The Supreme Leader may choose to back down after a first round of retaliation, or prefer martyrdom and building a nuclear weapon.

Its proxy forces around the region have been largely silent in offering concrete support after attacks by Israel and now the United States.

Iran’s foreign minister said the attack would have “everlasting consequences” and that Tehran “reserves all options” for a response.

After hitting Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear installation, President Trump warned of more strikes “if peace does not come quickly.” Iranian ballistic missiles wounded at least 10 in Israel, officials said.

Iran’s foreign minister warned that the U.S. decision to join Israel’s war against Iran would have “everlasting consequences.”

To reach voters outside its Eastern heartlands, the AfD is putting a new gloss on its anti-immigrant message — while sticking with its agenda.

Iranians managed to gain some unreliable connection to the internet on Friday after a near-total blackout that lasted four days.

The outreach to Belarus’s autocratic leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, comes as the country has released at least 14 political prisoners.