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Axios:
ISRAEL SAYS IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD … - An Israeli official confirmed to Axios that Khamenei is dead, according to Israeli intelligence. … His death is a massive blow to the regime and could accelerate its collapse, which U.S. and Israeli officials have stated as a goal of their operation.
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David Gilbert / Wired:
X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel's Attack on Iran  —  WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.  —  Minutes after Donald Trump announced that the US and Israeli governments had launched a …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People  —  The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.  —  The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without even an attempt to build public support.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Reuters:
Exclusive: Ahead of strikes, Trump was told Iran attack is high risk, high reward  —  Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk of major U.S. casualties but also touted the prospect of a generational shift …
NBC News:
Live updates: U.S. and Israel launch major attack on Iran  —  President Donald Trump urged Iranians to “take over your government” when the strikes are over.  Tehran responded by targeting American bases and other targets throughout the region.  —  ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  What to know
New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran  —  Large explosions were reported in Tehran, according to several residents, and air-raid sirens rang across Israel.  —  Here's the latest.  —  The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, according to American and Israeli officials …
Abbie Cheeseman / Washington Post:
U.S. and Israel launch attack on Iran as Trump calls for regime change  —  The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, as President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” on Saturday, vowing to decimate Tehran's military and fuel a change in government.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump floats “off ramps” after attacking Iran  —  President Trump told Axios on Saturday that he has several “off ramps” from Operation Epic Fury, the extraordinary U.S. military campaign against Iran that he launched early Saturday morning.
Associated Press:
Read President Trump's statement on Iran in full  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said in an 8-minute video posted on his Truth Social platform that the U.S. has begun “major combat operations in Iran.”  He claimed Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles …
BBC:
Luxury Dubai hotel hit as Iran launches retaliatory strikes across region  —  A luxury hotel in Dubai was hit as Iran launched strikes across the region in retaliation for a “massive” and ongoing attack against it by the US and Israel.  —  Video verified by the BBC shows a fire raging at Fairmont The Palm Hotel.
Reuters:
Senior IRGC, regime officials killed in Israel-US strikes on Iran, source says  —  Trump confirms US operation in Iran, tells IRGC to lay down arms  • Blasts heard in Tehran as Khamenei moved to ‘secure location’  • Netanyahu says objective to end Ayatollah's regime
Max Boot / Washington Post:
There is no reason to think this war with Iran is necessary  —  Trump criticized the Iraq War.  Now he's making the same mistakes.  —  My big takeaway from the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq — which I deeply regret having supported — is that the United States should go to war only when it has to.
Discussion: Axios, The Intercept, Semafor, Vox and Bloomberg
France 24:
US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says  —  At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday.  Washington has not commented on the reported strike.
Discussion: New York Times and twitchy.com
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump's Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran
BBC:
US and Israel carry out joint attack on Iran as Tehran launches retaliatory strikes
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump's case for the Iran war makes no sense
Discussion: The Hill and Advocate
Clarissa-Jan Lim / MS NOW:
Trump says Iranian supreme leader killed in strikes by U.S. and Israel
Najmeh Bozorgmehr / Financial Times:
Strike on Iranian primary school kills 108, authorities say
Discussion: Truthout
Associated Press:
Israel launches attack on Iran's capital with US help as tensions high over nuclear talks
Paul Musgrave / Systematic Hatreds:
An Unpopular, Doomed, Bloody War
Discussion: New York Times and THE FARCE
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Trump's Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran
Discussion: Axios
NBC News:
Democrats and a few Republicans say they'll force a vote to limit Trump in Iran
Bartosz Brzeziński / Politico:   Poland says it had advance knowledge of US-Israel strikes on Iran
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NBC News:
Full interview: Iranian foreign minister reacts to U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran
Samia Nakhoul / Reuters:
Iran missiles brings war to Gulf doorstep; hardens support for US-Israel campaign
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’  —  A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him.  Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.  —  A plastic surgeon from Mount Sinai closed …
 
 
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