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       Tehran on Sunday.Credit...Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

       Trump called for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ Fears of a wider war grew after President Trump called yesterday for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and mentioned the possibility of killing the country’s supreme leader.

       Iran has prepared missiles and other equipment for possible strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East should the U.S. join Israel’s war effort, according to U.S. officials who have reviewed intelligence reports.

       Trump wrote on Truth Social that “we know exactly where” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, “is hiding,” but added, “we are not going to take him out (kill!), at least for now.” He also boasted that “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran,” associating himself with Israel’s strikes on Iran even though U.S. forces do not appear to have been involved.

       Trump’s immediate decision will be whether to deploy a more than 13,600-kilo bomb that would allow Israel to strike Iran’s deepest nuclear enrichment site. His public threats against Iran have revived a long-dormant debate among U.S. lawmakers about clawing back Congress’s power to declare war.

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       Here are the latest updates, and maps showing recent strikes between Iran and Israel.

       Shifting position: For months, Trump pushed back against Israel’s plan to attack Iran in favor of a diplomatic solution. Here’s an in-depth look at how he came to tolerate the campaign.

       Analysis: Some analysts believe that Israel is trying to depose Iran’s government, a regime change of the sort that Trump has decried for years.

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