Iranian attacks on Israel escalated suddenly, resulting in widespread strikes. Iranian missiles targeted a military base in Tel Aviv, causing dozens of military casualties.

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Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was named as his successor on 8 March.

Other high-ranking Iranian officials killed include security chief Ali Larijani, intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and the head of the paramilitary Basij force, Gholamreza Soleimani. Israel says it targeted them in air strikes.

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The US and Israel have also targeted key sites linked to Iran’s nuclear programme – which Iran insists is entirely peaceful – and Iranian oil and gas sites.

They include Kharg Island, home to a major oil terminal that is considered Iran’s economic lifeline.

Israel also targeted South Pars, part of the world’s largest natural gas field.

The US-based group Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA) reported on 2 April that 3,530 people had been killed in Iran since the war began – including 1,606 civilians, of whom at least 244 were children.

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