hit more than 100 military and security targets in the heart of Israeli territory as “revenge” for the killings of Larijani, his son and his deputy, he said on Wednesday, citing Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency.
The Revolutionary Guard also said it had launched a combined drone and missile attack on areas in Tel Aviv and central Israel. It was two people Killed near Tel Aviv Israeli emergency responders said this happened during an Iranian missile attack early Wednesday.
There is Iran also launched Multiple explosive drones were deployed at the US embassy in Baghdad, triggering sirens with an explosion heard near the diplomatic compound, Reuters reported. Separately, Tehran also fired a projectile near an Australian air base in the United Arab Emirates, according to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese; no staff were injured.
This series of attacks comes after Israel killed Larijani, head of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, leader of the powerful Revolutionary Guard militia, in deadly airstrikes on Tuesday.
According to the Associated Press, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council confirmed that Larijani died along with his son Morteza Larijani and the head of his office, Alireza Bayat, as well as several guards.
Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, hostilities in the Middle East have continued to escalate with no signs of easing tensions.
US President Donald Trump has recently tried to form an alliance with countries for military aid in order to restore the passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed by Iran and caused energy prices to rise rapidly. Before the conflict began, a fifth of global oil passed through the strategic waterway.
Tehran, pointing out that the incident would escalate further, said that a bullet hit Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday evening, but according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, there was no damage to the facility or injuries to personnel.
Directly targeting the critical energy choke point, US forces dropped a 5,000-pound bomb on Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, according to the US military.
Saudi Arabia is expected to host a consultative meeting of foreign ministers of several Arab and Muslim countries in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing conflict in the region.
