In the fall of 2022, Lesley Stahl spoke with Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi, about a possible nuclear deal with the U.S., the sanctions against him and his country. Raisi was later killed in a 2024 helicopter crash.
In 2023, 60 Minutes reported on Iran's campaign to intimidate, abduct, and assassinate its critics and perceived enemies, including Americans. For this report, Lesley Stahl spoke with Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American activist who is now a CBS News contributor, about being one of Iran's targets.
President Trump posted on Truth Social that Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. He also said that military strikes will continue in Iran for "as long as necessary."