Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday, President Trump said, joining multiple Israeli official sources and a senior U.S. intelligence official who had confirmed the news to CBS News. “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Mr. Trump posted on social
The U.S. government did not brief allies on the details of the planned American and Israeli military action, multiple diplomatic sources told CBS News. Yet this is now fast moving toward a regional war. “If common sense and sound judgment do not prevail, and if space is not opened for diplomacy, our region faces the
Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Saturday that he believes that there could be “weeks, not days, of joint efforts” by the U.S. and its allies in Iran after the massive military mission launched overnight. “We’re probably looking at weeks, not days, of joint efforts by the United States, Israel
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is presumed dead after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday, multiple Israeli official sources and a senior U.S. intelligence official told CBS News. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier Saturday that there are “growing signs” that Khamenei is “gone” after the mission. People are cheering in
In the early hours of Feb. 28, President Donald Trump announced on social media that the United States and Israel had begun “major combat operations” in Iran. At 1:15 a.m. ET, U.S. and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury, targeting command, defense, and missile and drone launch sites across Iran, according to U.S. Central Command
The late dictator came to power in 1989 and oversaw the Islamic Republic’s expansion into the world’s chief sponsor of terrorism Ali Khamenei (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed Saturday during joint U.S.-Israeli military operations across the Islamic Republic, ending his 36-year reign as the country’s bloodthirsty theocratic dictator, Reuters reported
Benham Ben Tabelu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, said Reza Pahlavi, the son of the deposed Shah of Iran, may be a strong contender to be the new leader of Iran if regime change is successful. Tabelu said Pahlavi has support among Iran’s youth, an ability to draw crowds