Fierce war continues in West Asia: Iran launches missile attacks on Israel, mourning ceremony for Khamenei postponed
Dubai. Iran fired missiles targeting Israel in the early hours of Thursday, the sixth day of the war, after an American submarine sank an Iranian warship. Iran has also threatened to destroy military and economic infrastructure throughout the region.
Shortly before Israel announced the attack, its military said it had launched new attacks targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah extremist group in Lebanon. On Wednesday, America and Israel intensified the bombing targeting Iran’s security forces and administrative institutions.
The intensity of the attacks on Iran was so severe that state television announced that a mourning ceremony for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed at the beginning of the conflict, would have to be postponed. Millions of people attended the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989.
The US and Israel launched a war on Saturday targeting Iran’s key leadership, missile stockpile and nuclear program, signaling that their goal is to topple Iran’s government. The war is likely to last indefinitely due to frequent changes in the exact targets and timeline.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the US Army for its “great performance” on the war front. At the same time, his fellow Republican lawmakers in the US Senate supported Trump on the issue of Iran and rejected the resolution demanding stopping the war. As the conflict escalated, Iran attacked Bahrain, Kuwait and Israel.
Turkiye said that the defense system of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran before it could enter Turkiye’s airspace. According to officials, more than 1,000 people have been killed in Iran, more than 70 in Lebanon and about 12 in Israel in this war. The war has disrupted oil and gas supplies around the world, disrupting international shipping while stranding millions of travelers in West Asia.
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