British Defence Secretary John Healey refused on Sunday to say whether the UK government agreed with the U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Islamist Iranian regime, prompting pushback from opposition parties.
In an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday morning, Defence Secretary Healey stressed that Britain “played no part” in the American-led strikes on Iran on Saturday, while repeatedly refusing to say whether Downing Street supported the strikes in principle.
At least nine people were killed during pro-Iran protests outside the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday, with dozens more injured as they tried to storm the diplomatic outpost.
Hundreds of pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim protesters surrounded the consulate following the U.S.-Israel strikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an AFP journalist saw as reported by the outlet.
A grieving Russian President Vladimir Putin mourned the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claiming Sunday it was “a cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law.”
Putin sent his public condolences to his Iranian counterpart, promising Khamenei will be remembered “as an outstanding statesman” who helped elevate Russian-Iranian relations, AP reports.
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President of Argentina Javier Milei celebrated the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing him Sunday as “one of the most evil, violent, and cruel people in the history of mankind.”
In an official statement from the Argentine presidency, Milei celebrated Saturday’s joint U.S.-Israel military strikes against Iranian regime targets that hit a large number of Iranian missile assets and high-profile targets — resulting in the death of Khamenei as confirmed by President Donald Trump hours later.
U.S. and Israeli forces moved forward with their assault on Iran after intelligence confirmed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was meeting with senior advisers at a secure location, triggering the opening decapitation phase of what has become the largest joint U.S.-Israel military operation to date.
Venezuela’s socialist regime on Saturday released a statement condemning the military operation against the Iranian regime without making any mention of the United States or Israel — but appeared to delete it moments later without any explanation.
Iranians around the world – and, according to some reports, within Iran – celebrated on Saturday following confirmation America had launched “Operation Epic Fury” against Iranian regime targets and, President Donald Trump later confirmed, killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday evening the “supreme leader” of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was dead after an American and Israeli bombing campaign targeted Tehran this weekend.
The Pentagon launched “Operation Epic Fury” on Saturday, intended to degrade the Iranian Islamist regime’s ability to engage in terrorism and target American assets specifically. According to the Pentagon’s Central Command (CENTCOM), which operates in the Middle East, the objective of the operation was to “dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that posed an imminent threat.”
President Donald Trump said Saturday night he knows “exactly who” could replace Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following his elimination in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike, asserting the removal of Tehran’s longtime ruler has materially shifted the diplomatic landscape.
Saturday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a longtime proponent of U.S. intervention in the Middle East, applauded the Trump administration’s decision to take military action against Iran.
The South Carolina Republican called the toppling of the Iranian regime “the biggest change in a thousand years.”
During an interview with PBS’s “Firing Line” released on Friday, businessman Mark Cuban said that “Democrats used to be a party of entrepreneurs. They no longer are. It used to be people that were part of the party were focused on solving the problem, as opposed to creating policy first,” but now the party is focused too much on passing laws as opposed to just doing things to solve problems.
