Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed on Wednesday that Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib was killed in an attack, a day after Israel announced its killing of Iran's top security official, Ali Larijani.

Regional tensions continue to escalate after Israel attacked the world's largest natural gas field in Iran, the South Pars. Iran launched large-scale retaliatory attacks on multiple energy facilities in neighboring countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

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