As Iran’s second supreme leader, he brutally crushed dissent at home and expanded Iran’s footprint abroad, challenging Saudi Arabia for regional dominance.

The regime change attack on Iran is a declaration of war by Trump and Netanyahu. Only Congress has the authority to declare war, so this is also an attack on the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.

Khamenei was already under growing pressure long before his compound was among the first targets of Saturday's attack.

World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war.