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Boston (AFP) – Iranians across North America and Europe are mostly optimistic about the campaign of US-Israeli missile strikes that killed longtime supreme leader Ali Khameini, though many urge caution about the long-term picture. “We are waiting for regime change… and then we will go to Iran and celebrate there,” Farba Hakami tells AFP in Toronto. In London, UK, anti-intervention protester Sussan Rassouli cautions that “every regional intervention that US has been part of has just been one big disaster after another”.

Tehran (AFP) – An anchor on Iranian state TV confirms the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following US and Israeli strikes.

Tehran (AFP) – Thousands of mourners gather in the centre of Iran’s capital after the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Karachi (AFP) – Pro-Iranian protesters angered by the death of Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei try to storm the US consulate in Pakistan’s Karachi, leaving eight dead, and the fortified Green Zone hosting Washington’s embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Iranian state media confirmed the death of Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, after the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack.

Washington (United States) (AFP) – “We are very close to final victory. I want to be by your side as soon as possible so that together we can take back and rebuild Iran,” says Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah in an online video address following US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

(AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel and the United States launched an operation against Iran to “remove the existential threat”, adding that it will “create conditions that will allow the brave Iranian people to cast off the yoke of this murderous regime.”

Tehran (AFP) – Iranian state television says the Revolutionary Guards launched a missile on Israel following Israeli, US strikes on Tehran and several cities in Iran. “The first wave of widespread missile and drone attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the occupied territories has begun,” an anchor says in a read-out of the Revolutionary Guards’ statement.

West Palm Beach (United States) (AFP) – US President Donald Trump announces that “major combat” is underway in Iran. “The United States’ military began major combat operations in Iran,” Trump says in a video message posted on his social media site while he spent the weekend at his Florida golf club. “Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.” IMAGES

Jerusalem (AFP) – Sirens heard in Jerusalem as Israel’s defence ministry announced Saturday it had launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran as sirens sounded in Jerusalem and people across the country received phone alerts about an “extremely serious” threat. IMAGES

Washington (United States) (AFP) – High school students rally at an “End ICE brutality” protest by the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. IMAGES

El Alto (Bolivia) (AFP) – Emergency personnel are on the scene after a Bolivian military cargo plane carrying banknotes crashed in El Alto, near La Paz, killing at least 15 people. IMAGES

Buenos Aires (Argentina) (AFP) – Argentina’s Congress adopts President Javier Milei’s flagship labor reform, handing victory to the libertarian leader in his push to boost hiring by loosening rules on working hours, dismissals and overtime. The so-called “labor modernization law” allows working days of up to 12 hours, reduces severance pay, limits the right to strike and lowers employer taxes, among other provisions. IMAGES