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Recent intelligence indicates a direct escalation between the United States, Israel, and Iran, marked by confirmed US-Israeli missile strikes that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior officials. Iran has launched retaliatory strikes on US military bases in the Middle East, intensifying concerns of broader regional conflict involving proxies such as Hezbollah and the Houthis. These developments have led to widespread flight disruptions across the Middle East and heightened security alerts, signaling a critical juncture for regional stability.

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Alireza Arafi selected as clerical member of Iran’s interim Leadership Council

Middle East Monitor | | political

Iranian authorities have selected Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, a clerical member of the Guardian Council, to serve on Iran’s interim Leadership Council, according to an official statement on Sunday. Mohsen Dehnavi, spokesperson for Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, said in a post on the US social m

US and Israel launch new wave of attacks across Iran amid threat of escalation

The Guardian ME | | military

Donald Trump threatens to unleash ‘force that has never been seen before’ in response to retaliation from Tehran US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates Israel and the US launched fresh waves of intensive attacks across Iran on Sunday, the second day of their military campaign to overthrow the coun

US-Israel war on Iran live: Israel launches wave of attacks ‘in the heart of Tehran’ as interim successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named

The Guardian ME | | military

Alireza Arafi joins Iran’s president and chief justice on temporary leadership council to fulfil supreme leader’s role until successor is chosen Tell us: how have you been affected by events in the Middle East? A visual guide to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran How the US-Israeli bid for regime cha

Trump’s US-Israel war on Iran is denounced abroad, unconstitutional at home

Middle East Monitor | | military

While President Trump cast the opening salvo against Iran as an act of defence—insisting the strikes were necessary “to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime”—the scale of what followed shattered any claim of limited protection. The world awoke not only t

London: PFB raises over £41,000 for Gaza at its tenth annual iftar

Middle East Monitor | | political

The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) announced that it has raised more than £41,000 in support of the people of Gaza during its tenth annual Iftar, held in London and attended by more than 1,100 participants from across Britain, including members of the Arab community, friends of Palestine, and ad

In Khamenei's absence, pragmatist Larijani emerges as power broker in Iran

Al-Monitor | | humanitarian

By Ahmed Elimam March 1 (Reuters) - Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani, who said on Sunday a temporary leadership council would be set up after an air strike killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reemerged last year as one of the most powerful figures in the security hierarchy. He has b

Factbox-Middle East flights halted after US-Israel strike on Iran

Al-Monitor | | political

March 1 (Reuters) - Airlines continued to cancel flights across the Middle East on Sunday as much of the region’s airspace remained closed a day after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunging the region into a new confl

Britain says it is for US to set out legal basis for Iran strikes

Al-Monitor | | military

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey on Sunday declined to explicitly back strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran, saying it was for the U.S. to "set out the legal basis of the action it took". Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the air

Nine killed as protests break out in Pakistan, Iraq over Khamenei's death

Al-Monitor | | political

KARACHI, Pakistan/BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) - At least nine protesters were killed when crowds breached the outer wall of the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, following news of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iraqi police fired tea

Putin says the killing of Khamenei is 'cynical' murder

Al-Monitor | | political

MOSCOW, March 1 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family was "cynical" murder that violated all the norms of human morality and international law.

Global reaction to the killing of Iran's Khamenei

Al-Monitor | | political

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes, state media confirmed as another wave of attacks hit the country on Sunday. Below is international reaction to his death. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN "Please accept my deep condolen

In polarised Iran, Khamenei's death triggers celebrations and grief

Al-Monitor | | political

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Some Iranians grieved while others celebrated the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deep fault line in a country stunned by the sudden demise of the man who ruled for 36 years. Iranian state TV announced his death in the early hour

More than 100 children reportedly killed in school bombing in Iran – video

The Guardian ME | | military

Footage released by Iran's state media show the aftermath of a school building in the south of the country reportedly destroyed by US and Israeli strikes. At least 100 children had been killed in the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, the Mizan news agency reported, with dozens more

Trump is accelerating the world’s slow drift from dollar dominance | Heather Stewart

The Guardian ME | | military

Aggression feeds a sense that the US is operating outside global norms and helps to fuel a more complex currency outlook What the US-Israeli attacks on Iran mean for oil prices Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, with its puerile Pentagon nametag, Operation Epic Fury, is another show of violent force f

Safety of our allies ‘not conditional,’ US envoy tells UN

Middle East Monitor | | diplomatic

The US said Saturday that the safety of its allies is “not conditional” as it defended military attacks against Iran during an emergency UN Security Council meeting, Anadolu reports. “Iran’s continued pursuit of advanced missile capabilities, coupled with its refusal to abandon nuclear ambitions, de

Few will mourn leader of ‘evil’ regime Ali Khamenei, says UK defence secretary

The Guardian ME | | political

John Healey says there is ‘real and rising threat’ from Iran as US and Israeli military action divides political opinion US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates The UK defence secretary has said few will mourn Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, whose death was announced after US and Israeli airst

Supreme leader’s daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter killed: Iranian media

Middle East Monitor | | humanitarian

The daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei were killed, the Fars News Agency reported Sunday, citing sources close to the leader’s office. Fars said the deaths were confirmed after contact was established with informed sources at the supreme leader

More flights cancelled as Iran conflict shuts Mideast hubs

Al-Monitor | | military

The biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid pandemic continued Sunday, with thousands of flights affected and busy Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai and Doha shuttered as Iran lashed out after US-Israeli strikes. Israel and Iran traded new attacks Sunday, after Tehran hit both t

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