The Iran war started on February 28, when the US and Israel launched joint airstrikes targeting military and strategic sites across the Islamic Republic.
Key facilities of the Iranian armed forces were destroyed, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, along with several senior political and military figures.
Iran's Assembly of Experts chose Khamenei's son Mojtaba as the country's new supreme leader.
Tehran responded to the US-Israeli attacks with massive retaliatory strikes, deploying missiles and drones against Israel, US military bases, and other targets across the Gulf region.
Iran also closed the Strait of Hormuz — a key waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which around 20% of global oil and gas exports passed before the conflict — as a geopolitical pressure tool.
