Bombing of Tehran intensifies as war enters day 6
KSL.com • • world
Key Points:
- The U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran entered its sixth day with intensified bombings, including strikes on northern Tehran, while Iran vowed retaliation for a U.S. torpedo attack on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka that killed over 80 sailors.
- Iran postponed a planned three-day mourning period for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, disrupting plans to quickly name his hardliner son Mojtaba as successor, amid fears of assassination and ongoing airstrikes.
- The conflict has caused significant global economic disruption, notably by threatening tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.
- Iranian state TV was hacked to broadcast opposition leader Reza Pahl
