What next for Iran after Ali Khamenei?
Supreme leader’s burial leaves his son Mojtaba – about whom Iranians know little – to confront enormous challenges facing the regime
Ali Khamenei
No strait answer as US and Iran are stuck in cycle of strikes
Trump pushes to get ships moving through Strait of Hormuz while Iran resists dilution of its control over waterway
US military launches series of fresh ‘powerful strikes’ against Iran
Latest assaults in key global shipping lane were the most in a single day since late April, says UN agency
Crowds march through Tehran to mourn slain Iranian leader Ali Khamenei
Drone footage shows many tens of thousands of people crammed into a boulevard in centre of capital
Iran readies ‘funeral of the century’ for slain supreme leader
US and Israel warned against attacks in advance of six-day funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
AI spying tools unnerve Putin as surveillance risks mount
Russia shut down the system protecting Putin after the Iran war exposed how AI can be used to target enemies
Why the Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s strongest card in peace negotiations
Tehran says wide differences between it and US must be settled before a truce framework can be agreed
‘He’s clearly not well’: Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour revives mental health debate
As the US president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced
Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi seriously injured in US-Israeli strike
Kharazi previously said Iran had not rejected negotiations and was open to indirect talks with US to end war
Trump claims to have achieved Iran war aims. Has he?
US president’s objectives have shifted since the war began
‘It’s all hands on deck’: Iran’s hackers go to war
Tehran’s cyber operatives have sought to sow fear and extract intelligence in a series of attacks on Israel and the US
Who is the latest Iranian commander targeted by Israel?
Israel said it killed the naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, in an airstrike on Thursday morning
Who is winning the Middle East war? Tehran defiant as Washington caught by surprise
Iran is being battered by the US and Israel, but Tehran’s ability to choke the Strait of Hormuz has caught Washington by surprise
Israel says it has killed Iran’s de facto leader Ali Larijani
Iranian supreme leader rejects de-escalation offers conveyed by intermediaries, says senior Iranian official
Who is Ali Larijani, the Iranian official Israel claims to have killed?
National security chief emerged as one of Iran’s most dominant figures following the assassination of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
The rise of Mojtaba Khamenei: Inside the succession battle to decide Iran’s next leader
The high-stakes process became a full-on test of whether the country’s theocracy could survive
Initiative may be slipping away from US and Israel as Middle East crisis deepens
Many analysts believe US is getting trapped in a much longer war than it wanted
Trump says Iran will be hit ‘very hard’ and calls regime leaders ‘deranged scumbags’
Death toll and humanitarian crises mount two weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran
Iran’s strategy of attrition seems to be working so far
For the Islamic Republic regime, survival would be victory
Anti-war demonstration at US embassy in Dublin is met by Iranian counter-protesters
Angry scenes as peace groups demand end to attacks on Iran, but Iranian group chants ‘Thank you, Trump’
Iran vows to fight on in first message issued in name of new supreme leader
Mojtaba Khamenei’s statement was read out on TV, fueling doubts over his health following attack on his father’s compound
Trump’s ‘little excursion’ could leave Iran even more fragmented, unstable and violent
For now, the most likely outcome is a shift to even greater levels of authoritarian control. Beyond that, the future is less certain
‘We weren’t supposed to be bombed’: Iranians question price of regime change
Destructive US and Israeli war and Islamic Republic’s resilience have alarmed even those who supported foreign intervention
New ayatollah was wounded early in war, according to Iranian and Israeli officials
Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly suffered injuries but is alert and sheltering at a highly secure location with limited communication
Iran war is ‘pretty much’ complete, says Trump
Second State-organised charter flight to leave from Abu Dhabi this week
Israel and US continue wide-scale strikes on Iran as chances of ceasefire talks downplayed
Trump ‘nowhere near’ deciding on whether or not to send US troops into Iran with Israeli strikes on Lebanon ongoing
Iran’s new supreme leader will be a hardliner
The conflict has entered its second week, with the Islamic regime showing no sign of capitulating
Iran tries to appear calm in selection of new supreme leader amid US-Israeli bombardment
Skies over Tehran turned orange on Sunday after fuel depots targeted
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei, chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader
Move could lead to a further escalation of the war given Donald Trump’s opposition to candidate
President’s condemnation of Iran war ‘violations’ puts pressure on Taoiseach before US trip
Catherine Connolly said assaults on international law must be called out ‘without equivocation’
More than 100 people attend Dublin event celebrating death of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Gathering on O’Connell Street was organised by the Freedom for Iran Dublin group
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Worldview: Christian Zionists such as Mike Huckabee believe the Battle of Armageddon between Iran and Israel will precipitate the return of Christ
War on Iran spreads after US sinks ship near Sri Lanka and Nato defences shoot down missile
Israeli troops move into multiple towns in southern Lebanon, engaging Hizbullah in firefights, as strikes continue to hit Tehran and its territory
How might the war in the Middle East end?
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