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2026 Iran conflict

Ongoing armed conflict in West Asia

On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel, US bases, and US-allied countries in the Middle East.

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    Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
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    Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
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    2026 assassination in Tehran, Iran
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    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
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OBSCURE WIKIPEDIA ENTRY OF THE DAY Number of the beast
The number of the beast is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation. In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible, the number of the beast is six hundred sixty-six (666) or χξϛ. Papyrus 115, as well as other ancient sources like Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, give the number of the beast as χιϛ or χιϲ, transliterable in Arabic numerals as 616, not 666; critical editions of the Greek text, such as the Novum Testamentum Graece, note χιϛ/616 as a variant. There is a broad consensus in contemporary scholarship that the number of the beast is linked by gematria to the typology of Roman Emperor Nero, an infamous persecutor of Christians. Continue reading
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