Iran picked a new supreme leader and kept up attacks on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East, hitting a water plant in Bahrain, while Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran and threatened the Islamic Republic’s power grid.
The attacks overnight into Sunday came as Arab states across the Persian Gulf continued to face incoming missiles and drones from Iran, which said it had the capacity to sustain the war for months. The Red Crescent warned of toxic acid rain following the Israeli strikes. Tehran
Smoke billows after airstrikes on fuel depots in Tehran, on March 8.
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