War returns to Iran with Israel, US strikes
- The US and Israel on Feb 28 launch joint strikes against Iran, with Trump announcing start of “major combat operations”
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is assassinated in US-Israeli strikes; Mojtaba Khamenei replaces his father as Iran’s new supreme leader
- Iran, US agreed to a two-week ceasefire on April 8
- Pakistan hosts the first round of face-to-face talks between the US and Iran in 47 years in April; the talks end without a breakthrough, but also without a breakdown
- US, Iran hold high-level talks in Switzerland on June 20 after signing preliminary agreement to end the war; hold talks in Doha on July 1, with mediators citing “positive progress”
- US launches strikes on Iran on July 8 in response to attacks on ships in Hormuz, Tehran retaliates as strait heats up again
- US-Iran continue to exchange fire amid a deadlock in the six-month war
