Khamenei, Ali

• War Threats and Ambiguous Evidence: Trump Again Confronts Iran - There is little sign that Iran has made significant progress in reconstituting its nuclear program, leaving questions about the timing and motive behind potential plans for further attacks.
• Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran - The plans being weighed by the president go beyond those he considered weeks ago amid widespread protests against Iran’s government.
• Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Massive Armada’ and Presses a Set of Demands - U.S. and European officials say they have put three demands in front of the Iranians, including a permanent end to all enrichment of uranium.
• As U.S. Warships Get Closer, Iran Ramps Up Threats to Retaliate - Iran and its militia allies say they will respond aggressively in the region if attacked. A U.S. aircraft carrier and warships are approaching the region.
• How Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising With Lethal Force - After scattered protests started last month, Iranians revolted en masse. The security forces cracked down, and the death toll has now reached 5,200.
• As Iran Grieves, Accounts Emerge of Disrespectful Treatment of Protest Victims - Witness testimony and videos from Tehran’s largest cemetery show disrespectful treatment of the dead after a brutal government crackdown.
• Why Israel Is Wary of Intervening in Iran - Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.
• Iran Backpedals on Executions Threat but Casts Protesters As ‘Terrorists’ - Iran’s judiciary said there was no death penalty issued for Erfan Soltani, whose case drew international outcry. Analysts say the government is using fear and intimidation to keep people off the streets.
• A Timeline of Protests in Iran - Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s largest uprising in decades spread — and turned deadly.
• Iran’s Leaders May Survive Protests. But Anger Will Likely Persist. - Its security forces have brutally defended the Islamic Republic, but the protests show that many Iranians consider it stagnant and ideologically hollow.