Iran's Assembly of Experts is set to meet to select a new supreme leader, one of its members said on March 7, as the White House vowed to look for an "acceptable" candidate to lead the country.
Iranians cross the border into Armenia as air strikes pound Tehran and other parts of the country. After entering Armenia, one woman said Iranians had "lost everything" amid the destruction and dwindling resources.
Iran has activated a decentralized defense strategy after the United States and Israel launched an air campaign against Tehran and killed senior military leaders.
The war in Iran is widening across the Middle East and beyond, with incidents stretching from the Persian Gulf to the South Caucasus and raising fears the conflict could escalate into a broader regional confrontation.
China buys nearly 90 percent of Iranian oil and is a close partner of Tehran. But what happens now as war upends the Middle East and chokes off the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route?
Iran's leadership has been hit hard with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials killed in US and Israeli air strikes that continue to pound Tehran and other parts of the country. RFE/RL has continuing updates and analysis.
After a dramatic week of air strikes on Iran, what’s the view from Tel Aviv on the progress of the war and what happens next?
Israel has made an impressive start to military operations against Iran, but may be not much closer to its goals than a week ago, former Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova told RFE/RL in an interview at her home in Tel Aviv.
US officials on March 6 told RFE/RL that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack US troops and military assets in the Middle East, confirming a Washington Post report that suggested Moscow is playing a substantial if indirect part in the widening regional conflict.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the United States is looking at potential candidates to lead Iran after President Donald Trump pushed Tehran to cease its resistance.
A lone ruin in the center of Tel Aviv bears witness to the power of Iranian ballistic missiles. But the lack of other such sites underlines Israel's ability to shoot them down. RFE/RL's Ray Furlong reports from the Israeli capital.
A woman living in Tehran describes witnessing heavy air attacks on the city, living in fear mixed with hope. The killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has brought "happiness about the dictator being gone" but that feeling is balanced with anxiety about the future, she told RFE/RL.
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