TEHRAN – Iran launched attacks targeting oil and gas facilities around the Gulf on Wednesday, lashing out after suffering yet another blow to its leadership with Israel’s killing of its intelligence chief. The death of Esmail Khatib came hot on the heels of the killing of security chief Ali Larijani, which Iran’s new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei — who has not been seen since succeeding his slain father — vowed to avenge. The spate of targeted killings has wiped out many of Iran’s senior leaders, although Washington’s top intelligence official said the government of the Islamic republic remained intact, […]... Keep on reading: Iran targets Gulf energy sites after intel chief killed