Explosions were reported in vast parts of the country on Saturday.
Videos circulating on social media show explosions and plumes of black smoke in multiple areas across the country, including the capital, Tehran, also Karaj, Isfahan and Qom in the centre of the country, and Kermanshah in the west.
Locations reportedly targeted include Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) facilities, air defence capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said about 200 fighter jets had taken part in an “extensive attack against the missile array and the defence systems” in western and central Iran.
On Saturday evening, Trump announced the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and this was confirmed by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in a statement broadcast by state media on Sunday morning.
Iran is also experiencing a near-total internet blackout, meaning getting reliable and up-to-date information out of the country is difficult.
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation has said its airspace is closed until further notice.
More than 200 people were killed and more than 700 injured across the country on Saturday, according to the Red Crescent. At least 153 people are now known to have died in an explosion at a school in southern Iran on Saturday, according to officials.
Meanwhile, around 40 Iranian officials were killed in the strikes, according to an intelligence source and a military source cited by CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.
The IDF has named seven senior Iranian defence officials as among those killed, including Iran’s Defence Council secretary Ali Shamkhani, Defence Minister Brig Gen Aziz Nasirzadeh and IRGC commander Gen Mohammad Pakpour.
Israel’s military said Saturday’s strikes had “paved the way to Tehran”, and Sunday’s attacks were focused on the central part of the city.
No figures have been given for casualties on Sunday within Iran, but Israel said command centres and military infrastructure had been destroyed.
Trump also said nine Iranian naval ships had been sunk and naval headquarters destroyed.
The IRGC has since named a new commander in chief, Ahmad Vahidi.
