Key Highlights
- Iran continues to respond to Israel’s military offensive with more missile barrages, a day after the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei deepened uncertainty across the Middle East and the global economy.
- US and Israeli strikes and Iranian retaliation sent shockwaves worldwide through sectors from shipping to air travel to oil, amid warnings of rising energy costs and business disruption in the Gulf region.
- IRGC HQ 'destroyed' The US military on Sunday said it had destroyed the headquarters of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as the campaign against Tehran intensified.
- US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed the strike dealt a major blow to the IRGC, which Washington accuses of killing more than 1,000 Americans over the past four decades.
- “America has the most powerful military on earth, and the IRGC no longer has a headquarters,” the command said, adding that the operation had “cut off the head of the snake.” Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it had delivered a “severe blow” to Iran’s command-and-control network through a fresh wave of strikes in the Tehran area.
