EU’s take on the situation in the Middle East:

Global Reaction to the Escalating US-Israel-Iran War

State officials and leaders reacted after Israel and the United States struck Iran, with Russia criticizing Washington, the EU calling the situation perilous, Norway questioning legality, and Gulf states condemning escalation as tensions spread across the Middle East.

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Israeli strikes on Iran targeted senior figures including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, armed forces Chief of Staff Sayyid Abdolrahim Mousavi, President Masoud Pezeshkian, Defense Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani, and National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani.

It remains unclear whether any were hit.

Source: CNN

Footage reportedly shows debris from an Iranian projectile in southern Quneitra, Syria, after an Israeli interception.

Major General Amir Hatami, Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Army, is in full health and continues to lead the forces, ISNA reports, dismissing rumors of his death.

Russian Foreign Ministry on Iran:

The reckless armed aggression by the U.S. and Israel was unprovoked.

BREAKING: Iraq-based Kataib Hezbollah’s Operations Command says it will soon begin attacking U.S. bases in response to what it described as American aggression.

BREAKING: Iran fires more ballistic missiles to Israel.

U.S. official to Fox News:

The airstrikes will continue for days, not hours.

WATCH: Patriot air defense system in Kuwait intercepting an incoming Iranian missile.

Russian Foreign Ministry:

Israeli officials conveyed false signals to Russia about having no interest in military confrontation with Iran.

Iran’s IRNA news agency claims 36 female students were killed in a joint Israeli-U.S. strike in southern Iran.

Norway says the strikes on Iran are “not in line” with international law.

More explosions in the State of Kuwait following the Iranian attack.

Iranian officials say senior leaders are in full health.

State-linked sources deny Israeli claims that the president or other top figures were successfully targeted.

Reports from inside Iran say Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, the army’s commander-in-chief, and President Masoud Pezeshkian are all unharmed.

Israeli official to Axios:

The goal is to create all the conditions for the downfall of the Iranian regime.

We are targeting the entire Iranian leadership - political and military - past, present, and future.

Developments will also depend on the extent to which the Iranian people rise up.

The first known satellite image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran shows several buildings destroyed.

The current whereabouts of Iran’s supreme leader are unknown.

The compound is generally used as his official residence.

Source: NYT, Airbus

BREAKING: More explosions heard in Doha and Abu Dhabi.

EU Leaders Ursula von der Leyen & Antonio Costa Call for Maximum Restraint

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa said developments in Iran are greatly concerning, and urged for maximum restraint, civilian protection & respect for international law.

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WATCH: U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles heading to Iran, flying over Iraq.

The British military did not take part in the strikes on Iran, U.K. officials said, declining to comment on whether U.S. forces used British bases such as Diego Garcia.