The reports early on Sunday threw the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raised the risk of regional instability.

Talks between the US and Iran aimed at resolving the issue of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions ended on Thursday without agreement.

The Israeli military said the strikes also killed Iran’s defence minister and the commander of its Revolutionary Guard.

The US and Israel have launched an attack on Iran, with the first apparent strike landing near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and ...

Israel has launched a daylight attack on Iran’s capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city’s central area. The first ...

The Middle East faces further uncertainty after Iran’s Supreme Leader was reportedly killed in joint US-Israeli strikes on the country. US President Donald Trump claimed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death is ‘the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their country’, the US leader said.

The Israeli military said the strikes also killed Mohammad Pakpour, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.