Who Could Take Over for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
Now that Iran has declared that its supreme leader is dead, it is unclear which of his possible successors might rise.
Now that Iran has declared that its supreme leader is dead, it is unclear which of his possible successors might rise.
Questions remain about how much effort the Trump administration will put into changing the Iranian government.
Among those killed in strikes, according to the U.S. and Israel, were Iran’s supreme leader and three of his top military commanders.
President Trump has become increasingly willing to assert American power overseas, a decade after propelling himself to the highest office by promising to focus on “America first.”
At least one gathering of senior officials and military leaders was hit, but it was not immediately clear whether the effort to kill them had succeeded.
Maps show where U.S. and Israel have struck Iran, and where Iran has retaliated.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in the major assault launched by the United States and Israel.