Iran war: What is happening on day 11 of US-Israel attacks?

In the second week of the United States-Israel war on Iran, Tehran continues to experience “some of the most intense bombardments” overnight.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday the war could be over “pretty quickly”, adding he was “not happy” with Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied in Tehran to show their support for Mojtaba, who succeeded his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Here is what we know so far.

In Iran

• Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday Iran would continue fighting as long as necessary, casting doubt on Trump’s insistence that the conflict would be over “soon”.
• The Iranian ISNA news agency is reporting that five people have been killed and several injured in a US-Israeli air strike that hit a residential building in the city of Arak, in western Iran.
• Despite ongoing bombardments, thousands of Iranians rallied in Tehran to show solidarity with Mojtaba Khamenei, which supporters described as a message of defiance against the countries attacking Iran.
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said on Monday the US intends to “partition [the] country” and “take oil”.
• Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said some countries, including China, Russia and France, have contacted Iran regarding a ceasefire, Iranian state TV reported.
• An attack on residential buildings in eastern Tehran killed at least 40 people, while earlier attacks on oil facilities blanketed the capital in toxic smoke. Iran says the war has killed more than 1,255 people and injured about 10,000.
• Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, pledged a “harsh response” to the attacks on residential areas.
• Trump on Monday told reporters the US is “very much on top” of tracking whether Iran has activated “sleeper cells” in the country. Sleeper cells are covert operatives who live secretly inside a country and can be activated to carry out attacks.

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