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Pro-Iran protesters try to storm US missions in Pakistan, Iraq

Pro-Iran protesters try to storm US missions in Pakistan, Iraq

Pro-Iranian protesters angered by the death of Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei tried to storm the US consulate in Pakistan's Karachi on Sunday, leaving eight dead, and the fortified Green Zone hosting Washington's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Iranian state media confirmed the death

Latest developments in Iran: US and Israeli strikes, death of Khamenei

Latest developments in Iran: US and Israeli strikes, death of Khamenei

Iranian state television confirmed the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he had been killed. The announcement came after the United States and Israel started launching waves of strikes Saturday against targets in Iran, sparking swift retaliation by

Iran leader Khamenei killed in massive US and Israeli attack

Iran leader Khamenei killed in massive US and Israeli attack

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack, sparking a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes from Tehran on Sunday. Iranian state television confirmed Khamenei's death early

Questions cloud Trump's case for war against Iran

Questions cloud Trump's case for war against Iran

President Donald Trump made his case for war against Iran early on Saturday as US and Israeli forces bombed the Islamic republic, saying conflict was required to eliminate "imminent threats" from Tehran. Iran "rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions," Trump said in a roughly

Iran's Khamenei: ruthless revolutionary atop Islamic republic

Iran's Khamenei: ruthless revolutionary atop Islamic republic

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, whose death was confirmed by state media on Sunday, was a pillar of the country's theocratic system since the Islamic revolution and saw off multiple crises over the decades, remaining defiant to the very end. US President Donald Trump posted on

Fears of Mideast war as US-Iran conflict flares

Fears of Mideast war as US-Iran conflict flares

Countries around the world voiced fears of a Middle East conflagration after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran Saturday, and Iran targeted US bases in the region in retaliation. - Iran Guards vow 'severe' punishment - Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to punish the "murderers&

Iranians across North America rally for -- and against -- strikes

Iranians across North America rally for -- and against -- strikes

Jubilant Iranian Americans on Saturday took to the streets from Boston to Los Angeles to cheer the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and voice hope for a brighter future for their homeland. In Los Angeles, home to a massive Iranian diaspora, singing and ululating marchers carried flags of