Rachel Abrams

And just in, the State Department is now urging all U.S.

citizens in Lebanon to get out while commercial options are still available.

Today, my colleagues Mark Mazzetti and David Sanger explain what's next for Iran and what these strikes threaten to unleash.

It's Sunday, March 1st.

This moment feels very different, though, and I think that that's in large part because the United States has killed Iran's supreme leader, as well as a number of top officials in the regime.

And just the scale of that alone, as well as the scale of the retaliation we've seen in the region just in the last basically less than 24 hours, it far surpasses any kind of military operation we have seen in Iran since the Iranian revolution in 1979.

So I think that a basic question on a lot of people's minds right now is, are we at war with Iran?

And David, let's start with you.

Other targets in the initial wave, the defense ministry, the parliament, the National Supreme Council.

Right.

And David, when you and I spoke a few days ago, you told us that there was a succession plan in place in the event of the Ayatollah's death.

And of course, he was also in his 80s.

So I think that a natural question is whether the regime can and may survive despite his death.

Let's just assume, though, that the United States and Israel will defend themselves against those 2,000 missiles.

I think a lot of people might be listening to this and thinking to themselves, this really sounds like another protracted, endless war in the Middle East.

From The New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily.

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