Iran’s intelligence chief has been confirmed dead as missiles hit Haifa and targets in the Gulf
More than 30 people have been killed across Iran, including a senior intelligence official, in the latest wave of US-Israeli strikes on the country. The escalation comes ahead of a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on key infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Egyptian, Pakistani, and Turkish mediators have circulated a ceasefire proposal to which Tehran says it has formulated a response but has yet to accept.
Explosions rocked Tehran on Monday, with airstrikes hitting multiple locations across the capital. Thick smoke was seen rising near Azadi Square after a strike reportedly hit the grounds of the Sharif University of Technology, which Iranian officials said was targeted with a “bunker-buster” munition.
Iran said Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in one of the strikes, a claim also acknowledged by Israeli officials.
Iran responded with missile barrages targeting Israel and sites across the Gulf. In northern Israel, missiles struck Haifa, where at least three people were killed when a residential building was hit, according to emergency services.
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Civilian casualties continue to mount in Iran, with authorities reporting widespread damage to medical infrastructure and rising pressure on the healthcare system.
Key developments:
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Iran’s Health Ministry says at least 2,076 people have been killed since February 28, including 240 women and 212 children, with more than 26,500 injured.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF would target Iranian leadership “one by one.”
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In Lebanon, Israeli strikes continued alongside a ground operation against Hezbollah, with casualties reported in Beirut and other areas.
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06 April 2026
14:24 GMT
The IDF says it carried out a large-scale overnight strike in Tehran, targeting “numerous aerial assets,” as well as three airports across the Iranian capital.
- 14:05 GMT
Iran’s electricity infrastructure operates solely in support of the Iranian people, and any attack on it would endanger the population and constitute a war crime, the head of the state-run Tavanir electricity firm, Mohammad Alhadad, has said.
- 13:55 GMT
The first Malaysian ship has successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has announced, stating that “the Islamic Republic of Iran does not forget his friends.”
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had previously stated that after discussions with Iranian President Masoud Pеzeshkian, Kuala Lumpur was able to secure clearance for seven of its vessels to pass through the restricted waterway.
We had said that the Islamic Republic of Iran does not forget his friends.The first Malaysian ship passed through the Strait of HormuzKami telah mengatakan bahawa Republik Islam Iran tidak akan melupakan rakan-rakannya.Kapal Malaysia yang pertama yang telah melalui Selat Hormuz pic.twitter.com/prDkzivJSO
— Iran Embassy In Malaysia (@iraninmalaysia) April 6, 2026
- 13:40 GMT
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned the US-Israeli bombing of the “MIT of Iran,” noting that the attack on Sarif University in Tehran follows previous strikes on other universities in the country.
“The aggressors will see our might,” the minister wrote on X.
- 13:23 GMT
Tehran has had a “very bitter experience of negotiating with the US” and cannot afford to “simply ignore” this fact, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei has said, stressing that “negotiation is in no way compatible with ultimatums, crimes, or threats to commit war crimes.”
Baqaei also dismissed the possibility of a ceasefire, arguing it would likely only be used by the US as “a short pause to replenish forces for committing crimes again.” He stressed that Iran must now focus on defending itself as the US continues to increase the volume of its attacks.
- 13:17 GMT
A US Marine Corps veteran who was violently removed from a Senate hearing is accusing Washington of waging war on Iran to serve elite financial interests and Israel, saying the conflict mirrors past US wars built on “lies” and profiteering rather than national security.
On Going Underground with Afshin Rattansi, Brian McGinnis – whose arm was broken during a confrontation with police and lawmakers while protesting the war, said he sees “no difference” between the current escalation and past wars built on disputed claims, accusing US leaders of “lying their way up to this point” and using the military for “nefarious reasons” tied to what he called the “Epstein class.”
- 12:36 GMT
EU chief Antonio Costa has slammed Trump’s threats to attack Iranian bridges and power plants, arguing in a post on X that targeting civilian infrastructure during war is “illegal and unacceptable.”
At the same time, Costa also criticized Tehran, urging it to “immediately put an end to its attacks against countries in the region” and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, adding that “only a diplomatic solution” will settle the root causes of the Middle East conflict.
- 12:23 GMT
West Jerusalem is awaiting authorization from Washington to begin striking Iran’s energy facilities as the US and Israel aim to cripple the country’s economy, an Israeli official has told the Wall Street Journal.
The goal of the strikes is to make sure Tehran’s recovery from the war is as long and painful as possible, the official said.
- 12:05 GMT
The US operation to rescue an F-15 pilot may have been a cover to steal enriched uranium, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has suggested, noting there are “many questions and uncertainties” about the operation.
“The area where the American pilot was claimed to be present in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province is a long way from the area where they attempted to land or wanted to land their forces in central Iran,” Baqaei said, insisting that “the possibility that this was a deception operation to steal enriched uranium should not be ignored at all.”
- 11:56 GMT
Israeli forces have attacked Iran’s largest petrochemical facility in the South Pars natural gas field, Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced, noting that the plant is responsible for about 50% of the country’s petrochemical production.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency has confirmed that plants in Asaluyeh, including Jam and Damavand, as well as companies providing electricity, water, and oxygen to the facilities were targeted by Israeli strikes.
FILE PHOTO. South Pars gas field in Asaluyeh on Iran’s Persian Gulf coast on August 23, 2016. © Getty Images / Morteza Nikoubazl; NurPhoto
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06 April 2026
11:22 GMT
Trump’s threats to blow up Iranian bridges and power plants will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz and would constitute a “clear war crime,” Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has said, urging Republican leaders to stop the US president.
- 11:23 GMT
Moscow has raised concerns that continued aggression against Iran could result in the geographical expansion of the conflict. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that the Middle East is “practically on fire,” and that tensions in the region continue to rise.
- 11:23 GMT
The IDF has reported the killing of an alleged Hamas weapons smuggler in an airstrike in central Gaza. The operative, Ali Ahmad Ali Amrain, was said to be supplying “numerous weapons” to the Palestinian militants, the Israeli military claims.
The IDF says it killed a Hamas operative involved in weapons smuggling in an airstrike in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.The operative, Ali Ahmad Ali Amrain, "worked to supply numerous weapons for the Hamas terror organization," the military says.The IDF says it struck… pic.twitter.com/4kSUEdBucs
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) April 6, 2026
- 11:56 GMT
Israeli forces have attacked Iran’s largest petrochemical facility in the South Pars natural gas field, Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced, noting that the plant is responsible for about 50% of the country’s petrochemical production.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency has confirmed that plants in Asaluyeh, including Jam and Damavand, as well as companies providing electricity, water, and oxygen to the facilities were targeted by Israeli strikes.
FILE PHOTO. South Pars gas field in Asaluyeh on Iran’s Persian Gulf coast on August 23, 2016. © Getty Images / Morteza Nikoubazl; NurPhoto
- 12:05 GMT
The US operation to rescue an F-15 pilot may have been a cover to steal enriched uranium, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has suggested, noting there are “many questions and uncertainties” about the operation.
“The area where the American pilot was claimed to be present in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province is a long way from the area where they attempted to land or wanted to land their forces in central Iran,” Baqaei said, insisting that “the possibility that this was a deception operation to steal enriched uranium should not be ignored at all.”
- 12:23 GMT
West Jerusalem is awaiting authorization from Washington to begin striking Iran’s energy facilities as the US and Israel aim to cripple the country’s economy, an Israeli official has told the Wall Street Journal.
The goal of the strikes is to make sure Tehran’s recovery from the war is as long and painful as possible, the official said.
- 12:36 GMT
EU chief Antonio Costa has slammed Trump’s threats to attack Iranian bridges and power plants, arguing in a post on X that targeting civilian infrastructure during war is “illegal and unacceptable.”
At the same time, Costa also criticized Tehran, urging it to “immediately put an end to its attacks against countries in the region” and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, adding that “only a diplomatic solution” will settle the root causes of the Middle East conflict.
- 13:17 GMT
A US Marine Corps veteran who was violently removed from a Senate hearing is accusing Washington of waging war on Iran to serve elite financial interests and Israel, saying the conflict mirrors past US wars built on “lies” and profiteering rather than national security.
On Going Underground with Afshin Rattansi, Brian McGinnis – whose arm was broken during a confrontation with police and lawmakers while protesting the war, said he sees “no difference” between the current escalation and past wars built on disputed claims, accusing US leaders of “lying their way up to this point” and using the military for “nefarious reasons” tied to what he called the “Epstein class.”
- 13:23 GMT
Tehran has had a “very bitter experience of negotiating with the US” and cannot afford to “simply ignore” this fact, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei has said, stressing that “negotiation is in no way compatible with ultimatums, crimes, or threats to commit war crimes.”
Baqaei also dismissed the possibility of a ceasefire, arguing it would likely only be used by the US as “a short pause to replenish forces for committing crimes again.” He stressed that Iran must now focus on defending itself as the US continues to increase the volume of its attacks.
- 13:40 GMT
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned the US-Israeli bombing of the “MIT of Iran,” noting that the attack on Sarif University in Tehran follows previous strikes on other universities in the country.
“The aggressors will see our might,” the minister wrote on X.
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