Overnight tension in the Middle East has escalated after a new wave of Israeli airstrikes on Tehran on Sunday, following initial joint U.S.-Israeli strikes that began on Saturday and killed Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iranian forces have since launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks against Israeli and US targets, raising fears of a wider conflict and causing disruption to regional security, shipping, and energy routes. 

Joining us now is Professor Ahmed Jazbhay, political scientist at the University of South Africa and Senior Researcher at the Media Review Network, to discuss the impact of Khamenei's death, Iran's leadership dynamics, and the wider regional and global consequences

Overnight tension in the Middle East has escalated after a new wave of Israeli airstrikes on Tehran on Sunday, following initial joint U.S.-Israeli strikes that began on Saturday and killed Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iranian forces have since launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks against Israeli and US targets, raising fears of a wider conflict and causing disruption to regional security, shipping, and energy routes.&nbsp;
Joining us now is Professor Ahmed Jazbhay, political scientist at the University of South Africa and Senior Researcher at the Media Review Network, to discuss the impact of Khamenei's death, Iran's leadership dynamics, and the wider regional and global consequences