Iran war: Iranian intelligence minister killed by airstrike

· DW

An airstrike killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib, Iran's president said, confirming the latest assassination of a top Iranian official. DW has the latest.

  • Iran says Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib has been 'eliminated'
  • Iran's president later confirmed Khatib's death
  • Israel launches more strikes on Beirut, killing at least 12 people
  • The US says it used 'bunker-buster' bombs against Iranian missile sites along the strategic Strait of Hormuz
  • Iran launches missiles with multiple warheads at Israel in retaliation for the killing of security chief Ali Larijani
  • The Iranian missile attacks kill at least two people in central Israel

Here is a roundup of the main developments from the US-Israel war with Iran on Wednesday, March 18: