CBS Weekend News S2026E15 - Episode 15

Senior Trump administration officials said Saturday that there were indicators that Iran intended to use conventional missiles against the U.S. and allies in the region while President Trump weighed a strike. Weijia Jiang reports. For over 45 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been a brutal theocracy, ruled by an ayatollah who swept aside the freedoms of Iran pre-revolution and threatened peace with the largest stockpile of missiles in the Middle East. On Saturday, there was celebration in the streets after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death. Elizabeth Palmer reports. The U.S. and Israel conducted joint strikes in Iran on Saturday and President Trump later announced that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed. Margaret Brennan explains what this could mean for the region and the world. Could Iranian so-called sleeper cells in the U.S. prepare to retaliate after the strikes on Iran? Jericka Duncan looks into security precautions. H.R. McMaster, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and national security adviser to President Trump during his first term, joins "CBS Evening News" to understand the timing and strategy of the joint attacks on Iran. Celebrations broke out in the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday as word spread that Iran's supreme leader was presumed to be killed in attacks. Carter Evans has more. The U.S. and Israel launched a historic aerial assault on Iran, hitting targets in Tehran and across the country and taking Iranian leadership by surprise. Tony Dokoupil recaps what we know. Air strikes killed Iran's Supreme Leader, according to President Trump, and may have decimated much of the country's remaining leadership. Iran fired back, but so far, there are no reports of American injuries. Charlie D'Agata reports.