US lawmakers condemn Trump for "unauthorized act of war"

U.S. lawmakers condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for “unauthorized act of war” against Iran on Saturday, calling the military action "unjustified".

The United States and Israel on Saturday launched combat operations against Iran, killing at least 201 people.

Iran's state media confirmed Sunday that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks on Saturday.

In his statement on social media, Illinois Democratic Governor Jay Robert Pritzker called the military action unjustified, unauthorized by Congress, and without a clear objective.

Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, criticized the U.S. military actions towards Iran as "acts of war unauthorized by Congress".

Former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a close ally of President Trump, also condemned the attacks.

At least 24 of Iran's 31 provinces were affected by U.S. and Israeli strikes, the Iranian Red Crescent Society reported on Saturday, adding that at least 201 people were killed and 747 injured in the joint attacks on Iran.

The airstrikes struck a girls' school in southern Iran, and up to 160 people could have been killed there, said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei. Iran's president condemned the incident as "inhumane".

US lawmakers condemn Trump for "unauthorized act of war"

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday urged restraint to avoid any nuclear safety risks to people in the Middle East and called an emergency board meeting scheduled for Monday, as it races to assess nuclear safety risks following the U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran.

In a social media post, the IAEA said it is in permanent contact with countries in the region, and so far there is no evidence of any radiological impact and that it will keep monitoring the situation and informing.

In a phone call with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger was informed that no nuclear facilities in Iran have been struck so far, according to her social media post.

Meanwhile, the IAEA Board of Governors will hold a meeting on Monday at the agency's Vienna headquarters.

According to a statement released by the IAEA, the session will address "matters related to military strikes of the United States and Israel against the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Earlier on Saturday, the U.S. and Israel launched what U.S. President Donald Trump called "major combat operations" against Iran, plunging the war-torn Middle East into a new round of violent conflict.

IAEA urges restraint to avoid nuclear safety risks in Middle East