#Middle East politics

Articles (3)

• 🇺🇸 Who takes over in Iran with Khamenei dead? — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed along with about 40 other senior members of the Islamic Republic regime in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Saturday. Matt Gutman has more on the suc...

  Related: #Leadership succession, #International conflict
• 🇺🇸 Killing an enemy leader often escalates conflict and chaos — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  This is the “smart bomb” trap: A discrete strike intended to compress a conflict instead transforms its character.

  Related: #Leadership assassination, #Nationalist conflicts, #Escalation of conflict, #Strategic bombing
• 🇺🇸 Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2007) | 60 Minutes Archive — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  In 2007, Scott Pelley interviewed Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and pressed him on whether he would pledge not to test a nuclear weapon.

  Related: #Nuclear proliferation, #International diplomacy