BRUSSELS, March 1 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday that the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was "a defining moment in Iran’s history". "What comes next is uncertain. But there is now an open path to a different
A Western source who participated in the negotiations over the 2015 nuclear deal told Haaretz that senior EU officials are guided primarily by a desire 'not to upset Trump,' particularly given European interests tied to the war in Ukraine and the continuation of U.S. support
By Federico Maccioni, Joe Brock and Tim Hepher DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Global air travel remained heavily disrupted on Sunday as continued air strikes kept major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai, the world's busiest international hub, closed in one of the sharpest
MOSCOW, March 1 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family was "cynical" murder that violated all the norms of human morality and international law.
SEOUL, March 1 (Reuters) - North Korea's foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement that Israel's attacks on Iran and the U.S. military operation were "illegal aggression" and a violation of national sovereignty, state media Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday.
KARACHI, Pakistan/BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) - At least nine protesters were killed when crowds breached the outer wall of the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, following news of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Some Iranians grieved while others celebrated the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deep fault line in a country stunned by the sudden demise of the man who ruled for 36 years. Iranian state TV announced his
By Ahmed Elimam March 1 (Reuters) - Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani, who said on Sunday a temporary leadership council would be set up after an air strike killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reemerged last year as one of the most powerful figures in the
LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes, state media confirmed as another wave of attacks hit the country on Sunday. Below is international reaction to his death. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN "Please
March 1 (Reuters) - Airlines continued to cancel flights across the Middle East on Sunday as much of the region’s airspace remained closed a day after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunging the
LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey on Sunday declined to explicitly back strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran, saying it was for the U.S. to "set out the legal basis of the action it took". Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Intel U.S. officials disclosed to Israel on the Iranian supreme leader's location in the middle of Tehran allowed the Israeli air force to strike on Saturday morning, forcing Israel and the U.S. to abandon plans to strike overnight while utilizing the cover of darkness,
Given the escalation with the U.S., 'it is unlikely that we can look forward to the World Cup,' Mehdi Taj, president of the Iranian Football Federation, said in an inteview with Spanish outlet Marca
The biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid pandemic continued Sunday, with thousands of flights affected and busy Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai and Doha shuttered as Iran lashed out after US-Israeli strikes. Israel and Iran traded new attacks Sunday,
While Netanyahu said in a Persian-language social media video that Israel is working to create the conditions for the Iranian people to 'free themselves from the shackles of tyranny,' Iran's president declared the Israeli strike in which Iran's supreme leader was killed as 'an
Iranian top officials vowed Sunday to avenge their slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and declared a new wave of strikes on US bases in the Gulf, defying US President Donald Trump's threat of an unprecedented escalation in force. As crowds gathered in Tehran,
Pro-Iranian protesters angered by the death of Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei tried to storm the US consulate in Pakistan's Karachi on Sunday, leaving eight dead, and the fortified Green Zone hosting Washington's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Iranian state media
Iran's clerical leaders vowed to avenge the death of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and launched a fresh wave of attacks on Sunday as Israel hit back at the capital Tehran. It came after the United States and Israel claimed to have killed Khamenei in a wave of
Cheers in Tehran. Retaliation and mourning announced by Iran. Protests erupting in some parts of the Muslim world, celebrations in others. The world greeted with trepidation the news Sunday that Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in the US-Israeli
Cheers in Tehran. Retaliation and mourning by Iran. Protests in some parts of the Muslim world, celebrations in others. The world greeted with jubilation, anger or trepidation the news Sunday that Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in the US-Israeli
It's 3:30 am and lights are slowly coming on in the homes lining a narrow Istanbul street as people are woken up by the rhythmic thump of a drum. Emerging onto a balcony, Sibel Savas and her grandson look down as the drummer -- or davulcu in Turkish -- wanders through the
By Maha El Dahan and Andrew Mills DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Loud blasts were heard in Dubai and the Qatari capital Doha for the second day on Sunday, witnesses said, as Iran's retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states in response to U.S. and Israeli strikes on the
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 Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv, being treated for wounds ranging from light to serious, after an Iranian missile directly hit two buildings in Tel Aviv, police said. 40 buildings sustained damage, and over 200 residents were evacuated to hotels.
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
