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The CIA and Israel's Mossad are intensifying their search for Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen publicly since succeeding his father after the February 2026 airstrike. Intelligence officials believe he was seriously injured in the strike, has avoided using phones or laptops for more than 150 days, and is hiding in a heavily protected underground shelter, possibly in Tehran or near Qom. With electronic surveillance yielding few leads, the search has shifted from cyber intelligence to human intelligence. Former Mossad officials say Mojtaba is believed to communicate through multiple layers of unwitting couriers carrying handwritten messages, making infiltration of his inner circle the only realistic way to confirm his location—or even whether he is still alive. Some intelligence figures suspect the IRGC may be concealing his death, while others warn the regime could be using body doubles to obscure his movements. Source: The Times

#BREAKING | 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 — Trump on Iran: "We're going to hit them very hard tonight and we're going to hit them hard tomorrow — and there's not a damn thing they can do about it."

🚨⚔️ Clashes in the Strait of Hormuz between the IRGC Navy and the US According to the Iranian media reports, anti‑ship missiles were launched toward US warships in the Sea of Oman.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Bandar Abbas airport was attacked by USAF bombings

The USA has launched an attack on Iran, - CENTCOM. There are 79 fighter jets in the air of the US Air Force. Iran has also launched missiles, according to media reports.

US strikes hit Qeshm and Minab once more, with IRGC bases identified as primary targets. @skyoveriran🇮🇷

The first moments following the Iranian drone attack on Terminal 1 (T1) at Kuwait International Airport on 3 June 2026, which resulted in loss of life, serious injuries, and extensive material damage.

— 🇰🇼/🇮🇷 Major destruction at Kuwait airport

Turkish soldiers opened fire on 10 civilians in the town of Til Temir near the border. Three people were injured as a result of the gunfire.

"We have a memorandum of understanding with the US Department of Defense,” Bakhtyar Mohammed, secretary-general of the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, told Rudaw, adding that based on the agreement “all Peshmerga forces must be brought under the umbrella of the Peshmerga ministry by September this year, which is the final deadline.”

U.S.-backed “Board of Peace” urges the UN Security Council to press Hamas to disarm as the key barrier to implementing the Gaza ceasefire. • The Board’s report says Hamas’ refusal to accept verified decommissioning, relinquish coercive control, and allow a civilian political transition has stalled the truce. • The ceasefire framework (part of Trump’s 20-point plan) links Hamas weapon surrender and tunnel dismantling to phased Israeli withdrawal, a technocratic Palestinian administration, an international stabilization force, and reconstruction.

Turkish gendarmerie reportedly tortured 11 Syrians, mostly children, near the Girê Spî border while they were trying to cross into Turkey. Victims showed signs of severe beating, burns and abuse before being deported back to Syria.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — The US and Israel explored a scenario in which former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could emerge as a replacement figure following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during the war. U.S. officials said that Israel struck Ahmadinejad's residence in Tehran in an effort to free him from house arrest and potentially position him as a future leader. Ahmadinejad survived the strike with injuries and later distanced himself from the plan. — The New York Times |

🇺🇸🇮🇷 — The U.S. military seized the sanctioned Iranian-linked oil tanker Skywave in the Indian Ocean overnight. The vessel was believed to be carrying around one million barrels of crude oil loaded at Iran's Kharg Island in February. — The Wall Street Journal |

🇺🇸🇮🇶🇮🇷🇮🇶 — Two U.S. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft collided over Iraq on March 12, killing six personnel. The Pentagon said the airspace was considered 'friendly' and that no hostile fire was involved. However, initial intelligence reports detected anti-aircraft fire from Iran-backed militias in the area at the time, raising the possibility that the pilots may have taken evasive action. Military leadership later dismissed those reports as inaccurate. The investigation is expected to conclude that the crash was an avoidable pilot error caused by congested airspace. — The Atlantic |

🇦🇪🇮🇶🇮🇷🇮🇶 — The Emirati Defense Ministry said the country's air defense systems intercepted 6 drones targeting civilian and strategic sites over the past 48 hours. According to the ministry, the investigation into the May 17 attack near the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant found that all of the drones originated from Iraq.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Hamid Khani, a retired member of the IRGC's Basij paramilitary forces, was killed during an operation to dismantle unexploded war ammunition in the Tehran area. — Fars News Agency |

The father of Ahmad Al-Sharaa, also known as Joulani, has characterized the residents of Deir-Ezzor as savages. Consequently, local residents are calling for an apology from him.

The Israeli military says it struck over 25 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in the past day. The targets included weapon depots, command centers, rocket launchers used in previous attacks, and other infrastructure used by the terror group to advance attacks, according to the IDF. The IDF says it also struck Hezbollah operatives in the Cristofani Ridge area, located several kilometers north of Mount Hermon.

UPDATE: A car bomb near Bab Sharqi in Damascus. Video circulating shows the aftermath of the explosion. Reportedly, at least three STG soldires were killed.