US President Donald Trump says that Iran will be hit "very hard" over the next week, adding "we've already damaged them so badly".
Earlier, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Iran's new supreme leader is in hiding, "wounded" and "likely disfigured".
"We're shooting down and destroying what missiles they have in stock and, more importantly, ensuring they have no ability to build more," he says - key lines from the Pentagon briefing at a glance.
Meanwhile, Iranian outlets publish footage of officials attending pro-establishment rallies in Tehran to mark Quds Day, an annual pro-Palestinian event.
Iran says it has launched missile attacks on Israel jointly with Hezbollah, after Israel earlier carried out strikes on Tehran.
The Israeli military drops leaflets over Beirut, urging residents to rise up against the Iranian-backed armed group - one man tells our reporter he thought it was an air strike.
And all six crew members on board a refuelling plane that went down over Iraq have died, the US military says - adding the incident was "not due to hostile fire or friendly fire".
US offers $10m bounties for Iranian leaders and military figures
The US is offering rewards of up to $10m (£7.6m) to anyone with information on "key leaders" of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
A notice issued by the US State Department references 10 individuals in particular, though only six are named.
Among them are new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, who was pictured attending a pro-establishment rally in central Tehran earlier.
The US says they "command and direct various elements" Iran's IRGC military wing.
Senior Iranian leaders emerge to attend pro-regime rallies
Iranian outlets have published several photos and videos of officials attending pro-establishment rallies in central Tehran to mark Quds Day, an annual pro-Palestinian event.
They include Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani, Police Chief Ahmadreza Radan, and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei.
In one video, Ejei is seen giving an interview to Iran’s state TV when an explosion happens nearby, with the pro-establishment crowd chanting Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest) near him after the explosion.
In another video, Pezeshkian is seen walking down a street and taking selfies with the crowd.
BBC Persian and BBC Verify have verified footage showing an explosion in the Iranian capital near the crowd.
In his message yesterday, Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei called on Iranians to participate in rallies today to help "confront the enemy".
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