World

Associate professor at the University of Michigan Javed Ali joins LiveNOW's Shawna Khalafi to discuss the latest on Iran.

LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with Andrea Stricker, a research fellow at FDD who researches nonproliferation, after the massive weekend attack on Iran left the nation's leadership in limbo. This comes as The Associated Press reports that Israel’s rescue services said at least 15 people were wounded Monday by Iranian missiles in the southern city of Beer Sheba. Searches are ongoing for additional victims, and several missile attacks targeted Israel from Iran on Monday. As the conflict continues, many questions are still being asked about how advanced were Iran’s nuclear capabilities before the strikes began. 

We are still getting the latest updates tonight as the after effects of the massive weekend attack on Iran continue to impact the Middle East. Reports indicate that President Donald Trump has said the operation could go on for weeks. Trump spoke publicly Monday morning for the first time since the weekend attack on Iran. LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with Prof. Alon Burstein from the @Israel-Palestine-Report after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held the Trump administration’s first official news briefing since Saturday’s strikes. 

LiveNOW’s Shawna Khalafi is getting the latest updates tonight as President Donald Trump warns that ongoing joint US-Israeli strikes against Iran could potentially go on for weeks. LiveNOW is speaking with Ben Radd, a lecturer of global studies, international and area studies, and political science in the UCLA College, as we learn more about the ongoing conflict. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Sunday that 40 senior Iranian commanders had been killed since the launch of "Operation Epic Fury." 

LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is watching new footage released today with Prof. Alon Burstein from the @Israel-Palestine-Report of U.S. Central Command shows munitions striking a variety of targets. The aerial footage posted to social media showed black and white images of what appeared to be a drone on a runway, a radar tower, a missile battery, and a compound of buildings. In the hours after the initial strikes, Israeli officials said Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed. 

LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with Max Meizlish from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. This comes after Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani condemned U.S. strikes against Iran. These strikes killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to state media reports in the hours after. "Neither the charter nor international law recognize internal matters of a state as justification for the use of force by other states," Iravani said. As the world reacts to the news of the Iranian leader’s death, many are left wondering what the economic impacts could be if regime change in Iran takes place. 

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday. Iranian state media confirmed the leader’s death hours after President Donald Trump made the same announcement. Khamenei has ruled since 1989 and held ultimate power as he continued to shape Iran’s Islamic Republic after the revolution. LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with retired Marine intelligence officer, Hal Kempfer, as reports indicate that Khamenei has no direct successor. 

LiveNOW’s Mike Pache is speaking with Middle East expert, Jonathan Strum, after reports that Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed after strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday. This reporting was initially made public through President Donald Trump and Israeli officials. Israel’s military also said its strikes took out Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the Iranian Security Council and a close adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Mohammad Shirazi, the head of Khamenei’s military bureau. 

We are getting the latest updates today after the United States and Israel conducted military strikes across Iran. The action comes after weeks of warning from the U.S. about Iran's nuclear weapons program and clashes between protesters and the country’s government. LiveNOW's Mike Pache is speaking with AP political reporter Will Weissert as we learn more about the White House's decision-making process for the strikes.