- Iran’s military and political leaders have pledged allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been named to replace his killed father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader.
- The US and Israel continue to bombard Iran, with explosions reported in Qom and Tehran, hours after Israeli attacks on oil facilities caused toxic smoke across the Iranian capital.
- Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says the attacks aimed “at partitioning our country to take illegal possession of our oil riches”.
- Oil prices have jumped more than 25 percent, to their highest levels since mid-2022, as some major producers slash supplies and fears of prolonged shipping disruptions grip the market due to the expanding war.
- An eighth US soldier has been confirmed killed a day after US President Donald Trump paid tributes at a ceremony honouring soldiers who died in the conflict.
- Visit our live tracker for the latest on casualty figures from across the region.
Iran war live: Tehran says US wants to ‘partition country, take oil’
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