Israeli strikes rock Tehran as Iran's counterattacks widen after the killing of its supreme leader
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran traded strikes Sunday as part of a widening war after the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a surprise U. S. and Israeli bombardment a day earlier. Blasts in Tehran — whose target was not immediately clear — sent a huge plume of smoke into the sky in an area where there are government buildings. Iranian authorities say more than 200 people have been killed since the start of the U. S. and Israeli strikes that and...
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