Middle East

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the sinking of two Iranian vessels as the US Navy continues its systematic campaign against Iran's fleet.

According to a CNN report, the Central Intelligence Agency is working to arm Kurdish forces in an effort to spark a popular uprising in Iran’s outlying regions. Sources familiar with the plan say the move is intended to tie down Iranian forces along the Iraq border and enable unrest in major cities. Tehran has already responded with drone strikes.

Opposition outlet Iran International says Assembly of Experts selected Mojtaba Khamenei under pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

The Financial Times reported, citing a source inside the regime, that the attack on Gulf states and the severe blow to the fuel industry are part of a plan devised by Khamenei to exact a price and ensure the survival of the Iranian regime.

Defense companies are under "emergency orders," Trump tells Politico, even as a senator warns of a desperate shortage of missile defense systems.

Strike in the city of Qom hit the building housing Iran's Assembly of Experts; according to some reports, many were wounded and killed. On Monday, a building that previously served as the Iranian parliament was struck.

Al Arabiya reported IDF special units operated on Iranian territory overnight; a separate unconfirmed report claimed the IRGC naval commander was killed in a US strike.

Diplomatic sources in the Gulf report early signs of collapse within Iran's regime, with frontline units cut off from leadership and acting independently, including attacks on Gulf oil facilities

srael believes that it will soon achieve full aerial superiority over Iran, allowing the Israeli Air Force to operate without resistance. In the first three days of Operation Roaring Lion, the Air Force dropped more munitions than during the 12 days of Operation Rising Lion in June, and twice as many as the US military.