IRAN STRIKE
3 U.S. service personnel dead as strikes in Iran enter Day 2
People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran Saturday.
(Associated Press)
Here’s what we know so far:
- The U.S. and Israel launched daylight strikes on Iran’s capital Saturday.
- Iranian state media reported Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead, though a cause of death for the 86-year-old was not disclosed.
- Three U.S. service personnel have been killed during the Iran attacks, and five others were seriously wounded, according to the military.
- President Trump says the “massive and ongoing operation” is aimed at razing Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities, thwarting Tehran’s support to proxies and the destruction of its theocratic government.
- The Greater Los Angeles area is home to the largest concentration of people of Iranian descent outside Iran. Many Iranian Americans in the Westwood area, which is nicknamed “Tehrangeles,” celebrated the attacks.
Demonstration against Iran war set for Monday in L.A.
A demonstration against the U.S. attack on Iran is scheduled for Monday in Los Angeles.
The protest is planned for 6 p.m. in front of Los Angeles City Hall. It is part of a nationwide day of protest over the war.
Pope has ‘deep concern’ about escalating violence in Middle East
Pope Leo XIV said he was watching what was happening in Iran and the Middle East with “deep concern,” calling on all parties involved to “assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm.”
The pope spoke Sunday from the Vatican, praying for peace.
