US EditionMonuments Toppled and Celebratory Dancing in Iran's Streets
Iran's interim leadership council assumes control amid escalating conflict after Khamenei's death; protests since December 2025 caused an estimated 20,000 deaths, officials said.
- On Saturday, Iran's Supreme Leader was killed in a joint U.S.-Israel strike, with Iranian state media confirming his death on Sunday morning.
- Following earlier large air offensives, the strikes came amid nuclear negotiations, with Israel aiming to remove Iran's 'existential threat' and degrade its influence, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated.
- Khamenei built Iran into a regional power by expanding influence through militias and spending billions over decades on the 'Axis of Resistance', and authorised the 2022 crackdown after Mahsa Amini's death.
- Smoke and protests followed the strikes across Tehran and Basra, while Iran's vice-president promised continuity and Alireza Arafi, senior cleric, joined the interim Leadership Council as a three-person body assumes supreme leader duties.
- Analysts warned the killing could reshape the confrontation, noting Khamenei's successor must prioritize the nuclear accord and calming anti-government protests with an estimated 20,000 deaths.
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Regime Change Looming? Power Vacuum After Khamenei Assassination Triggers High-Stake Succession Race In Tehran
In the immediate aftermath, officials say Tehran's overriding priority is to project continuity. Operationally, Iran's command structure continues to function, though under heavy pressure. Missile forces, air defences and top commanders have been hit, but the system has so far absorbed the blows.
The death of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after almost 37 years in power, raises crucial questions about Iran's future following the Israeli and U.S. atts, in an operation called 'Epic Furia' by the Donald Trump administration.The contours of the complex succession process began to emerge the morning following Khamenei's death, in a campaign of air strikes by the U.S. and Israel.This is what needs to be known: Will it be like with…
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Ynet NewsKhamenei killing shatters Iran's order, triggers high-stakes succession race
DUBAI, March 1 - The assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has plunged the Islamic Republic into its most perilous crisis since the 1979 revolution - confronting it with war on its own territory, an unresolved succession, and mounting internal strain. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Analysis-Khamenei killing shatters Iran's order, triggers high-stakes succession race
By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and Emily RoseDUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - The assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has plunged the Islamic Republic into its most perilous crisis since the 1979 revolution - confronting it with war on its own territory, an unresolved succession, and mounting internal strain.
ANALYSIS | Why killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may not mean regime change in Iran
Following a joint U.S.-Israeli missile strike that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran is experiencing a volatile mix of state-sanctioned mourning and celebratory street protests. The assassination has sparked international fear that the lack of a post-war plan could plunge the region into uncontrollable chaos.
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