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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Confirmed Dead After US-Israeli Airstrikes

The decades-long rule of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ends following a US-Israeli military strike, leaving a power vacuum in Iran.

International Business Times UK · Feb 28

France's Macron insists on diplomacy to solve conflict in Iran and Middle East

French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from an emergency meeting of top politicians and advisors on Saturday night to insist on a diplomatic solution to the unfolding conflict in Iran and the Middle East.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 28

The rise and fall of Iran’s ruthless and pragmatic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The radical cleric took over as supreme leader in 1989 and is likely to be replaced by hardline figures

The Guardian - US · Feb 28

Iran Supreme Leader in Peril After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sites Rocked by Missile Attacks

Recent missile strikes near Iran's supreme leader have intensified fears of a targeted campaign against the leadership, complicating nuclear negotiations.

International Business Times UK · Feb 28

'Growing signs that dictator is gone': Netanyahu's big claim on Khamenei after US-Israel strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed there are “growing signs that this dictator is gone”, suggesting that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may have been killed in sweeping US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.

The Times of India · Feb 28

The brave Iranian people deserve our support – but Trump’s strikes will only answer bloodshed with bloodshed

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The US-Israeli attack may, if sources are correct, have killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei – but remains the case that the Iranian people deserve more support and wisdom than Trump has shown to be free of this appalling regime

The Independent UK · Feb 28

An Unconstitutional War

Trump's attack on Iran is obviously unconstitutional. The moral and policy issues are a closer call.

Reason · Feb 28

‘The most bitter news’: Iran reels as more than 100 children reportedly killed in school bombing

The building appears to be among many devastated in Trump’s ‘major combat operations’ as long expected attacks arrive

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28

U.S and Israel begin "major combat operations" in Iran

Some U.S. officials have been worried about entering into such a conflict without a clear sense of how it will end.

Axios · Feb 28

Girls' School Hit and Dozens Killed as Us-Israeli Strikes on Iran Widen With No Sign of Stopping

An air strike on a primary school in Minab, Iran, has resulted in the deaths of at least 85 young girls, amid a major military offensive by the US and Israel.

International Business Times UK · Feb 28