The body tasked with selecting Iran's new supreme leader has reached a decision, members said Sunday, although the name has yet to be announced.

"The most suitable candidate, approved by the majority of the Assembly of Experts, has been determined," said Mohsen Heydari, a member of the selection body who represents Khuzestan province, according to Iran's ISNA news agency.

Another member, Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri, confirmed in a video carried by Iran's Fars news agency that "a firm opinion reflecting the majority view has been reached".

– AFP

A Pakistani national was killed in Dubai’s Al Barsha neighbourhood after debris from a missile intercepted by air defences fell into the neighbourhood, Pakistan’s embassy in the United Arab Emirates said Sunday.

“In this hour of grief, we share in the family’s pain and offer our most sincere prayers,” the embassy said.

The latest death adds to a growing toll on civilians across the Gulf as the conflict between Iran, Israel and the US widens. Many of those reported killed in recent days have been South Asian nationals, CNN reported.

Israeli Ministry of Health says at least 1929 people have been evacuated to hospitals, including 157 in the past 24 hours, since the start of Iran’s retaliatory strikes triggered by joint US-Israel air attacks on Tehran, according to Al Jazeera.

The ministry reportedly said nine people were in serious conditions, 42 moderate and 70 minor.

A significant number of those arriving at hospitals are injured while descending to the protected areas, it added.

Israel said its air force carried out a broad wave of strikes last night, targeting a compound at Isfahan airport where F14 fighter jets were stationed. 

The airstrikes also targeted detection systems and air defence systems that posed a threat to Israeli Air Force aircraft, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated. 

The attacks come after Israel’s Air Force struck 16 Quds Force aircraft on Friday at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran.

“The IDF will continue to target all systems of the Iranian terror regime across Iran and will expand its aerial superiority,” the army said. 

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Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry says three Indonesian crew members are missing after the United Arab Emirates-flagged tugboat Musaffah 2 sank in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, according to Al Jazeera.

“One Indonesian survivor is currently receiving burn treatment at a hospital in the city of Khasab, Oman. The other three Indonesians are still being searched for by the local authorities,” it said in a statement.

Before it sank, the Musaffah 2 experienced an explosion that caused it to catch fire, the statement said. An investigation is ongoing by local authorities, it added.

Kuwait’s ⁠Fire Force says ⁠two of its ⁠officers have been killed “while performing duties".

A statement published on X did not provide details on the circumstances of ⁠their deaths.

Earlier today, Kuwaiti authorities said firefighters were busy putting out a fire that broke out at the fuel tanks of the country’s airport, Al Jazeera reported.

Al Jazeera reports the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has warned civilians to take precautions, saying rain could become toxic after explosions at oil facilities. Such rain could cause chemical burns to the skin and damage to the lungs, it said.

In a post on Telegram, the agency reportedly gave the following instructions:

• During rainfall after explosions, do not leave your home under any circumstances.
• If you are outdoors, immediately take shelter under concrete or metal roofs and avoid sheltering under trees.
• If rain comes into contact with the skin, do not rub the affected area under any circumstances and rinse it only with a continuous stream of cold water.
• Immediately change clothes that have been soaked by the rain and place them in a sealed bag.

Israel's military has warned Iran it will continue pursuing every successor of the country's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In a post on X, the IDF's Farsi-language account said: "Iran's Assembly of Experts, which has not convened for decades, will soon gather in the city of Qom.

"We want to tell you that the hand of the State of Israel will continue to pursue every successor and every person who seeks to appoint a successor.

"We warn all those who intend to participate in the successor selection meeting that we will not hesitate to target you either. This is a warning!

A drone strike targeted Erbil International Airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdish north overnight, killing one security guard and wounding another person.

Iran has also targeted Iranian Kurdish separatist groups in recent days, with missiles ripping into at least one camp for fighters and their families.

Overnight into Sunday those attacks continued even after US president Donald Trump said he had ruled out arming the Kurds as a proxy ground force to invade Iran.

A UN building in Suleymaniyeh, along the border with Iran, was also hit in an attack. The extent of damage was not immediately clear.

As attacks have widened, local authorities in northern Iraq have issued instructions to foreign and local journalists not to report on specific details of attacks over apparent concerns of revealing the full impact to Iran.

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Multiple explosions rang out across Iraq overnight as the country was bombarded with some two dozen attacks, prompting sirens to sound and resulting in at least three deaths, writes Sophia Yan in Erbil.

Katyusha rockets targeted the US embassy in Baghdad late Saturday. Iraqi security officials have said that a missile struck the embassy’s helipad.

Witnesses said other rockets fell in the Green Zone - the heavily fortified quarter that houses embassies - though there were conflicting accounts on the damage sustained.

The attack is the first time the US embassy has been fired on in more than two years, widening the scope of targets in Iraq.

Separately, a drone strike targeted Erbil International Airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdish north, killing one security guard and wounding another person, local authorities said.

Iran has also targeted Iranian Kurdish separatist groups in recent days, with missiles ripping into at least one camp for fighters and their families.

Overnight into Sunday, those attacks continued even after US president Donald Trump said he had ruled out arming the Kurds as a proxy ground force to invade Iran.

A UN building in Suleymaniyeh, along the border with Iran, was also hit in an attack. The extent of damage was not immediately clear.

Drone and missile strikes linked to Iran-backed militias in Iraq have increased significantly in recent days, with targets ranging from Western embassies to US-run oil fields.

The US and Israel have hit back at Iraqi paramilitary groups aligned with Iran, making it the only country in the war to be targeted by both sides.

As attacks have widened, local authorities in northern Iraq have issued instructions to foreign and local journalists not to report on specific details of attacks over apparent concerns of revealing the full impact to Iran.

– Daily Telegraph