What’s Next for Iran?
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March 1, 2026
Demonstrators are gathered outside, and many are holding Iranian flags. A woman in the foreground holds up a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A pro-government demonstration in Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed at home in his office in an attack early Saturday, according to Tasnim, Iran’s semiofficial state media. Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

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The Killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader and the End of an Era in the Middle East

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a major assault launched by the United States and Israel. The New York Times journalists Mark Mazzetti and David E. Sanger explain what is next for Iran and what the strikes threaten to unleash.

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