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• Ayatollah Khamenei’s iron grip on power in Iran comes to an end
• Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression (Kenneth Roth)
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• A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this (Simon Tisdall)
• Trump is marching toward war with Iran. He hasn’t bothered to make clear why (Mohamad Bazzi)
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[War & AI] Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’

[Iran] Iran Military Power (DIA)

[Iran & Khamenei] Ayatollah Khamenei's iron grip on power in Iran comes to an end (BBC News)