Iran’s current strikes could open a window for Israel to improve ties with Gulf states, but caution is needed as fears of Israeli influence and anti-Israel narratives persist, says expert. The

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday said its forces carried out major attacks on American military personnel across the Gulf region, including a strike in Dubai that the group claims killed more than 100 US soldiers.

Israel said it launched airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site Tuesday, and Iran struck back against Israel and across the Gulf region, targeting U.S. embassies and disrupting energy supplies and travel.

The groups plan to gather downtown following Saturday’s missile attacks In Iran launched by the U.S. and Israel.

Explosions sounded in Iran’s capital city Wednesday as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a fifth day following earlier strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and retaliatory strikes by the Islamic Republic across the Gulf region.

A red banner, which symbolises justice and revenge in Shiite tradition, was seen atop the Jamkaran Mosque.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation on Saturday, President Trump announced. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were "many signs" Khamenei was gone.

Donald Trump had a ‘feeling’ Tehran was going to attack US interests, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. Iran’s foreign minister criticised the president’s reasoning. The US Senate voted down an effort to stop Trump from taking further military action in Iran without congressional approval.