Trump Aborts Leadership Transition as Iran Strikes Oil Refineries
Donald Trump has aborted efforts to appoint a new leader for Iran and declared that it is now too late to negotiate with survivors of the previous regime.These developments follow the killing of Ali Khamenei in a joint US and Israeli operation that has triggered massive regional instability and oil market volatility.The IRGC responded by launching strikes against critical oil refineries and military bases throughout the Gulf as US-led forces reinforced local defenses.Benjamin Netanyahu called for a popular uprising to support regime change while the
Iranian Red Crescent confirmed that 800 civilians have been killed.