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