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Iran: Background to what's happening in the country

Iran's leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been killed in an attack by the US and Israel.

US President Trump says that the attack was to try and stop Iran from making extremely powerful bombs called nuclear weapons - something that Iran denies it's doing.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called this a threat to both Israel and the US.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the attack unprovoked and illegal.

Watch for the background to Iran and its relationships with the United States and Israel.

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