Khamenei's son Mojtaba elected his successor, sources say

Qatar’s state security apparatus said late on Tuesday it had arrested two cells affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, according to the Qatari state news agency.

The Israeli military said it had identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel and that air defense systems were operating to intercept them.

A suspected Iranian drone attack targeted the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station in Saudi Arabia, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday citing informed sources.

Iran's Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as the next Supreme Leader under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards, informed sources told Iran International.

The parking lot of the US consulate in Dubai was targeted in an attack on Tuesday, local staff told Iran International.

Dubai's media office later said authorities have put down the limited fire which was caused by a drone strike and no injuries were reported.

Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council on Mirdamad Street in Tehran was destroyed after being targeted in an airstrike on Monday, footage released by Iranian media showed.

The council is a powerful state body that selects the clerical member of the Interim Leadership Council and makes the final decisions on five key issues until a new Supreme Leader is elected:

1- Determining the general policies of the Islamic Republic
2- Ordering a referendum
3- Declaring war or peace
4- Dismissing the president
5- Appointing or dismissing the chief of the Joint Staff, the commander-in-chief of the IRGC, and senior military and law enforcement commanders

Smoke was seen rising from an area near the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing two witnesses.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation to provide political risk insurance and guarantees for maritime trade traveling through the Persian Gulf.

"This will be available to all Shipping Lines," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

He added that if necessary the United States Navy would begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible.

"No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD. The United States’ ECONOMIC and MILITARY MIGHT is the GREATEST ON EARTH — More actions to come," he said.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he had ordered the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, its air assets and its frigate escort to set sail for the Mediterranean amid tensions in the Middle East.

“Faced with this unstable situation and the uncertainties of the coming days, I have ordered the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, its air assets, and its frigate escort to set sail for the Mediterranean,” Macron said in an address to the nation.

The Israeli military said it struck a compound in Tehran on Tuesday that it said was used to develop capabilities for nuclear weapons, without providing further details.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has begun a new wave of extensive missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, state media reported.

The final, in-person session of Iran’s Assembly of Experts to choose a new leader may be postponed until after next week’s funeral and burial for the slain leader, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency reported, citing heightened security measures.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts has now shifted its meetings to a remote format and adopted an alternative voting method due to security considerations and concerns over the safety of its members, the report added citing informed sources.

According to the source, regular deliberations are continuing in a secure environment, and the final stages of the process are underway.

Khamenei did not designate a successor, leaving the decision to the Assembly of Experts, the IRGC outlet said citing the unnamed source.

The body of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will be buried in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran following a funeral, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported.

"Officials at the headquarters organizing the grand farewell ceremony for him are planning to hold a public memorial in the capital," the report added.

The date and time of the funeral or memorial has not been announced.

Abdolhamid Rahbar, commander of the Revolutionary Guard's 15 Khordad Unit, was killed along with four other members of the IRGC in an attack in Isfahan, semi-official ISNA reported.

The Israeli military on Tuesday warned representatives of the Islamic Republic in Lebanon to leave, saying there is no safe place left in the country for them.

The Israeli military confirmed on Tuesday that it killed the commander of Iran’s Quds Force in Lebanon, Davoud Alizadeh, in an airstrike in Tehran.

"Ali Zadeh, who was the equivalent of a brigadier general, was the highest-ranking Iranian commander responsible for Lebanon," the military said in a statement.

"Ali Zadeh had served in multiple roles, including as the Commander of the Strategic Weapons Corp in the Quds Force, where he supported proxy arming with strategic weapons. Zadeh functioned as an expert, guiding Hezbollah and other proxies’ firepower capabilities," the statement added.

The United Arab Emirates is considering taking military action against Iran to stop Iranian missile and drone attacks against the country, Israel's Channel 12 reported citing sources familiar with the matter.

“Although it (UAE) has not been involved in the war in any way, it has nevertheless absorbed 800 launches,” the report quoted a source familiar with decision-making discussions in the UAE as saying.

“The position in the UAE is that there is no country in the world that would not reexamine its policy under such circumstances,” the source added.

“Oman reaffirms its call for an immediate ceasefire and a return to responsible regional diplomacy,” the country’s foreign minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi said on X.

"I've done a lot of good things. So many people saying, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You see it in the streets of Los Angeles. They have 1000s of people," President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday.

"I saw it the other day, pictures of Donald Trump, and I'm looking, I'm on the phone, probably talking to you, and I'm looking, and I see my picture, I say, oh no, it's another, you know, protest. I see my and then I started saying, Boy, they were very friendly people."

"Then I saw a woman hugging the picture of me. I said, what's going on? And it turned out to be, these are Iranian people that live in the United States. So many 1000s and 1000s. You saw the rallies. And in New York too, they had a big rally by pictures all over the place. The fact is that people are happy with what we did," Trump added.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Iran was "getting ready to attack Israel. They were getting ready to attack others. You're seeing that right now... So I think it was right about that we attacked first."

"Everybody got hit because they're evil and they're bad. It's a bad seed. And somebody had to do it, and it should have been done sometime during a 47-year period, because so much death has been caused by them," he told reporters.