The 36-year rule of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei built Iran into a powerful anti-US force, spreading its military sway across the Middle East, while using an iron fist to crush repeated unrest at home.He was killed on Saturday, aged 86, Iranian state…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iranian dictator Ali Khamenei dies to air strike
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US and Israeli strikes on Iran in maps
Israel and the US have launched strikes across Iran, with Iran retaliating with strikes across the region.
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Explainer-Why is the US attacking Iran?
By David Brunnstrom
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The United States and Israel launched their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades on Saturday in an operation that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Blasts heard in Kabul amid clashes between Afghan, Pakistani forces
KABUL, March 1 (Reuters) – Blasts and gunfire were heard in Kabul on Sunday, a Reuters journalist in the Afghan capital said, as fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan entered a fourth day.
Explosions echoed across parts of the city before…
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Iran’s Ali Khamenei, who based iron rule on fiery hostility to US and Israel, dies at 86
By Parisa Hafezi
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Reuters) – The 36-year rule of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei built Iran into a powerful anti-U.S. force, spreading its military sway across the Middle East, while using an iron fist to crush repeated unrest at…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten ‘severe punishment’ for killing of Khamenei
Iranian state TV announces 40 days of mourning for supreme leader after confirming he was killed at his Tehran compound * IDF says it’s continuing to strike in Iran * Sirens sound in northern towns
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How US-Israel strikes on Iran unfolded in 90 seconds
The US and Israel launched attacks across Iran on Saturday, with US President Donald Trump later saying Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Khamenei’s compound in Tehran had been…
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Iran's Supreme Leader killed in joint US Israeli strikes, Trump says
Tehran responded to the strikes with a wave of missiles and drones aimed at Israel and Gulf countries that host US bases.
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Factbox-US deploys suicide drones and Tomahawk missiles in Iran strikes
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The United States unleashed an array of weaponry against Iranian targets on Saturday, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth fighters, and for the first time in combat, low-cost one-way attack drones modeled…
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Iran's supreme leader Khamenei killed, Iranian state media confirm
March 1 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in Israeli and US strikes, Iranian state media said on Sunday.
(Reporting by Yomna Ehab and Hatem Maher)
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