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Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei served as Iran’s supreme leader and was the country’s most powerful political figure, holding ultimate authority over foreign policy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and major...
A sudden, wide-ranging attack by the United States and Israel this weekend dramatically raised the prospect of a broader regional war. In announcing the strikes, President Donald Trump vowed to crush Iran’s military...
President Trump announced on Truth Social that Iran’s supreme leader has died, calling him "one of the most evil people in history." Senior administration officials told CBS News the United States moved now because it...
By Stephen Smith, Managing Editor Updated: February 28, 2026 / 8:30 PM EST / CBS News U.S. and Israeli forces carried out a large-scale attack on Iran on Saturday. President Trump described the operation as intended to...
Overview Margaret Brennan, moderator of Face the Nation, warned that recent U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s follow-on attacks risk turning a limited operation into a broader regional war. A sequence of strikes...
Iran’s Guardian Council announced on Sunday that it selected Ayatollah Alireza Arafi to join a three-person temporary leadership council formed to run the country following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei....
President Donald Trump told NBC News in a phone interview Saturday that U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a number of other senior officials. “The people that make all the...
President Trump announced early Saturday, in a video posted to his Truth Social account, that the United States has begun “major combat operations” in Iran. He made the remarks as Israel said it was launching a...
U.S. and Israeli forces carried out coordinated strikes on Iran early Saturday in an operation officials described as the product of weeks of planning. A senior Israeli military official said the campaign is intended to...
Updated Feb. 28, 2026 — Washington President Trump ordered U.S. military strikes on Iran early Saturday after months of pressure over Tehran’s nuclear activities, which have long been a source of U.S. and international...
By Olivia Gazis and Camilla Schick Updated Feb. 28, 2026 / 3:53 AM EST As the administration moved closer to a decision on possible military strikes against Iran, the White House on Friday officially designated Iran as...
Bahrain’s state news agency reported that the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet’s service center was targeted in a missile attack Saturday. The Israel Defense Forces said a joint Israeli‑U.S. strike on Iran hit dozens of military...
