Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Monday, March 2nd, and this is a special edition of your FT News briefing.
The US and Israel have launched their most vigorous attempt to overthrow the Islamic regime
since it came to power in 1979.
That will have sweeping ramifications for the country,
the wider Middle East, and economies around the world.
Today, we're bringing you coverage from Washington to Tehran.
I'm Victoria Craig, and here's the news you need to start your day.
Over the past 72 hours, the U.S.
and Israel have pounded Iran with airstrikes.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
who ruled the country with an iron fist for nearly four decades, is dead.
Other senior leaders in the Iranian regime have also been killed in the strikes.
It's tense on the ground in Iran, and Najmay Bezorgmir is our Tehran correspondent.
She explains people there feel as
though they're standing at the threshold of a new and unpredictable chapter.
in their lives.
A wave of fear, anxiety, and profound uncertainty has swept across the capital city.
Tehran since Saturday when US and Israeli strikes began.
The killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has satisfied his opponents