Last week, the United States and Israeli governments attacked Iran in a dramatic series of airstrikes dubbed Operation Epic Fury. One of the bombings took out Iran’s 86-year-old leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; another killed an estimated 165 people at a girls’ school in the city of Minab. In the days that followed, the US and Israel continued their siege, and Iran retaliated with strikes across the Middle East. Every day offered new evidence that the conflict appears to be spreading beyond that region: On Thursday, Iran struck Azerbaijan. The death toll of the conflict is already high: Accordi
Last week, the United States and Israeli governments attacked Iran in a dramatic series of airstrikes dubbed Operation Epic Fury. One of the bombings took out Iran’s 86-year-old leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; another killed an estimated 165 people at a girls’ school in the city of Minab. In the days that followed, the US and Israel continued their siege, and Iran retaliated with strikes across the Middle East. Every day offered new evidence that the conflict appears to be spreading beyond that region: On Thursday, Iran struck Azerbaijan. The death toll of the conflict is already high: Accordi