4 h. ago Iran's cratered nuclear reactor after Israel's precision strike revealed as Tel Aviv threatens to assassinate supreme leader and Trump considers joining war: Live updates

Benjamin Netanyahu has declared 'no one is immune' from an Israeli attack after his defence minister insisted Iran 's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 'can no longer be allowed to exist'.

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5 h. ago Iran's cratered nuclear reactor after Israel's precision strike revealed as Tel Aviv threatens to assassinate supreme leader and Trump considers joining war

Benjamin Netanyahu has declared 'no one is immune' from an Israeli attack after his defence minister insisted Iran 's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 'can no longer be allowed to exist'.

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26 h. ago Iranian opposition supporters grapple with US and Israeli regime change plans

‘We want freedom on our own terms,’ says one Tehran resident, while another writes, ‘Someone is helping us’Despite a substantial internet blackout, news spread quickly in Iran on Tuesday night: the US was considering joining Israel in its war on Iran. The US president, Donald Trump, wrote on Truth Social: “We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now Our patience is wearing thin.” Three minutes later, in a second post, he added: “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”When Mehnaz*, a 24-year-old student activist in east Tehran, heard the news, she did not think of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. Instead, she thought of her fellow students who were detained, shot and executed by Iranian security forces during the “woman, life, liberty” protests in 2022. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Starmer considers whether to support US if Trump joins Israel’s war on Iran

Labour prime minister chaired emergency ‘Cobra’ meeting amid fears over escalating situation in the Middle East

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29 h. ago Israel blitzes Iran suburb where Ayatollah is 'hiding in bunker' as Trump warns 'no one knows what I will do' as he considers joining war

Israel has launched new attacks across Tehran near to where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding in an underground bunker.

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30 h. ago Keir Starmer to chair emergency Cobra meeting as Trump considers joining Israel's war against Iran

Downing Street would not say whether British nationals should attempt to leave Israel amid its conflict with Iran

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33 h. ago Iran's supreme leader Khamenei trades war threats with Trump in 'incredibly dangerous moment' for Middle East

Ayatollah warns any US air strikes on Iran would have ‘serious irreparable consequences’ as US President considers military action

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34 h. ago Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei prepares to address the nation as Trump officials warn clerics have 48 hours to save themselves from US military onslaught

Khamenei has been out of public view since the crisis erupted, believed to have withdrawn to a bunker near Tehran.

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45 h. ago US poised to join Iran war: America amasses armada of warships and fleets of fighter jets in the Middle East as Trump warns Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei 'we know where you're hiding'

At least 224 people have been killed in Iran since Israel began its bombing campaign last week in an attempt to stop the regime from producing a nuclear weapon.

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49 h. ago Trump threatens Iran's Supreme Leader and calls for his 'unconditional surrender' as US signals it will join war: Live updates

Donald Trump declared he wants a 'complete give-up' by Iran and a 'real end' to its nuclear program, which he suggested would not be achieved through a ceasefire deal.

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50 h. ago Trump threatens Iran's Supreme Leader and calls for his 'unconditional surrender' as US signals it will join war

Donald Trump declared he wants a 'complete give-up' by Iran and a 'real end' to its nuclear program, which he suggested would not be achieved through a ceasefire deal.

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51 h. ago Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader is an 'easy target' and reveals if he'll involve U.S. troops to take him out

President Donald Trump brandished an online threat to Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying the U.S. knows his precise location and even calling him an 'easy target.'

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51 h. ago Trump says 'we're not going to kill Iran's "supreme leader"... yet' and warns 'our patience is wearing thin' as Israel threatens 'pager plot 2.0' and US warplanes head for Gulf

Donald Trump declared he wants a 'complete give-up' by Iran and a 'real end' to its nuclear program, which he suggested would not be achieved through a ceasefire deal.

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51 h. ago Trump demands ‘UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER’ from Iran as he issues chilling threat to Supreme Leader Khamenei

Trump says the U.S. knows where ‘easy target’ Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is located and he is “safe” where he is ‘for now’ but ‘patience is wearing thin’

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51 h. ago Trump’s chilling warning to Iran: we won’t kill Supreme Leader – for now

Trump says ‘we will not take out’ Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ‘for now’

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3 d. ago Donald Trump told Israel not to kill Iran's supreme leader, says report

A new report suggested that US president Donald Trump told the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Natanyahu, to not kill the supreme leader of Iran as tensions continue to rise

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4 d. ago Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader – report

US officials say Israelis reported they had opportunity to kill Iranian leader, but Trump waved them off of planPresident Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two US officials told Reuters on Sunday.“Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership,” said one of the sources, a senior US administration official. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump rejected Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, reports say

Netanyahu did not refute reports but questioned ‘false’ reporting on discussions between the two countries

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4 d. ago Iranian missiles rain down on Israel after 'CAR BOMBS' obliterate nuclear scientists in Tehran during IDF blitz on city... amid claims Trump 'stopped assassination of Supreme Leader'

Israel has killed 14 Iranian nuclear scientists in a series of attacks that reportedly included car bombs, Iran has claimed. 

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4 d. ago Donald Trump 'vetoed plot to kill Iran's supreme leader,' claim US officials

Two senior US officials alleged the US president vetoed an Irsraeli plan to assassinate Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, claims that Benjamin Netanyahu has denied

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