US, Israel attack Iran updates: Khamenei, top security officials killed

Iran declares 40 days of mourning and launches attacks after supreme leader’s killing; Israel strikes Tehran.

Al Jazeera

However repulsive the Iranian regime is, a war of aggression by imperialist actors will not and could not bring about the liberation of the Iranian people or bring peace to the region.

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/07/iran-an-uprising-besieged-from-within-and-without-three-perspectives

Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without

Three perspectives on the uprising that began in Iran on December 29, 2025, and the forces that threaten it from within and without.

CrimethInc.

From Iraq to Ukraine to Iran, states like the US, Russia, and Israel have been eroding the post-World War II international consensus against aggressive war between states and I’m pretty sure it is now well and truly dead.

It was nice while it lasted and I suspect that most people are not mentally prepared for what the world will now look like.

@HeavenlyPossum one could argue there were always three major exceptions who could do as they pleased all along.
@HeavenlyPossum sigh we've spent the past two years processing our fear about the end of that order... we seem to have managed to move on to grieving for it, so that's nice
@HeavenlyPossum At least Gen X'ers can now share the existential angst of being a child, lying awake at night, wondering how soon the world will end.