It's unholy. I'm Unhely. I'm Unite Levi in Tel Aviv. 6 p.m. here, 7.30 p.m. in Tehran, 11 a.m. in Washington.

It's Sunday, and it is the second day of Operation Epic Fury. Israel and the United States strike the

Iranian regime and crucially take down Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali-Kamenei in an attempt to

topple this regime that has most recently murdered its own citizens in the thousands.

The mood here in Israel yesterday was of a country that saw the demise of its worst enemy.

That is still true. But today, trepidation enters the equation to rockets, sirens,

and at least nine dead from an Iranian missile that hit the city of Bitschamish near Jerusalem.

There are also reports from CENTCOM about three American soldiers killed in an Iranian attack.

This is day two, and the focus is very much on the killing of the man

who threatened to annihilate Israel for decades and chanted death to America and death to Israel.

We wanted to talk to someone who has followed the

ascension of Khomeini and his rule with an iron fist for decades. Dr. Suzanne Maloney returns to

Unholy. She is one of America's foremost authorities on Iran. She's vice president and director

of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution focusing on Iran. She's advised

both Democratic and Republican

administrations on Iran policy. And we always turn to her to understand where Iran is heading.

Today, that question is perhaps more important than ever. Suzanne, thank you so much for talking

to us again on Unholy. Great to be here with you. It's quite a day. It's quite a day. I feel like

every time we talk, it's another dramatic peak in this story. Before we get into, you know, the significance of the

decision to assassinate Ahmenei, can we talk about who he was and what he meant for building

the Islamic Republic of Iran? Sure. Hamini is a critical figure in the post-revolutionary

history of Iran. He was a cleric who was radicalized in his youth and became part of the

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