French President Macron on Iran:

No one can think that the issue of the Iranian nuclear program, ballistic activities, and regional destabilization will be resolved simply by strikes.

Ukraine’s Budanov:

Either we reach a compromise with Russia on the territorial issue, or we continue killing each other — which we are doing quite effectively and professionally.

An intercepted IRGC Navy transmission announces a complete halt to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz:

This is the IRGC Navy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran. Effective immediately, all navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is prohibited. No vessels of any type are permitted to transit the Strait of Hormuz until further notice. This is the IRGC Navy. Out.

Jordan’s foreign minister says Iran attacked Jordan "without any justification."

BREAKING: A member of the Tehran City Council says Supreme Leader Khamenei’s son-in-law and daughter-in-law were killed in the strikes, according to the Young Journalists Club.

Houthi Leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi:

We are on standby for any necessary developments.

NOW: Erbil, Iraq following Iranian strikes.

UAE government is sending text messages to citizens and residents instructing them to stay home and await further guidance.

Israeli sources say senior ministers have been moved to fortified underground shelters.

Trump hasn’t made any statements or posted anything on Truth Social in the past eight hours, which is highly unusual of him.

EU's Ursula von der Leyen condemns what she described as Iran’s “unjustifiable attacks” against the United Arab Emirates.

Israeli reporter Amit Segal says it was Israel — not the United States — that hit Khamenei’s compound.

Thirty bombs were reportedly dropped on the site.

Sources say Khamenei’s military secretary was killed, along with possibly family members, and that Khamenei is “almost certainly dead.”

These claims have not been independently verified.

BREAKING: CENTCOM:

CENTCOM forces successfully defended against hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks.

There have been no reports of U.S. casualties or combat-related injuries.

Damage to U.S. installations was minimal and has not impacted operations.

Missile depot struck in northern Iran.

EU's Kaja Kallas:

The Iranian regime’s indiscriminate attacks against its neighbours carry the risk of dragging the region into a broader war and we condemn this.

It is essential that the war does not spread any further.

The Iranian regime has choices to make.

Al Mayadeen reports a well-informed source in Iran says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has positioned himself in an operations room, as during the 12-day war, and is overseeing the conduct of the war.

John Bolton on Iran:

My only regret is that I wasn't persuasive enough in the first term to get to this point.