“Trump intends to go all the way with this move,” one senior official said. “He has already marked the target. He wants to replace the regime, and he has no intention of taking his foot off the gas."
Sayed Yahya Hamidi, who in recent years led Iran's terrorist activities targeting Jews, Western officials, and regime opponents, was killed in the Israeli strike in Tehran.
"Again they attacked Iran's peaceful, safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday," Iran's ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog told reporters at a meeting.
Gulf states have been suffering the consequences of the US-Israel war against Iran, after missiles have fallen on foreign territories.
Experts previously told Iran International that CJNG was among the many Iran-linked groups spreading insecurity across Latin America.
To date, Israel has repeatedly refused to name any nuclear sites it might have struck, despite having named such sites during the June 2025 Operation.
A source also told The Media Line that IRIB executives and the Political Department had been aware for hours on Saturday that Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, had been killed.
The Ras Tanura complex houses one of the Middle East's largest refineries with a capacity of 550,000 barrels per day and serves as a critical export terminal for Saudi crude oil.
Oil prices jumped, while traditional safe havens rose, with gold climbing roughly 2% and bond prices rallying, sending the US 10-year Treasury yield briefly to an 11‑month low.
Odds moved sharply as rumors of his death circulated and analysts drew attention to a wave of wagers placed on his ouster both right before the attacks, as well as in January.
According to the Spanish sports outlet, Iran is set to participate in the tournament, which will be co‑hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
