Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

This week, the news is dominated by the US and Israeli strikes on Iran,

which have resulted in the death of Ayatollah Ali Hamine, Iran's supreme leader for 36 years.

The conflict is ongoing, with Iran firing retaliatory strikes at multiple countries.

The outcome of President Trump's actions is highly unpredictable.

In a statement, Kirstama made clear that the UK had no role in the attacks.

On Sky News this morning, Defence secretary John Healy told Trevor Phillips

that Haminae and his regime were a source of evil.

John Healy, what's your reaction to the death of Ayatollah Ali Hamini?

Well, I think few people will mourn the Ayatollah's death,

not least the family and friends

of those thousands of young protesters murdered on the streets of Iranian cities.

I mean, Iran and the regime he's led for so long, it's a source of evil, murdering its own

citizens and sponsoring and exporting terror, including to countries like Britain.

And the concern now, of course, is that this regime is lashing out.

It's lashing out in an increasingly indiscriminate and widespread way.

And people will be really concerned that it's not just military targets, but civilian airports

like Kuwait, hotels in Dubai, and Bahrain are being hit.

And so that's why we've strengthened the UK defences in the region.

We're active in regional defence operations.

And it's why Kirstama yesterday called for Iran to end this now, to give up its weapons programs,

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