If Trump and Netanyahu thought they where gonna strike Iran and walk away clean?
They where sadly mistaken….
The American Military Chief of the Joint Staff Gen. Caine warned them….
Iran IS STILL shooting back at Israel and American assets in the region…
Israeli fighter jets are still doing bombing run’s in Iran….
There ARE Iranian, American military and Israeli causalities and deaths….
And?
There is NOT regime change in sight….
It’s President is working with the clerics for a new religious leader
The late Shah’s son is still on the outside looking in….
Update…
President Trump told The Atlantic on Sunday morning that Iran’s new leadership wants to speak with him and that he was willing to do so, although he did not specify who exactly the dialogue would be with. “They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,” Trump said. “They should have done it sooner. They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long.”
Iran’s top national security official, Ali Larijani, has announced that an interim committee will run Iran until a successor to the ayatollah is chosen.
Midday Rundown….
Iran targeted Israel and American allies in the Gulf on Sunday in retaliatory strikes over the killing of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the United States and Israel pressed on with a high-risk military campaign that analysts say could lead to a lengthy war with no clear off-ramp.
Iran’s leaders vowed that Ayatollah Khamenei’s assassination would not deter them. The country’s top national security official, Ali Larijani, said an interim committee would run the country until a new leader was chosen. And he said Iran would hit Israeli and American targets “with a force they have never experienced before.”
Three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five have been seriously wounded in the conflict, the Pentagon said on Sunday. United States Central Command did not say where the troops were killed, but said that several other troops “sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions and are in the process of being returned to duty.”
Iranian missile barrages repeatedly targeted Israel on Sunday, forcing much of the country into fortified shelters. The Israeli ambulance service said nine people were killed and nearly 30 others wounded in Beit Shemesh, a city about 18 miles west of Jerusalem, making it the worst casualty event in Israel since the conflict started.
Explosions again resounded in Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates as local air defenses sought to repel Iranian drones. One person was killed and more than 30 were injured in the Iranian attacks in Kuwait, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday.
The Israeli military said on Sunday that its air force was again bombarding “the heart of Tehran.” Videos verified by The New York Times showed two huge plumes of gray and white smoke rising over Tehran as airstrikes resumed.
HRANA, an Iranian rights group based in Washington, said late Saturday that at least 133 civilians had been killed and 200 others wounded in the strikes. Iranian state media reported that dozens of children had been killed at a girls’ elementary school near a naval base. The U.S. and Israeli militaries did not comment. The casualties from the conflict could not be independently confirmed.
Across the region, many were still trying to understand the extent of the fallout from the stunning events since early Saturday, which began with a surprise U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran and ended with President Trump’s announcement that the ayatollah was dead.
While some ordinary Iranians celebrated the end of Mr. Khamenei’s authoritarian rule, his death also created deep uncertainty about Iran’s future. Israeli and American officials are hoping the attacks on Iran’s leadership, military, and missile program will degrade the country’s ability to fight back, but a more vulnerable Iran could also be more unpredictable.
Here’s what else to know:
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Iranian succession: The strikes killed several other senior Iranian figures in addition to the supreme leader, Iranian state media said. The power to choose a new supreme leader rests with the Assembly of Experts, a conservative body of clerics. In the meantime, Iran’s president, the head of the judiciary and a jurist of the clerical Guardian Council will be in charge. Read more ›
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Celebrations and mourning: As some residents of Iran’s capital celebrated the supreme leader’s death, fireworks lit up the sky and loud Persian dance music filled the streets. Read more ›
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Shipping impacts: The fighting has also shut down shippingthrough the Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for one-fifth of the world’s oil supply, according to shipping companies and Tasnim, Iran’s semiofficial state media. Major airports, including Dubai International in the United Arab Emirates, and a wide corridor of airspace were also closed.
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Oil prices: The eight oil-producing countries in the group known as OPEC Plus said on Sunday that they would increase oil production by 206,000 barrels a day in April, which could help mitigate the impact on oil prices of disrupted shipments in the Middle East. Read more ›
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Intelligence targets: The supreme leader died in his office at home in an attack early Saturday, according to Tasnim. The United States and Israel had spent months developing deep intelligence on the Iranian leadership, according to people familiar with the operation. Read more ›
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- Trump tells Iranians ‘take over your government’In announcing the “major combat operations,” Trump indicated the U.S. was striking for reasons beyond Iran’s nuclear program. On Friday, he voiced frustration over lack of progress in negotiations to stop Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons.He listed grievances stretching back to the beginning of the Islamic Republic following a revolution in 1979 that turned Iran from one of America’s closest allies in the Middle East into a foe. Iran’s ballistic missile program and support for armed proxies in the region were other issues.Trump on Saturday told Iranians to take cover but urged them to later rise up and topple the Islamic leadership.
“When we are finished, take over your government,” Trump said. “It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations.”
- US military plans to maintain pressureTrump later said “heavy and pinpoint bombing” in Iran would continue through the week or longer.The U.S. had assembled a fleet of fighter jets and warships in the region as it negotiated with Iran about a deal over its nuclear program. The fleet has added more than 10,000 U.S. troops to the region.The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three guided-missile destroyers arrived in January to bolster the number of warships. The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and four accompanying destroyers were later dispatched from the Caribbean to head to the Middle East and are now in the Mediterranean.
U.S. Democrats are leading efforts to limit Trump’s war powers, notably after he pledged to end with ’’forever wars″ abroad….
More @ AP….
image/map…NY Post…
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