Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination has thrown Iran into full-blown succession mode, and the IRGC is already launching military strikes in response.
Iran's transitional leadership setup
Iran's transitional leadership setup
- Ali Larijani announced that an interim council is being put together fast.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian, the chief justice, and a Guardian Council jurist will run things.
- Larijani said the council could be operational within the day.
- Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i's role places the judiciary right at the center of this transition.
- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Iran is ready for every possible scenario.
- Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have allegedly crossed Iranian red lines, per Ghalibaf.
- Consequences for both leaders were promised without spelling out specifics.
- Trump publicly threatened Iran with an unprecedented military strike.
- His statement claimed Iran had announced plans to hit harder than ever before.
- The warning was framed as a direct, non-negotiable response to those threats.
- Iran's Islamic Republic Guard Corps swore revenge for Khamenei's killing.
- Their statement called the planned retaliation the most ferocious offensive operation in history.
- Operation True Promise 4's fifth wave was launched, hitting American vessels across the region.
- Targets reportedly included ships in the Indian Ocean carrying ammunition and refueling tankers.
