Who was Iran's leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
President Trump announced that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in strikes on Saturday. Elizabeth Palmer and Courtney Kealy have more.
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President Trump announced that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in strikes on Saturday. Elizabeth Palmer and Courtney Kealy have more.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, a Democrat who sits on the Armed Services Committee, joins "CBS Evening News" to discuss the U.S. and Israel's attacks on Iran on Saturday.
President Trump confirmed the death of Iran's supreme leader on Truth Social, saying, "one of the most evil people in History, is dead." CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more on why the Trump administration says an attack was necessary now.
Air strikes killed Iran's Supreme Leader, according to President Trump, and may have decimated much of the country's remaining leadership. Iran fired back, but so far, there are no reports of American injuries. Charlie D'Agata reports.
The U.S. and Israel launched a historic aerial assault on Iran, hitting targets in Tehran and across the country and taking Iranian leadership by surprise. Tony Dokoupil recaps what we know.
H.R. McMaster, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and national security adviser to President Trump during his first term, joins "CBS Evening News" to understand the timing and strategy of the joint attacks on Iran.
Could Iranian so-called sleeper cells in the U.S. prepare to retaliate after the strikes on Iran? Jericka Duncan looks into security precautions.
The U.S. and Israel conducted joint strikes in Iran on Saturday and President Trump later announced that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed. Margaret Brennan explains what this could mean for the region and the world.
For over 45 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been a brutal theocracy, ruled by an ayatollah who swept aside the freedoms of Iran pre-revolution and threatened peace with the largest stockpile of missiles in the Middle East. On Saturday, there was celebration in the streets after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
Weeks of failed diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran exploded into a full-blown attack on Saturday by Israel and the U.S. President Trump's goal is now obvious- an end to the Iranian regime. Mr. Trump announced Saturday that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the strikes. Charlie D'Agata reports.
President Trump posted on Truth Social that Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. He also said that military strikes will continue in Iran for "as long as necessary."
The U.S. and Israel conducted a massive military operation in Iran on Saturday. CBS News contributor and former National Security Advisor under President Trump's first term H.R. McMaster has analysis.
An Israeli official told CBS News that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is presumably dead. CBS News Middle East reporter Courtney Kealy has more on the situation inside.
Multiple Israeli official sources confirmed to CBS News. A senior American intelligence official says the Supreme Leader is dead. CBS News' Haley Ott, Joe Zacks and Courtney Kealy have reporting and analysis.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is presumed dead after a joint attack Saturday by the U.S. and Israel, Israeli officials tell CBS News. Tony Dokoupil anchors a Special Report.
Haviv Retting Gur, the Middle East analyst for the Free Press based in Jerusalem, said that there is fear in Israel as Iran retaliates but the country sees the operation as a point of pride. The Free Press is a Paramount publication.
The U.S. is "going for the jugular" with the latest strikes on Iran, Aaron McLean, a national security and defense fellow at the Hudson Institute, told The Free Press. He breaks down the latest phase in the U.S.-Iran conflict and the next potential issue on the horizon. The Free Press is a Paramount publication.
Before the U.S. strikes on Iran, the two countries engaged in several rounds of high-stakes talks focused on reaching a nuclear deal. The Free Press contributor Jay Solomon and Aaron McLean, a national security and defense fellow at the Hudson Institute, analyze the progress and setbacks in the nuclear negotiations. The Free Press is a Paramount publication.
In a video posted on Truth Social, President Trump announced the U.S. military is carrying out a "major combat operations in Iran" and said its "objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime." CBS News' Charlie D'Agata has the latest.
"President Trump is taking a gamble, no question, taking a gamble that he can tip over the Islamic Republic and have it changed to something else," says Niall Ferguson, a historian and columnist with The Free Press, as the U.S. president calls for regime change in Iran after launching strikes on the country.
U.S. and Israel launched a major military operation against Iran, which the U.S. military dubbed "Operation Epic Fury." CBS News' Haley Ott has more on what led up to the strikes and world reactions.
The Free Press columnist Niall Ferguson stresses the importance of the U.S. getting its reputation back for being a superpower and the message Saturday's strikes on Iran send to across the globe, "The message is, do not mess with the United States ... And it will come for you if you cross its red lines."
The Free Press columnist and historian Niall Ferguson shares two important takeaways from the Iranian regime's response to U.S.-Israel strikes.
Americans weighed in on how long a conflict with Iran might last and what Congress should do.
Tensions continue to rise in the Middle East following the U.S. and Israel's early morning strikes against Iran. Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie, a former commander at U.S. Central Command, joins "CBS Saturday Morning" with more.