After Larijani was killed, Iran launched attacks on Israeli and US assets

Iran stepped up attacks on US assets in the Middle East and Israel on Wednesday, in apparent retaliation for the overnight killing of the country’s security chief, Ali Larijani, as the weeks-long conflict shows no signs of abating.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday its missiles hit more than 100 military and security targets in the heart of Israeli territories, citing Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency as “revenge” for killing Larijani, his son and an aide.

The IRGC said it had launched a combination of drone and missile strikes in Tel Aviv and areas of central Israel. Israeli emergency responders said early Wednesday that two people were killed near Tel Aviv in an Iranian missile attack.

Iran has launched several explosive drones at the US embassy in Baghdad, triggering sirens along with an explosion near the diplomatic compound, Reuters reported. Separately, Tehran fired a projectile near an Australian airbase in the United Arab Emirates, according to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – with no personnel injured.

The series of attacks came after a deadly air strike on Tuesday killed Larijani, the head of Israel’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of a powerful militia with the IRGC.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council confirmed the deaths of Larijani’s son, Morteza Larijani, and his chief of office, Alireza Bayat, as well as several guards, the Associated Press reported.

Hostilities in the Middle East have continued since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, with no signs of escalation.

US President Donald Trump has sought in recent days to woo countries for military aid to restore passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed by Iran and sent fuel prices skyrocketing. One-fifth of global oil traveled through strategic waterways before the conflict began.

Tehran signaled a further escalation after a missile struck the compound of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant on Tuesday evening, although no damage to the plant or injuries to personnel were reported, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

U.S. forces on Tuesday dropped 5,000-pound bombs on Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz, taking direct aim at a critical energy chokepoint, according to the U.S. military.

Saudi Arabia is expected to host a consultative meeting of foreign ministers of several Arab and Muslim countries in Riyadh on Wednesday.