Iran Launches New Attacks on Israel and Gulf Energy Infrastructure

Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader.

“Iran launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries Monday, hours after Iranian state TV said Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader and long considered a contender, had been named his successor”

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The move was announced days after his father was killed by airstrikes at the start of the war.

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Reports described the appointment as prompting calls for public and clerical allegiance and warnings from Israel.

Several reports noted Mojtaba’s reported close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.

Those reports said that, as supreme leader, he and the Revolutionary Guard would have a central role in war strategy.

Overnight strikes expanded the battlefield beyond Israel into Gulf states.

Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and several Gulf states in retaliation for Israeli strikes on sites linked to Hezbollah in southern Beirut and on regime-linked infrastructure in Tehran.

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The UAE reported dozens of incoming weapons.

Other Gulf governments recorded strikes and interceptions as the exchanges continued.

Governments reported civilian injuries, infrastructure damage and mounting battlefield deaths.

“Iran launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries Monday, hours after Iranian state TV said Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader and long considered a contender, had been named his successor”

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Gulf governments reported damage and casualties.

Bahrain said 32 people were injured on the island of Sitra.

Qatar and Saudi sources reported civilian deaths and injuries.

The UAE reported a fire at an oil facility.

Saudi Arabia intercepted drones targeting the Shaybah oil field.

Broader tallies cited more than 1,200 dead in Iran, nearly 400 in Lebanon and 11 in Israel.

U.S. officials said seven U.S. service members have been killed since the conflict began.

The strikes have had immediate economic and regional security consequences.

The fighting has driven global energy prices sharply higher, with Brent crude briefly nearing $120 a barrel.

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Markets were rattled, with Tokyo’s Nikkei plunging as much as 7%, and regional capitals warned that Saudi Arabia would be the "biggest loser" if attacks continue.

The strikes drew Turkish and NATO mentions after debris from a downed Iranian missile fell in Gaziantep and was reported intercepted over the eastern Mediterranean.