The strikes have resulted in significant civilian and military casualties. Iran\u2019s Red Crescent said more than 200 people have been killed nationwide. Iranian state media reported that at least 108 people, including more than 100 girls, died when a strike hit an elementary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources speaking to international media said around 40 Iranian officials are believed to be among the dead. Israel said it killed several senior figures, including the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The IRGC has vowed to carry out \u201cthe most devastating offensive operation\u201d in its history in response to the killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overnight, Israel\u2019s military launched additional waves of bombing, targeting what it described as Iran\u2019s ballistic missile stockpiles, launch sites and air defence systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Retaliation across the region<\/strong>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran has responded with a fresh wave of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. Missile attacks were reported in Dubai, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait, countries that host US military bases or are allied with Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Israel, air raid sirens sounded again on Sunday morning as Iran continued to fire ballistic missiles. Israeli officials said most were intercepted by air defence systems. However, one missile struck Tel Aviv, killing a woman, the first Israeli fatality of the conflict, and injuring 120 others, most of them lightly, according to ambulance services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran\u2019s retaliatory campaign has also targeted US military facilities and key infrastructure across the Middle East region, disrupting air travel and oil shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iran has confirmed that its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been killed in a US-Israeli air strike, marking a dramatic and potentially transformative moment in the country\u2019s modern history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000103671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151,69,101],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000103670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","tag-internationl","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000103671,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iramrr.r.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":640,"height":426,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iramrr.r.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iramrr.r.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iramrr.r.jpg","width":640,"height":426},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iramrr.r.jpg","width":640,"height":426},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iramrr.r.jpg","width":640,"height":426}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000103670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000103673,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103670\/revisions\/2000103673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000103671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000103670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000103670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000103670"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000103670"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000103670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26059627109542-e1772316605612.jpg\")