US EditionIsrael Pounds Beirut in Expansion of War; Iran Says 'some Countries' Have Begun Mediation Efforts
Iran reports mediation efforts amid escalating U.S.-Israeli conflict following Supreme Leader Khamenei's death; over 1,230 Iranians killed, Iranian Red Crescent said.
- On Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iranian President, said some countries have begun mediation efforts to end the war and urged talks to target those who provoked the conflict.
- Iran says the conflict began after the killing of its leader and describes his death as an assassination, shaping Tehran's response, while Israel and the U.S. aim to curb Iran's influence.
- Israeli warplanes struck Tehran in a broad wave of attacks, hitting 50 warplanes on a bunker beneath Khamenei's compound, while Iran launched missile and drone strikes toward Israel and Gulf states with Qatar and Saudi Arabia intercepting attacks.
- Human tolls have mounted, with at least 1,230 dead in Iran, 123 killed and 683 wounded in Lebanon, and at least 10 Israelis killed, as residents evacuate Beirut's southern suburbs.
- Pezeshkian is part of the panel now handling succession, while Trump demanded influence over Iran's next leader and encouraged Kurdish attacks, potentially complicating mediation.
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BEIRUT/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM — Israel pounded Beirut on Friday after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the entire southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a major expansion of the war against Iran it began a week ago alongside the United States. Israel also launched a new wave of attacks on Iran, saying 50 of its warplanes had struck a bunker beneath the Tehran compound of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, still being used by Iran's leade…
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