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Welcome to The rest of politics.

And with me, Alice Campbell.

And with me, Rory Stewart.

We did a session yesterday, Saturday, on Iran, and it's Sunday.

We're doing another session.

Thank you, the production team, who've come in over the weekend to get this done.

But we felt, I think, that this really is one of those events in the world

that really requires this amount of attention. Give me a sense about, I mean, I had a terrible

night sleeping about this, because it made me think about all these different questions about

what on earth Trump is doing, what's going to happen in the world. But give me a sense of what your reactions have been over the last 24 hours.

Well, I think you're right that this is one of those moments in history that people remember

and talk about for a very, very long time. So I think the events unfolding in Iran, across the

Middle East, and actually beyond, not least in some of the, we've already got deaths happening at protests in different parts of the world.

And of course, I think the most significant development is the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

I'm slightly tempted to say you heard it here first because if you remember as

goldhanger Supremo Tony Pasta was on his way to Burnley and we were recorded live he

texted me that Channel 12 report saying the Israelis believe that Hamini may be dead and I was

actually resistant I didn't know whether to raise it

because I hate doing that thing of you know not being sure but I thought what it's so consequential

and it is what we were talking about was regime change and anyway now we know he is dead

it's hugely consequential leaders are always important in any organization any government any

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