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Since March 28 the United States and Israel have carried out a coordinated operation called "Epic Fury" against Iran, and the bombings killed the country's supreme leader, ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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The article says the Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 Islamic authorities elected by popular vote, is responsible for choosing a new leader.

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After the initial attack, Iran retaliated by striking U.S. bases, airports and tourist sites in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.

Israel announced a "new phase" of the war with a series of "large-scale" attacks against Tehran on Friday (6).

Israel is also bombing Lebanon, where Hezbollah opened a new front against the Jewish state.

The piece reports that Trump said he does not consider sending ground troops to Iran.

It also reports that the United States is encouraging Kurdish leaders to enter the war against the ayatollahs' regime.

The timeline of incidents includes multiple strikes across the region.

On Saturday (7) Iranian press agency IRNA reported an attack on an oil depot in south Tehran close to an important refinery, and the Israeli Army confirmed it carried out the attack though the extent and consequences were not yet known.

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Also on 7.mar, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said at least four people died and ten were injured when an Israeli attack hit an apartment of the Ramada hotel in downtown Beirut, which houses people displaced from the south and southern suburbs; Israel did not comment.

Videos and photos posted on social media showed a fire at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran shortly after an Israeli attack on Friday (6).

On the night of Friday (6) a new drone and missile attack hit Baghdad airport and ambulances were sent.

In southern Iraq the Burjesia oil complex was struck: two drones were shot down but a third hit the site, the article reports.

New Israeli airstrikes raised the death toll in Lebanon to 217 this week, Lebanese authorities say.

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Lebanese authorities said 798 people were injured.

More than 95,000 people were forced to leave their homes.

The Norwegian Refugee Council says more than 300,000 are displaced.

Israel says it killed "more than 70" members of Hezbollah.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told foreign ambassadors that "the consequences of this displacement, at the humanitarian and political level, may well be unprecedented".

He also said, "Our country was dragged into a devastating war that we did not seek and did not choose".

The piece notes Lebanon was pulled into what it describes as the U.S. and Israel's expanding war on Monday (2) after Hezbollah, supported by Iran, fired rockets and drones at Israel.

Iran said it hit an American-owned tanker near Kuwait, military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfagharido said.

Iranian state media reported missile and drone attacks on Kurdish militia positions near the Iran-Iraq border.

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Iraqi and Kurdistan officials said they will not allow their territory to be a launch platform for attacks.

Tehran threatened to hit "all installations" in Iraqi Kurdistan if Kurdish militants of Iranian nationality were allowed to re-enter Iran.

The Washington Post, cited in the article, reported that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence on U.S. military targets based on anonymous accounts from three people, and the Russian embassy in the U.S. did not comment.

Reza Pahlavi condemned Tehran's offensives in the Gulf, called for regional support and urged Arab states to prepare to recognize a transitional government.

The article notes his background as the son of Mohammad Reza (1919-1980).