With the future of Iran deeply uncertain, President Trump acknowledged that it could end up with a ruler “as bad” as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
With the future of Iran deeply uncertain, President Trump acknowledged that it could end up with a ruler “as bad” as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
With the future of Iran deeply uncertain, President Trump acknowledged that it could end up with a ruler “as bad” as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
With the future of Iran deeply uncertain, President Trump acknowledged that it could end up with a ruler “as bad” as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A video released by Dubai’s government of the Emirati president visiting a mall underscored the authoritarian country’s efforts to maintain its placid reputation amid spiraling violence.
President Trump also declined to rule out sending ground troops into Iran as the conflict spread into the Gulf countries and Lebanon and Israel exchanged strikes.
The government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer risks being dragged deeper into the conflict, after allowing the U.S. military to use British bases for “defensive” purposes.
Experts say that Iran’s clerical rulers may be too deeply entrenched for Iranians to topple them, and that the U.S. and Israeli strikes risk setting off deeper radicalization or violence.
Lawmakers questioned whether the United States faced an “imminent” threat from Iran, a requirement for the president to lawfully initiate military action without congressional approval.
The killing of Iran’s supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.