Khamenei prepared for his death since the June war with Israel, while Iran's capacity to replace him and fight a prolonged war of attrition may push Trump to make do with tangible military achievements. But as a vacuum forms, different groups are vying for power – which may put
March 1 (Reuters) - The United States will hit Iran "with a force that has never been seen before," U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, should the Middle East nation retaliate for U.S. strikes. "Iran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than
DUBAI/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, March 1 - Israel said it had launched another wave of strikes on Iran on Sunday, as Iranians faced uncertainty after the killing of their supreme leader in U.S. and Israeli attacks that threatened to destabilize the wider Middle East. Hours after the
As a fresh Middle East conflict risks sending oil prices sharply higher, Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other key members of the OPEC+ alliance are widely expected to announce an output increase Sunday, analysts say. The virtual meeting by the eight members of the Organization of
By Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Reuters) - The 36-year rule of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei built Iran into a powerful anti-U.S. force, spreading its military sway across the Middle East, while using an iron fist to crush repeated unrest at home. He was killed on Saturday, aged
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The United States and Israel launched their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades on Saturday in an operation that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
KABUL, March 1 (Reuters) - Blasts and gunfire were heard in Kabul on Sunday, a Reuters journalist in the Afghan capital said, as fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan entered a fourth day. Explosions echoed across parts of the city before sunrise, followed by bursts of
March 1 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in Israeli and US strikes, Iranian state media said on Sunday. (Reporting by Yomna Ehab and Hatem Maher)
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The United States unleashed an array of weaponry against Iranian targets on Saturday, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth fighters, and for the first time in combat, low-cost one-way attack drones modeled after Iranian designs. U.S.
By Jonathan Landay, Phil Stewart, Gram Slattery and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Israel and the U.S. timed their attack on Iran on Saturday to coincide with a meeting the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was holding with top aides, according to two
25 people were said to have reached the Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv sustaining wounds ranging from light to serious, after police say an Iranian missile directly hit two buildings in Tel Aviv. Extensive damage was caused to buildings and vehicles at the scene, with several
DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law and son-in-law were killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. (Reporting by Elwely Elwelly; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Dubai's international airport and its landmark Burj Al Arab hotel sustained damage as overnight Iranian retaliatory attacks spread across the Gulf states and the wider Middle East, reaching beyond U.S. bases and interests. Four people were injured at
The United States and Israel on Saturday defended their attacks on Iran, which called resulting civilian deaths a "war crime" during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. "The international community has long affirmed a simple and necessary principle: Iran cannot
Four were wounded in Dubai and one killed in Abu Dhabi as Iranian barrages target Arab Gulf states aviation gateways in retaliation to U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran earlier Saturday
Jubilant Iranian Americans on Saturday took to the streets from Boston to Los Angeles to cheer the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and voice hope for a brighter future for their homeland. In Los Angeles, home to a massive Iranian diaspora, singing and ululating
The White House on Saturday released a photo of US President Donald Trump and a handful of his top advisors monitoring the progress of joint US-Israeli air strikes on Iran. Trump has announced that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the attacks, but there is no confirmation
Tehran is drawing a clear boundary against foreign military bases in the region while trying to prevent the formation of a united Persian Gulf front against it, and its neighboring Arab states are working to balance defending their borders with avoiding wider escalation
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday. "Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," Trump said on Truth Social, without elaborating on the source of the information. (Reporting by
President Donald Trump said the event marks the “single greatest chance” for the Iranian people to take their country back.
President Donald Trump made his case for war against Iran early on Saturday as US and Israeli forces bombed the Islamic republic, saying conflict was required to eliminate "imminent threats" from Tehran. Iran "rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions,"
Iranian state television confirmed the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he had been killed. The announcement came after the United States and Israel started launching waves of strikes Saturday against targets
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Saturday, hours after an Israeli source said evidence of Khamenei being killed was shown to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that 'Khamenei, one of the most evil people in history, is dead'
"They were not serious about doing a deal," a senior Trump administration official said.
Countries around the world voiced fears of a Middle East conflagration after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran Saturday, and Iran targeted US bases in the region in retaliation. - Iran Guards vow 'severe' punishment - Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to
Israeli army sources said Tehran is limiting its barrages, spreading attacks across several countries while conserving stockpiles for a prolonged fight, and has not yet used all its capabilities against Israel
On a visit to Texas on Friday, US President Donald Trump gave a raucous speech on the economy and then stopped off at a fast food joint. "Hamburgers for everyone!" Trump declared to cheering customers at the Whataburger restaurant in Corpus Christi, before the 47th president
MILAN, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto was stuck in Dubai with his family on Saturday as flights were suspended after U.S and Israeli attacks on Iran, a source close to the ministry said on Saturday. The minister left Rome on Friday evening aboard a
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, plunging the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation. Tehran responded by launching missiles at Israel and called the strikes against it unprovoked and illegal. Below is
The strikes were launched without congressional approval, with Democrats leading an effort to bring a vote on a war powers resolution
The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations agency said it received multiple reports from vessels in the Gulf that they had been notified of the Strait of Hormuz's closure. There was no immediate confirmation from Iran
VIENNA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Saturday it had seen no "radiological impact" from U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran or retaliatory strikes in other countries in the region, though it did not say whether Iranian nuclear sites had been targeted. "The
By Matt Spetalnick, Andrea Shalal and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - With his large-scale attack on Iran, Donald Trump has seized a legacy-defining moment to demonstrate his readiness to exercise raw U.S. military power. But in doing so, he is also taking the biggest
Two witnesses told AFP they heard an explosion and saw a plume of smoke rising from Dubai's famed man-made island The Palm as authorities reported four injured. The attack came as Iran carried out retaliatory strikes in the oil-rich Gulf following US and Israeli attacks --
Feb 28 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will meet on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the Middle East into a new conflict. U.N. diplomats said the 15-member body would meet at 4 p.m. local time in New York (2100 GMT). The
By Parisa Hafezi Feb 28 (Reuters) - Among the first targets in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday was the headquarters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an inveterate foe of the West who has crushed internal opposition while supporting proxy forces across the
By Erin Banco WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would likely be replaced by hardline
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk of major U.S. casualties but also touted the prospect of a generational shift in
A barrage of Iranian strikes caused havoc across the Gulf on Saturday, shattering the aura of peace so highly prized by the oil-rich region's wealthy rulers. Missiles streaked across clear desert skies as smoke plumed from US bases in Manama and Abu Dhabi and loud thuds shook
KYIV, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that the time and place of the next round of peace talks between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine would depend on the security situation in the Middle East and the level of "real diplomatic
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will speak within minutes, Iran's Al-Alam TV reported, hours after U.S., Israeli strikes targeted top Iranian leaders on Saturday. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Jana Choukeir, Editing by Nayera Abdallah)
For weeks, Iranians had been nervously anticipating another attack by the United States and Israel, despite Tehran and Washington holding negotiations aimed at averting a violent showdown. Nevertheless, on Saturday morning just before the strikes, life in Tehran was moving at
Across Israel, city streets stood deserted on Saturday as residents took cover in shelters, while the blasts from Iranian missiles being intercepted reverberated overhead. It was the second time in under a year that Israelis were undertaking this grim wartime routine, having
While Germany, France and the U.K. called on Iran to cease attacks on countries in the region, Russia called the joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Tehran a 'premeditated and unprovoked act of armed aggression'
KYIV, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, addressing U.S. strikes in Iran on Saturday, said it was important that Washington act decisively, but also that hostilities did not escalate into a wider war. "Whenever there is American resolve, global
Feb 28 (Reuters) - Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, plunging the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation. Tehran responded by launching missiles at Israel and called the strikes against it unprovoked and illegal. Below is
BERLIN, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Germany, France and Britain condemned Iranian attacks on countries in the region on Saturday, saying Iran must refrain from indiscriminate military strikes and resume negotiations. "We condemn Iranian attacks on countries in the region in the