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Khamenei Didn't Expect Strike, Especially in Daylight

US, Israeli intelligence efforts aligned in time to plan Saturday's attack on Tehran

(Newser) - The US and Israel had been waiting for a chance to kill Iran's senior political and military leaders with one strike. When intelligence identified the opportunity as a meeting Saturday in Tehran, it brought another advantage: The strike could be carried out in daylight after initially being planned for...

At Least 22 Die Protesting Strikes, Storming US Consulate

Unrest erupts in Pakistan over attack on Iran

(Newser) - Deadly unrest spread across Pakistan on Sunday as protests against US and Israeli strikes on Iran turned violent near American diplomatic sites. Authorities said at least 22 people were killed in clashes linked to the demonstrations, the New York Times reports. Ten people died and dozens were injured in Karachi...

Iran Answers Israeli Pounding After Trump Warns 'Better Not'

President says he'll talk with Iranian leaders

(Newser) - Israel announced Sunday it launched a wave of strikes on "the heart of Tehran," and explosions followed in Iran's capital. Iran's government, which had vowed revenge for the death Saturday of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , retaliated with a barrage of missiles and drones aimed at Israel and...

Fishy Polymarket Bets Pay Off After Bombing

And an attorney tells TMZ he overheard four men talking about it in a DC restaurant Friday

(Newser) - TMZ usually sticks to celebrity gossip, but the outlet has an item on Iran that the Pentagon might find interesting. Attorney Mark Geragos tells TMZ that he was at a restaurant near the White House Friday afternoon and overheard four men in business attire talking about how the bombing...

'Am I Dreaming?' Some Iranians Celebrate in Streets

But mourners also emerge in Tehran after death of Khamenei

(Newser) - After Iranian state TV confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , the news led to competing public demonstrations of mourning and jubilation in Tehran and other Iranian cities, reports Reuters . State TV showed mourners clad in black, some of them weeping and carrying photos of Khamenei in a...

Democrats, Some Republicans Want Quick War Powers Vote

Pressure for debate was building before the attack on Iran

(Newser) - The congressional vote on a war powers resolution scheduled for next week may be mostly symbolic, but the issue gained urgency after the US attacked Iran on Saturday, and the outcome will serve as a referendum on President Trump's actions. Bipartisan efforts to have the House and Senate take...

UN Chief Denounces Strikes, Warns of a 'Wider Conflict'

Russia demands US, Iran return to negotiating

(Newser) - The United Nations chief condemned the US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and called for an immediate return to negotiations "to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink." Secretary-General António Guterres told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Saturday that everything must be...

Trump: 'One of the Most Evil People in History' Is Dead

President calls Ali Khamenei's death 'justice'

(Newser) - President Trump announced on Saturday that the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel have killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the nation's supreme leader for nearly four decades. "Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The killing could...

Coalition Kicks Off Protests Across US Against Attack

Crowd gathers near White House, and more demonstrations are scheduled for Sunday

(Newser) - A network of activist groups is organizing nationwide demonstrations this weekend in response to US and Israeli military strikes on Iran . The Action Coalition, which includes the Palestinian Youth Movement, Democratic Socialists of America, Code Pink, and the People's Forum, said it is coordinating "emergency protests" in dozens of...

Strikes Have 'Paralyzed' Iran's Intelligence Agency

Senior commanders have been killed, Western official says

(Newser) - Iran's intelligence nerve center evidently has been hit hard in the US-Israel bombardment of Tehran. The Washington Post , citing a senior Western security official, reports that weekend airstrikes on Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security killed at least four senior figures, including the heads of counterterrorism and counterintelligence,...

After Iran Retaliates, Euro Chiefs Demand New US Negotiations

Statement by Macron, Merz, Starmer didn't mention earlier strikes by US, Israel on Iran

(Newser) - Britain, France, and Germany on Saturday called for a resumption of US-Iran negotiations and condemned Iranian attacks on countries in the region. They didn't comment on earlier US and Israeli attacks on Iran , per the AP . UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich...

Iran: 'Operation Epic Fury' Kills Dozens at Girls School

Reported strike comes amid wider US-Israeli attacks against Iran, Iran's retaliatory moves

(Newser) - A girls elementary school in southern Iran was hit in a Saturday airstrike that local officials say killed at least 63 students, as US-Israeli attacks on the country, deemed "Operation Epic Fury," widened. The Middle East Eye reports that the strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the...

World Leaders React to US-Israel Attack on Iran

Nations voice concern as some back strikes, others condemn escalation

(Newser) - World leaders are lining up to assess, condemn, or cautiously back US and Israeli strikes on Iran as fears of a wider Middle East conflict grow. What some are saying as updates continue to trickle out of the region, per CNN , Reuters , and the New York Times :
  • Antonio Costa, president
...

Arab Nations Fend Off Iran Missiles After US-Israel Strikes

A civilian is dead in UAE, while Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan also report intercepting Iranian missiles

(Newser) - One person is dead in the United Arab Emirates after Iranian ballistic missiles rained down on Saturday, Emirati officials say. State media reports that the civilian was killed by falling debris from missiles the UAE says it intercepted, per the Wall Street Journal . The explosions were heard in both Dubai,...

Amid Strikes on Iran, a Search for Its Supreme Leader

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly moved to 'secure' site outside Tehran as US, Israel attack

(Newser) - Questions mounted on Saturday over the whereabouts of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after US and Israeli forces carried out daytime strikes on the Iranian capital of Tehran, with an early hit reported near his central offices there, per NDTV . A source told Reuters that Khamenei had already been...

Trump: US Has Begun 'Major Combat Operations' in Iran

Trump, Netanyahu call for regime change

(Newser) - The US and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and smoke could be seen rising from the capital. President Trump said in a video posted on social media that...

Attacking Iran Would Take How Many Planes?
Attacking Iran Would Take
How Many Planes?
study says
Sep 9, 2012 5:44 PM CDT

Attacking Iran Would Take How Many Planes?

Defense analyst Anthony Cordesman lays out the numbers

(Newser) - If Washington does bomb Iran's nuclear facilities, we're not talking about a few fighter jets speeding by for quick sorties, reports Wired . The mission would require more than 100 planes and ships—plus drones and tanker aircraft—to complete a complex mission involving electronic warfare, attacks on air...

Shadowy Militia Is First Line of Defense for Iran Regime

(Newser) - The Iranian regime’s first response against pro-Mousavi protesters last week was not the Revolutionary Guard but its volunteer branch, the Basij militia, CNN reports. Iran says the militia, created by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, numbers 12 million; the actual count is probably a smaller—but still effective—300,...

Israel Should Attack Iran
 Israel Should Attack Iran 
OPINION
Jun 11, 2009 8:20 AM CDT

Israel Should Attack Iran

(Newser) - No matter who wins tomorrow’s presidential election in Iran, the threat of its nuclear program won’t go away, and that’s why Israel should attack sooner rather than later, writes former UN ambassador John Bolton in the Wall Street Journal. Attacking Iran now won’t be safe or...

Washington's War Drums Beating Loudly
Washington's War Drums Beating Loudly
OPINION
Jul 3, 2008 10:25 AM CDT

Washington's War Drums Beating Loudly

Amid US, Israeli, Iran saber-rattling, 'all options on the table'

(Newser) - Is Washington, or its Israeli allies, really ready to attack Iran? "The threats, counterthreats, and counter-counterthreats … have reached new levels of hysteria in recent days," Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post. Rumblings of an Israeli strike prompted Tehran threats to close oil-shipping lanes. That would be...

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