Ryu, who served as a diplomat before defecting in 2019, says the North Korean legal code, created by the Kim family, requires the country to be run by a person of the Paektu bloodline - in other words, a direct descendant of the country's founder Kim Il Sung. Source link
But if the regime survives, and it may well, then Washington's triple demands of Tehran will come back into focus, namely: a curb on Iran's suspect nuclear programme, including a return to inspections; an end to Iran's ballistic missile programme; and an end to Iran's support for proxy militias around the region, such as the Hezbullah, Hamas, and the Houthis. Source link
Jamie Doran played the photographer, who has died aged 61, in the 2018 movie A Private War. Source link
Iran's surviving leaders are in crisis mode, battling to project security as US and Israel strikes continue. Source link
Two people were killed and 17 injured, with the suspected gunman also shot dead on the scene. Source link
A piece of crucial intelligence arrived just hours before the attack on a compound in central Tehran. Source link
Falling debris from intercepted Iranian drones and missiles cause widespread damage across the Gulf. Source link
People in the UK, Spain and the United States celebrated on Saturday following news that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed during attacks across Iran by Israel and the US, which began on Saturday morning local time.The death of the 86-year-old ruler of the past three decades was later confirmed on Iranian state TV. Source link
Iran's state media has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed, after attacks across Iran by Israel and the US, which began on Saturday morning local time.Reading a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council, state TV outlets in Iran confirmed Khamenei's death. The confirmation came after US President Donald Trump said Khamenei had been killed and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Khamenei's Tehran compound had been hit in "a powerful, surprise strike". Source…
There is no confirmation by the US or Israel of the strike on the school located near elite military troops. Source link
The US and Israel launched attacks across Iran on Saturday, with US President Donald Trump later saying Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Khamenei's compound in Tehran had been destroyed in a "powerful, surprise strike". Iranian state media later confirmed Khamenei's death.Iran responded to the US-Israel attack by launching missiles and drones towards Israel and four Gulf Arab countries which host US military bases: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.Video…
The killing of the supreme leader will be a huge jolt to the Islamic Republic, which will try hard to show it has a plan in place. Source link