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Oil surges to $110 a barrel after Israel strikes Iran's energy facilities

Brent crude oil prices surged to $110 a barrel after Israel attacked the largest gas plant and another oil facility in Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran (IRGC) reacted by announcing that some Gulf energy sites are "legitimate targets".

Euronews

The Secret Life of Mojtaba Khamenei: Inside the Taboo Intelligence Report That Has Tehran in a Death Spiral

Iran's command structure appears to be splintering after the deaths of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani, with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei still out of public view and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps increasingly central to decision‑making in Tehran.

International Business Times UK

Unlike Trump, Iran’s regime has been plotting this war for decades

ANALYSIS: Iran’s regime has spent years making plans to cope without its leadership and built a defence designed to survive and draw the US into an unwinnable ground war, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Who blinks first: What Iran’s Strait of Hormuz strategy reveals about its war goals

Attacks on ships in Hormuz and strikes across the region expose Tehran's strategy of gradual escalation and long war, testing US, Israeli and Gulf resolve.

Euronews

Who Runs Iran? Donald Trump Questions if New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Is Alive or Dead

Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive as assassinations hollow out Tehran's leadership and power consolidates around the Revolutionary Guard.

International Business Times UK

Piety at home, property abroad: What do we know about Mojtaba Khamenei's assets?

Official sanctions records, corporate filings and land registry documents point to a vast financial network possibly tied to Iran's new supreme leader.

Euronews

The top Iranian officials killed since Iran war's start

Tehran's leadership has been decimated during the Iran war.

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Iran terror guard and Hizb ut-Tahrir symbols banned

Laws introduced following the Bondi terror attack are being expanded to ensure symbols of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and an extremist group are banned.

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Khamenei believed son Mojtaba was not bright enough to take power, says US intelligence

White House officials have been told Iran’s new supreme leader was not his father’s chosen successor

The Independent UK

The Staged Strike: Did Netanyahu Order a Hit Just to Prove He's Not a Deepfake?

Israel's prime minister, ‎Benjamin Netanyahu, released a photo and a video of himself as he sought to rebut rumours that he was dead amid the spiralling Middle East war against Iran, but deepfake claims and conspiracy theories have intensified as rival narratives vie for control.

International Business Times UK

Targeted in Tehran: Why Gholamreza Soleimani was the IDF's Highest-Priority Target for Internal Security

In a seismic blow to Iran's internal security, Israeli airstrikes in Tehran have killed Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani and reportedly assassinated de facto leader Ali Larijani.

International Business Times UK

Death of influential Ali Larijani could be bigger loss to Iran than Khamenei

Security chief’s huge influence on many levels of Iranian politics and abroad will make his killing devastating

The Guardian - UK

Can Hezbollah be dismantled?

Since the US and Israel launched their offensive against Iran, Tehran's ally Hezbollah has opened a second front from Lebanon. With a ceasefire increasingly unlikely, Israel now appears determined to dismantle Hezbollah once and for all, writes Hanin Ghaddar in an opinion piece for Euronews.

Euronews

Israel targets Basij top echelon as militia uses schools, children to evade strikes

The IDF said it killed Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani in Tehran, as Iran’s security forces behind brutal repression of protests are accused of using schools and their own children as a deterrent, fearing Israeli forces using social media posts to geolocate and strike their positions.

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Iran raises minimum wage by 60% as war and sanctions decimate household budgets

The Iranian regime has announced a 60% increase in the minimum wage as the country grapples with the ongoing war and record inflation.

The Times of India

Why Trump's 'beautiful armada' cannot take control of the Strait of Hormuz

The proposal from President Trump to assemble an international naval coalition for the defense of the Strait of Hormuz encounters formidable obstacles. Iran's advanced A2/AD capabilities—featuring an array of missiles, drones, and submarines—combined with the strait's challenging topography, complicates even the strongest navy's efforts to maintain a permanent presence.

The Times of India

Where is Iran’s new supreme leader? How Mojtaba Khamenei escaped the ‘Blue Sparrow’ strike that killed his father

Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, narrowly survived a deadly airstrike that targeted his family and top officials. Audio reveals Mojtaba was outside his father's compound when Israeli missiles struck, killing his wife and son. The attack also claimed the lives of Ayatollah Khamenei and other senior leaders.

International Business Times UK

Iran's Incoming Supreme Leader 'May Be Gay', Intelligence Claims — In a Country Where Homosexuality Is Illegal

US intelligence reportedly told Donald Trump that Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay, a claim that underscores tensions with Iran's strict laws criminalising homosexuality.

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The Guardian - UK

Gulf states may be covertly encouraging attacks by US, Iran foreign minister says

Abbas Araghchi demands clarification on reports Saudi crown prince urged Donald Trump to ‘hit the Iranians hard’

The Guardian - UK

Iran’s Hormuz blockade is its most powerful card against Trump and Israel. It won’t back down easily

By imposing massive costs on the global economy, the Iranian government hopes to cause the US to back down, says Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute

Euronews

Still no Mojtaba: Iran war enters third week amid leadership crisis as Norwuz looms

Iran’s war enters a third week as uncertainty over Mojtaba Khamenei's condition and whereabouts, rising tensions over possible unrest around Nowruz and Chaharshanbe Suri and oil market turmoil deepen the crisis.

International Business Times UK

Iran Threatens To 'Hunt Down And Kill' Netanyahu After Israeli PM Declares Israel And US Are 'Crushing' Tehran's Regime

Iran vowed to hunt Netanyahu after he said Israel and the US are 'crushing' Tehran's regime, escalating tensions in the widening Middle East conflict.

The Times of India

'Will continue pursuing criminal and child-killer Netanyahu': Iran's statement after Israel denies death rumours

Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday warned it would “pursue and kill” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were “still alive.”

The Times of India

The folly of ‘unconditional surrender’: Fukuyama, ‘The End of History’ author, on why Iran won’t yield to Washington

Donald Trump’s call for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” revives a wartime slogan that assumes a state capable of capitulating. Political scientist Francis Fukuyama argues Iran’s fragmented power structure and ideological foundations make that unlikely. The demand reflects broader uncertainty about Washington’s objectives, exposing the limits of military force and the persistence…

International Business Times UK

Trump Reduced to Begging China, the UK, and Allies He Once Scorned to Send Warships as Hormuz Crisis Spirals

Trump publicly urged China, the UK, France and other allies he once alienated to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz as Iran's blockade chokes global oil supplies.

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