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Three weeks into a war that most of the world neither sanctioned nor supported, the international order finds itself confronting a crisis not only of violence but of meaning

Within hours, reports spread that Ali Khamenei—the man who had defined the Islamic Republic for nearly four decades—was dead.
What began as an operation to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions may prove something larger.

Rising tensions between the U.S., Israel and Iran are rattling global energy markets, with traders closely watching the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s oil infrastructure. Even the threat of disruption could tighten supply, push crude prices higher, and inject fresh volatility into inflation-hit economies worldwide