Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has spent almost four decades as Shi'ite Iran's supreme leader building a regional power to rival the Sunni states across the Gulf and implacably hostile to the U.S. and Israel - while crushing repeated unrest at home.

Israel hasn’t attacked Iran’s energy export hubs so far. If it does, China could find itself cut off from a flow of cheap oil.

Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi claims the regime is at its weakest following Israeli strikes, stating it's only a matter of time before people overthrow the government.

It’s key to Iran’s nuclear program: the Fordow plant - in a mountain lair where hundreds of centrifuges, hidden possibly 90 meters underground, enrich uranium to 60%. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh explains what we know about the key site in Israel’s crosshairs.

After Israel attacked Iran, the population has lamented the lack of adequate safety instructions and evacuation orders, turning to social media for answers.

In the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, many people seem to be lining up to support the military operation against Iran — despite an Iranian missile hitting here days ago.

The Kremlin responded Monday to remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on possible Iranian regime change, issuing a condemnation of the "actions" that have led to escalated tensions between the two Middle Eastern nations.

Londoners with friends and family in Iran are only able to watch with concern from thousands of kilometres away as conflict continues to escalate between the country and Israel.