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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 …
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
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 and Breitbart
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.
Reuters:
Live: Khamenei's body has been found and he is confirmed dead, Israeli official says  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were many signs indicating Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “is no longer”, without explicitly confirming his death.
Erin Banco / Reuters:
Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say  —  In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei …
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.
Washington Post:
Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran  —  U.S. intelligence assessments saw no imminent threat, but regional allies argued now was the time to strike.  —  President Donald Trump launched Saturday's wide-ranging attack on Iran after a weeks-long lobbying effort …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
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 …
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.
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 …
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Trump's Decision to Strike Iran Opens New Fissures in Midterms  —  Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.  —  President Trump's decision to attack Iran pushed a new, unpredictable issue to the forefront …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico, Fargo | KFGO and DNYUZ
The Guardian:
Explosions rock Bahrain, Dubai, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East  —  War launched by US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated prompting anxiety and concern in whole region  —  Iran struck the world-famous Fairmont hotel in Dubai, setting the hotel alight …
The Atlantic:
‘The Worst-Case Outcome Is Complete Chaos’  —  Killing the Supreme Leader was one thing.  Ousting the regime will be another.  —  In the final hours before U.S. warplanes bombarded Iran today, President Trump wanted to go over the plan one last time.  He called the top U.S. military commander …
France 24:
US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says
Discussion: Reuters, New York Times and DNYUZ
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:   Why Attack Iran?  —  Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption  —  How do understand the war with Iran?
New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Reluctant MAGA demands swift results from Trump in Iran
NBC News:
Full interview: Iranian foreign minister reacts to U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump announces ‘major combat operations’ in Iran
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The incoherence at the heart of Trump's latest, biggest war
Discussion: The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:
Senior IRGC, regime officials killed in Israel-US strikes on Iran, source says
Najmeh Bozorgmehr / Financial Times:
Strike on Iranian primary school kills 108, authorities say
Discussion: Truthout and Raw Story
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Trump's Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran
Discussion: The Free Press and Axios
Bartosz Brzeziński / Politico:   Poland says it had advance knowledge of US-Israel strikes on Iran
Samia Nakhoul / Reuters:
Iran missiles brings war to Gulf doorstep; hardens support for US-Israel campaign
Eva Hartog / Politico:   Putin's friendship has limits — as Iran just found out
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice
Discussion: Axios and The Independent
Fox News:
Anti-US protesters funded by pro-China tycoon mobilize as first bombs fall on Iran
Discussion: RedState and Washington Times
Reuters:
UN Security Council to meet on Saturday on Iran conflict
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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