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President Donald Trump said Monday the war against Iran could end “very soon,” arguing that U.S. and Israeli forces have devastated the regime’s military capabilities while warning Tehran that any renewed aggression would trigger even harsher retaliation.

Former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was selected to be the next Supreme Leader of Iran, according to multiple reports.

The military operation against Iran entered its ninth day on Sunday. Reports have indicated that cracks are emerging in the remnants of the Iranian leadership structure as it scrambles to replace slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid continued waves of strikes from the United States and Israel, some of which left the Iranian capital of Tehran shrouded in thick black smoke.

The wife of New York City Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani is accused of liking several social media posts cheering the violent October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel, and he has come out defending her.

Israel continues its strikes in Lebanon, Tehran vows to keep fighting the U.S., and President Trump has promised to hit Iran “very hard”.

In a week that has seen precious little normal activity in Israel, at least one aspect of regular civilian life will begin to return.

The United States says it has continued to dominate the Iranian Navy and Tehran launches strikes against Israel, albeit at a reduced pace. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered some 250,000 residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate on Wednesday ahead of major military action against the terrorists of Hezbollah.

Azadi Stadium, a massive sports complex in Iran’s capital city of Tehran, was badly damaged on Thursday by U.S. and Israeli strikes.

Many who are commenting on the missile strikes by U.S. and Israeli military have seized on the idea that in attacking Iran Trump is dragging America into yet another entanglement in the Middle East. On the most recent episode of The Drill Down, host Peter Schweizer and co-host Eric Eggers explore that allegation and pick the winners and losers.

Iran warns retribution against the U.S for sinking one of its warships in international waters, and continues to hit out at the wider region.

The Pentagon identified the last two names of soldiers killed following the strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Qatar said on Tuesday it disrupted two sleeper cells working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

An Israeli pilot in a U.S. built F-35 stealth fighter took out a manned Russian-made Iranian fighter jet over Tehran early Wednesday, reportedly a historic “world first” during Operation Epic Fury.

Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), said on Wednesday that U.S. forces struck almost 2,000 Iranian targets within the first hundred hours of Operation Epic Fury.

Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is signaling that as president, he would cease military support for Israel, a country that he sees as an “apartheid state.”

Iran is attempting to choose a new supreme leader, while the U.S. and Israel continue strikes, including on Tehran and Lebanon. 

The Department of War (DOW) publicly identified four of the six U.S. Army casualties following the strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that the joint American-Israeli military strikes against Iran are “outside of international law.”

Moj Mahdara, co-founder of actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s investment company Kinship Ventures, blasted Democrats for failing to support President Donald Trump’s strikes against high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran, calling on them to “wake up.”

While leftists in Hollywood decrying President Donald Trump’s military actions in Iran, celebrated Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof is celebrating the death of Iranian Mullah Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and was even heard wishing his death was even more painful.

Spanish actor Aldo Comas criticized celebrities for wearing “Free Palestine” pins while having no opinion about other regimes like Iran.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is worried deliveries of missiles will dry up as they’re needed to fight Iran, he told an Italian newspaper. 

The military operation against Iran has entered its fourth day on Tuesday, with missiles and rockets traded by combatants overnight.

Israel authorises forces to advance into Lebanon and “take control” to prevent Hezbollah using it to fire into Israeli border settlements.

Vice President JD Vance rejected the idea that Iran would turn into a forever war, stating there is “no way” that President Donald Trump would allow the United States to get into a “multi-year conflict with no clear end in sight.”

Iranian drones hit the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing a fire and damage to the building on Monday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Americans in over a dozen countries in the Middle East to leave as soon as possible due to serious safety concerns amid the escalating conflict in Iran.

As missile exchanges intensified across the Middle East and commercial flights were halted amid Operation Epic Fury, Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz found himself stranded in the Gulf region, where he coordinated with U.S. and regional officials to evacuate a group of Americans to safety.

The Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah launched missiles and drones at Israel on Sunday night, ostensibly in revenge for the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The list of Iranian leaders eliminated by U.S. and Israeli strikes in Operation Epic Fury is growing, and includes much of the top command structure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the designated foreign terrorist organization that handles both overseas terrorism and internal repression for the Islamist regime.

Iranian citizens awoke to mysterious push notifications from a hacked prayer app urging military personnel to surrender as Israel and the United States launched coordinated strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities Saturday morning.

Operation against Iran has entered third day, with strikes against targets inside Iran and interceptions against Iranian aircraft ongoing.

U.S. Central Command announced on Monday morning the death of a fourth American military service member amid Operation Epic Fury in Iran.

Do not expect to see the Iranian national soccer team at the 2026 World Cup, according to the head of the Iranian Soccer Federation, who cast doubt on his team making an appearance after the US-Israeli strikes against Iran, which began this weekend.