DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top security official and the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s Basij militia were both killed in overnight strikes in a blow to the country’s leadership, Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday, while Tehran defiantly fired new salvos of missiles and drones at its Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel.

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A senior White House official resigned over the war with Iran. And: Kent said in a social media post that Iran “posed no imminent threat” to the U.S. and blamed the conflict on “pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” Israel said it killed Iran’s top security official and a paramilitary leader.

An Israeli journalist said he was the subject of death threats and offers of bribes by Polymarket users who wanted him to change a story.

Israel has claimed to have killed Iran’s security chief responsible for suppressing protests in its latest airstrikes, as the regime launched a fresh crackdown on dissent in the Islamic Republic. Israel’s military announced on Tuesday it had killed Gholamreza Soleimani,