Supreme Leader Away From Public Eye, Brass Killed: Who Is Running Iran?

Supreme Leader Away From Public Eye, Brass Killed: Who Is Running Iran?

Seventeen days after Israel killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s power structure has been hit by another wave of high-profile assassinations. Among those killed are Ali Larijani, once considered the second most powerful man in Iran, and Gholamreza Soleimani, who headed the Basij paramilitary force. The strikes are part of a broader…

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Israel Wants Iranians To Protest But Knows They’ll “Get Slaughtered”: Report

Israel Wants Iranians To Protest But Knows They’ll “Get Slaughtered”: Report

Senior Israeli officials privately warned US diplomats that Iranian citizens who protest against their government will “get slaughtered” even as Israel continued to openly encourage such protests, according to a State Department cable reviewed by The Washington Post. The cable, sent by the US Embassy in Jerusalem on Friday, shared Israel’s assessment that the Iranian…

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