“Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed …, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday” …
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Killed in Major Attack by US and Israel (AP)
- Iran Forms Interim Council to Oversee Transition After Khamenei’s Killing (Aljazeera)
… in an assault that deliberately targeted civilian leadership:
- Inside Trump’s Decision to Attack Iran: ‘a Window of Opportunity’ (The Guardian)
- The C.I.A. Helped Pinpoint a Gathering of Iranian Leaders. Then Israel Struck (NY Times)
- Trump Warns Iran Not to Retaliate After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Killed (NPR)
Schoolgirls have been killed and civilians in general are at risk:
- Iran Says US and Israel Strikes Hit School Killing 108 (BBC)
- Iran, US, Israel Officials Give Civilians Clashing Directives as Bombs Drop (Aljazeera)
White House briefings to Congress “fell short of formal authorization from Congress, which the Constitution assigns the power to declare war under Article 1”:
“Guterres said the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes violated international law, including the U.N. Charter. He also condemned Iran’s retaliatory attacks for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of” neighboring states …
… but Iranian “[s]pokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran’s attacks on US targets across the region are legitimate defensive actions”:
Israeli war crimes continue, expand to Iran:
- Israeli Strikes, Fires Kill 7 Palestinians, Including Police Officer, Despite Ceasefire in Gaza (Andalou Ajansi)
- Explosion Rocks Iran’s Capital as Israel Says It Is Targeting the City (NPR)
Criticism of the war on Iran comes from a broad swath from legal experts to fact checkers, to neocons to members of Congress, to American citizens, and the whole world, even to Trump’s own base …
- Are Trump’s Strikes Against Iran Legal? Experts Are Skeptical (Legal Experts)
- Fact-Checking Trump’s Justifications for Attacking Iran (NY Times)
- There Is No Reason to Think This War with Iran Is Necessary (Washington Post)
- Congress Rushes to Get in the Loop as Critics Denounce Iran Strikes (Politico)
- Emergency Protests Against War on Iran in Cities Across U.S. (Answer Coalition)
- World Reacts to US, Israel Attack on Iran, Tehran Retaliation (Aljazeera)
- Reluctant MAGA Demands Swift Results from Trump in Iran (Axios)
… but the Gulf states do not take well to Iranian reprisals on their sovereign land:
- Iran Retaliates After U.S.–Israel Strikes, Triggering Fallout Across Middle East (Axios)
- US Gulf Allies Rattled — and Seeing Few Good Options — Following Iran Strikes (Politico)
“The Supreme Court ruling comes after Israel said it would ban 37 aid groups from Gaza for failing to follow new rules”:
“[T]he Taliban accused Pakistan of targeting civilians, killing 19 people and injuring 26”:
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