The Israeli military said it detected missiles launched from Iran on Saturday as sirens sounded across several parts of the country, after Israel earlier launched strikes on its arch-foe.

The Israeli military said it detected missiles launched from Iran on Saturday as sirens sounded across several parts of the country, after Israel earlier launched strikes on its arch-foe.
Two Israeli television networks reported that Iran’s surpeme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli attacks on Iran on Saturday. “Ali Khamenei is dead,” reported public broadcaster Kan on its X account. Channel 12, citing a source, said, “Khamenei is dead.”
US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a major attack against Iran, vowing to “annihilate” its navy and missile sites and telling Iranians their “hour of freedom” had come from the Islamic republic.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is “safe and sound”, state media reported on Saturday, following US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic.
US President Donald Trump announced that the US began “major combat operations in Iran” a short time ago.
Moscow is in no hurry to reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested in comments to state media on Thursday.
Oman said Thursday that Iran and the United States expressed openness to new solutions as indirect talks between the two foes began in Geneva.
The third round of talks with the United States on Thursday will focus solely on the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions on Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated on Thursday that Tehran was not seeking nuclear weapons in line with the policy set by the country’s supreme leader.
The United States eased an oil embargo on Cuba, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the island to change “dramatically,” saying the communist government had only itself to blame for a historic economic crisis.