Friday Prayers in Tehran, March 6, 2026 -- Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Ali Abutalebi On the last day of February, the United States and Israel launched a new round of military strikes against Iran. In the opening minutes of the operation, the residence of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, was targeted. The attack resulted in his assassination and the deaths of several members of his family, including his 14-month-