Mar 01 Inside Iran's succession process and who could be the country's next supreme leader By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The contours of a complex succession process began to take shape the morning after Khamenei's killing in an airstrike campaign by the United States and Israel. Continue reading
Mar 01 U.S. and Israel pound targets across Iran as Trump signals openness to talk to new leadership By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, Josh Boak, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The U.S. and Israel pounded targets across Iran on Sunday, dropping massive bombs on the country's ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military campaign following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Continue reading
Feb 28 Fact-checking statements made by Trump to justify U.S. strikes on Iran By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact President Donald Trump's accusation that Iran is building nuclear weapons that could "soon" reach the U.S. is contradicted by a 2025 federal government assessment that said Iran is years away from the ability to produce long-range missiles. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: 'This is your time to join forces,' Netanyahu says to Iranians after U.S.-Israel attack By News Desk and Associated Press Netanyahu said "we will hit thousands more targets of the terror regime" in the coming days. "We will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to free themselves from the chains of tyranny," he added. Continue reading
Feb 28 Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes By Associated Press President Donald Trump said on social media Saturday that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, saying his passing is “the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.”… Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: War with Iran | PBS News Special Report By PBS News Hour The United States and Israel launched an unprecedented joint attack on Iran with the stated intention to overthrow the Iranian regime Saturday. Continue reading
Feb 28 Members of Congress demand swift vote on war powers resolution after Trump orders Iran strike without congressional approval By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Both the House and Senate, where the president's Republican Party has a slim majority, had already drafted such resolutions long before the strikes Saturday. Continue reading
Feb 28 Russia condemns U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran as 'preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression' By Associated Press Russia on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy. Continue reading
Feb 28 U.S.–Israel attack on Iran leaves hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded by flight disruptions By Cara Rubinsky, Marc Levy, Josh Funk, Associated Press America and Israel's attack on Iran disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace and key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia were directly hit by strikes. Continue reading
Feb 28 World leaders react cautiously to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran By Claudia Ciobanu, Sam McNeil, Associated Press How long will it last? Will it grow? What will it mean to us — and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle East and the planet Saturday as world leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israeli strikes… Continue reading