Key military sites targeted inside Iran as part of coordinated US-Israeli strikes

In coordinated, sweeping U.S.–Israeli strikes connected Iran successful the predawn hours of Saturday, cardinal subject and nuclear-linked sites were targeted wrong the country.

The strikes focused connected what U.S. officials described arsenic high-value Iranian targets, which included Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bid and power facilities, naval assets and underground sites believed to beryllium associated with Iran’s atomic program. 

In addition, Iranian aerial defence weapons, rocket and drone motorboat sites, and subject airfields were besides targeted, according to officials. 

Israeli forces targeted sites linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a elder Israeli authoritative confirmed to Fox News. 

President Donald Trump confirmed Saturday day that Khamenei had been killed successful a strike. He is among much than 40 elder Iranian information and authorities figures killed successful the attack, a elder Israeli authoritative told Fox News.

In coordinated, sweeping U.S.–Israeli strikes connected Iran successful the predawn hours of Saturday, cardinal subject and nuclear-linked sites were targeted wrong the country. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"Khamenei, 1 of the astir evil radical successful History, is dead," Trump wrote successful a Truth Social post. "This is not lone Justice for the radical of Iran, but for each Great Americans, and those radical from galore Countries passim the World, that person been killed oregon mutilated by Khamenei and his pack of bloodthirsty THUGS."

He besides claimed that the IRGC is seeking immunity from the U.S.

The leaders had each been gathering astatine a compound successful Tehran connected Saturday morning.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed successful the strikes, President Donald Trump confirmed.  (Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The strikes were moved up owed to the "target of opportunity," aggregate sources told Fox News, which is wherefore the strikes happened successful the daytime successful Iran, keeping the constituent of surprise. "There was a deliberate determination to accelerate the timeline," 1 root said.

The campaign, which Trump described overnight from Mar-a-Lago arsenic the opening of "major combat operations" successful the region, encompasses multi-geographic targets successful an effort to overwhelm Iran’s antiaircraft capabilities.

People ticker arsenic fume rises connected the skyline aft an detonation successful Tehran connected Saturday.  (AP Photo)

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The strikes could besides proceed for aggregate days.

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Trump said the run aimed to devastate Iran’s military, dismantle its atomic program, and helium urged the Iranian radical to "take over" their government.

Tomahawk cruise missiles were utilized successful the archetypal strikes of the operation, called Operation Epic Fury, on with one-way onslaught drones that were utilized for the archetypal time, according to a U.S. official.

Fox News' Liz Friden, Morgan Phillips, Amanda Macias, Alexandra Koch and Kelley Kramer contributed to this report. 

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