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Who Is Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei? Will His Defiant Words Spark New Conflict with the US?

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejects US demands for surrender, warning of 'irreparable consequences' after strikes on nuclear sites. Will his defiance spark a new conflict?

International Business Times UK

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatens more attacks on US after week-long disappearance

Spiritual leader gives his first televised address since Donald Trump launched a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear sites. But after a prolonged absence, questions about the ayatollah’s future remain

The Independent UK

US military officials say Iran’s facilities are ‘destroyed’ after strike

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has attacked media for questioning the efficacy of US bombing following leaked report.

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Iran’s ayatollah claims ‘victory’ over Israel in first public appearance since ceasefire deal

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran emerged victorious over Israel and criticised US intervention, highlighting the retaliatory missile attack on a US base in Qatar.

Euronews

Accor Group CEO Sébastien Bazin: ‘Anybody who's waiting for the day after tomorrow is just an idiot’

Also: Trump wants to name a new Fed chair early.

Fortune

Voices: The Islamic Republic’s authority is a casualty of its war with Israel

INDEPENDENT PERSIAN: The image of the Islamic Republic’s crumbling edifice is visible not just to Iranians but to the world. This could be the point of no return, writes Azadeh Eftekhari

The Independent UK

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Why is Iran’s nuclear programme so essential to its identity?

Why does a country with large oil reserves feel such a need to have home-grown civil nuclear energy?

The Guardian - UK

How the Israel-Iran conflict became a battleground for apocalyptic religious extremes

COMMENT: With both evangelical Christians in US and mullahs in Iran believing in the End of Times, religious fervour is playing a crucial role in the background of the Iran-Israel conflict, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK

OPINION - Saturation attacks, dirty nuclear bombs and the bind for Britain: Starmer's Israel-Iran dilemma

The echoes from the super bomb Midnight Hammer mission continue to reverberate, and the questions grow louder. Behind the hyperbole of Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth about “this super successful operation” creep nagging doubts.

Evening Standard

The US has entered the Israel-Iran war. Here are 3 scenarios for what might happen next

After prevaricating about whether the United States would enter Israel’s war on Iran, President Donald Trump finally made a decision.

The Conversation

How could Iran respond to the U.S. attack on key nuclear sites? Its options are the ‘strategic equivalent of a suicide bombing,’ expert says

“They can strike U.S. embassies and bases, attack oil facilities in the Persian Gulf, mine the Strait of Hormuz, or rain missiles on Israel—but the regime may not survive the blowback.”

Fortune

Hope of change by my fellow Iranians has turned to horror - our pain was primed for Israel’s exploitation

COMMENT: Those living in Iran thought Israel’s attacks might lead to freedom – but Netanyahu only really wants a nation unravelled, another carefully engineered fracture in the region, writes author and documentary maker Ramita Navai

The Independent UK

Iran and Israel trade missile strikes as no sign of diplomatic breakthrough

Iran’s foreign minister said he would not negotiate with the US as long as Israel continued to carry out airstrikes against the country

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Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Ali Khamenei was born in Mashhad, Iran, in 1939, as the second son of a local religious leader, Javad Khamenei, and he grew up in relative poverty.

The Conversation

A militarily degraded Iran may turn to asymmetrical warfare – raising risk of proxy and cyber attacks

Israel’s air assault on Iran has focused largely on degrading the Islamic Republic’s military and would-be nuclear capabilities.

The Independent UK

Rhetoric heats up and modern missiles evade defences as the conditions are set for yet more violence in the Middle East

ANALYSIS: Israel’s rhetoric has gone up into the use of the N (azi) word as the battlespace is being shaped for more bloodletting, World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from Tel Aviv

Reason

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The Independent UK

Starmer warns Trump against ‘ramping up’ Middle East conflict by striking Iran

British PM calls for restraint and a return to diplomacy as Trump delays decision for at least two weeks

Euronews

Putin says Russia could broker Israel-Iran deal even as it ramps up attacks on Ukraine

The offer to mediate between Israel and Iran comes as Russia has intensified its war against Ukraine, including striking residential buildings in Kyiv.

Al Jazeera

The US sponsored Iran’s 1953 regime change: Is Trump planning a repeat?

A quarter century before the 1979 revolution, the US and UK helped depose democratically elected Iranian PM Mossadegh.

The Guardian - UK

An implosion, a collapse or a transition: what would regime change in Iran look like?

Some western leaders have welcomed the idea of the toppling of Iran’s supreme leader, but no planning has been made for the aftermath if it happens

Al Jazeera

‘Nobody knows what I’m going to do’: Trump embraces ambiguity towards Iran

The US president has signalled he may get involved in Israel’s fight against Iran but has not made a final decision.

The Independent UK

‘I may do it, I may not’: Donald Trump taunts Iran over airstrikes as Starmer holds Cobra meeting

Thousands flee Tehran as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei insists Iran won’t surrender to White House pressure

Latin Times

Steve Bannon Says Most of MAGA Will Back Trump If He Decides To Join Israel-Iran War: 'We'll Get On Board'

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said he believes most of the MAGA movement will back President Donald Trump if he decides to join the Israel-Iran war

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