US strike on Iran ‘ahead of game plan’ but global markets rattled, energy prices soar

U.S. forces continued a round-the-clock assault on Iran and Israel mounted a “broad wave” of strikes on Wednesday targeting Iranian missile sites and air defence systems in a campaign that a top American commander said is ahead of the “game plan”.

Despite initial U.S. hope for a swift and decisive ouster of Tehran’s clerical leadership, Iran kept up retaliatory strikes against Israel and around the Gulf, and vowed to select a new supreme leader to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the opening salvos on Saturday.