Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

By the time the talk took place, under 48 hours before the operation began, Trump had already approved the idea of the United States carrying out a military operation against Iran.

Ali Khamenei is gone, but Iran’s Shi’ite regime still threatens freedom, and the nation’s long path to democracy continues.

According to the study, 24 hours after the start of hostilities between Iran, Israel, and the United States, accounts in this campaign began posting Iranian propaganda about the war.

To genuinely weaken the Iranian system requires a comprehensive strategy – one that places the political realities of the region’s peoples at its center.

Iran appears to be entering a transitional phase in which the relationship between clerical authority and military power is being recalibrated.

This war is about an opportunity to dramatically alter the reality that has defined the Middle East - and the possibility that something foundational can change.

Iran's participation in the World Cup as a whole is under a cloud because of the ongoing conflict with the United States.

In the wake of the devastation on the political and military echelons of the Islamic Republic, who are some of the most significant figures remaining in Iran?

Iran's top security official was constantly moving to different secret locations throughout the last two weeks, sources said, taking precautions to avoid being located by Israel.

Ali Larijani, a key behind-the-scenes figure in Iran, was killed in an IDF strike, leaving a major gap in the regime's leadership amid growing instability.