Iran Retaliates After US-Israeli Assassination of Supreme Leader Khamenei

US and Israeli forces executed a month-long campaign of coordinated strikes inside Iran that killed at least 201 people.

The Pentagon confirmed six US service members killed over the same period.

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Trump threatened to continue with ferocious unyielding resolve.

The Atlantic Council characterized the campaign as a major shift from degrading capabilities to pursuing regime change.

Iran retaliated by declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed and launching missile strikes on Israel that killed 11 people.

Only 27% of Americans approved the strikes according to polling.

Trump insisted Iran had 24 hours to accept the loss of their tyrannical leader.

The Council on Foreign Relations called this a major shift from degrading capabilities to pursuing regime change.

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The Obama administration warned that pursuing regime change through force is not legitimate under international law.

Hezbollah declared war on the US and Israel and launched missile attacks on American forces in Lebanon.

More than 4.5 million people have left their homes in the last month across Lebanon and Iran.

Iran's sanctions-battered economy entered a state of economic collapse.

Hespress framed the escalation within rapid and dangerous transformations.

The combined effects of sanctions and warfare pushed Lebanon and Iran into economic freefall.

Folha de S.Paulo described the worsening humanitarian crisis with over 3,235 dead and 28,735 injured across Lebanon and Iran.

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The Iranian public had reason to be skeptical of regime change, explained Isabela Agostinelli of Fecap.