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Israel Hacked Iranian Prayer App, Urged IRGC To Betray The Regime: Report
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a series of military strikes on Tehran carried out by the United States and Israel, Iranian state media confirmed on Sunday.
165 Ballistic Missiles And 541 Drones: UAE Counts What Iran Sent
Iran has fired at least 165 ballistic missiles on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since yesterday, the UAE's Defence Ministry said in a statement today. Of this, the UAE's air defence network destroyed 152. The remaining 13 fell into the sea, it said.
"Will Forcefully Crush Enemy's Bases": Iran President After Khamenei's Death
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian today announced the interim leadership council formed after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israel strike has started working on their important tasks.
8 Dead In Fresh Iran Strikes On Israel's Beit Shemesh In Response To Khamenei's Killing
The death count from an Iranian missile attack Sunday in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh rose to at least nine people, first responders said, in the deadliest strike in the country since the war began.
Why Ayatollah Khamenei Kept One Hand Hidden Beneath His Cloak For 45 Years
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in his office on Saturday in the most ambitious joint attack by Israel and the United States on Iranian targets in decades.
148 Killed In Girls' School In Iran's Minab After US-Israel Strike
The strike was carried out in Minab in southern Iran's Hormozgan province
Iran Raises Red Flag Over Mosque After Khamenei Killing. What It Means
In a symbolic gesture signalling retaliation, a red "flag of revenge" was raised over the dome of the Jamkaran Mosque, which is a site of religious significance for Iran.
‘You weren’t free’: Iranians party in London and Manchester after strikes against regime
The diaspora hope the death of Ali Khamenei will bring change – and peace – even as fears remain over Iran’s futureOn Saturday night, with bombs falling across the Middle East and rumours of the death of Ali Khamenei, the longtime ayatollah of Iran, spreading, the streets of north London resembled a party.Thousands of revellers filled Finchley Road, a part of London often called Little Tehran because of the large Iranian community, waving a sea of flags, many with the Lion and Sun, the flag of the Iranian state before the 1979 Islamic revolution. Continue reading...
US-Israel war on Iran live: death tolls rise in Israel, UAE and across region as Iran attacks continue and IDF strikes ‘heart of Tehran’
Israeli rescuers respond to missile strike in Beit Shemesh; interim successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei namedHow have you been affected by events in the Middle East?A visual guide to the US-Israeli strikes on IranHow the US-Israeli bid for regime change unfoldedLoud explosions were heard early on Sunday near Erbil airport, which hosts US-led coalition troops in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, AFP reported. Thick black smoke was rising from the airport area.On Saturday, US-led coalition forces downed several missiles and explosive-laden drones over Erbil. Continue reading...
Trump bizarrely boasts that Iran's Navy will be 'floating at the bottom of the sea'
President Donald Trump vowed that Iran's naval fleet would soon be "floating at the bottom of the sea."In a Sunday post to Truth Social, the U.S. president gave an update on the progress in the fight against the Iranian Navy."I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important," he wrote. "We are going after the rest — They will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea, also! In a different attack, we largely destroyed their Naval Headquarters."Trump added: "Other than that, their Navy is doing very well!"The president's claim came a day after the U.S. military began strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader.
NDTV Explainer: How Is A Supreme Leader Chosen, Who Will Succeed Khamenei
Iran has appointed senior cleric Alireza Arafi as the jurist member of a temporary Leadership Council following the reported death of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli air strikes, according to state media.
Trump facing political minefield at home after Iran war betrayal: report
Donald Trump faces a political minefield after his second military strike on Iran in less than a year, with conservative voters and MAGA supporters—promised no new wars—expressing fury over the attacks.The president's Iran operation has ignited a firestorm among his base, with supporters and former backers reminding him of his 2024 campaign pledge to avoid military adventurism.According to Politico's Erin Doherty, the political damage is substantial and immediate action is necessary.A POLITICO poll from last month found only half of 2024 Trump voters—50 percent—supported military action against Iran, while 30 percent opposed it. "Those fractures, combined with largely unified opposition from Democrats, meant Americans broadly did not want an attack on Iran," Doherty wrote. An Economist/YouGov poll conducted the following weekend confirmed broad public opposition to military action in Iran.The stakes are particularly dire for Republicans heading into a difficult midterm election. "The Republican Party is already staring down a difficult midterm landscape, where even small defections from their winning 2024 coalition could carry outsized consequences," the report states.Trump now confronts a volatile political calculation where support within his coalition was tepid at best before the strikes, and overall public opposition significantly outweighs backing.Michigan-based Republican strategist Jason Roe outlined the binary outcome: "The political risk depends on the outcome. If we break Iran without terrorist attacks coming to America or harm coming to allies in the region, it will be a political win for Trump. … If this expands into a protracted conflict, or ends up with troops on the ground, it will be a liability."You can read more here.
