As military strikes continue across Iran and Israel, two men continue to grapple for control of a situation threatening to dissolve into outright war.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is alive and is being continuously briefed about the situation, a security source told Reuters, following an Israeli attack on Iran early on Friday.

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Following Israeli strikes that targeted Iran's nuclear facilities, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed General Abdolrahim Mousavi as the new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, succeeding General Mohammad Bagheri,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks on Iran may have pushed their nuclear ambitions by several years, but rejected international pressure to show restraint

Ahead of Israeli strikes on Tehran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Iranian lawmakers to "speak with one voice"

Reza Pahlavi, writing in Persian, stated that war, likely between Israel-US and Iran, would be "Khamenei's war and the Islamic Republic's war," and not Iran or the the Iranian people's war.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promised retaliation for Israeli strikes. Tehran launched deadly missiles at Israel. Khamenei assured military readiness. He wa