Six months after US and Israeli forces attacked Iran, killing its supreme leader and maiming his son and successor, the Iranian government is under economic siege, but it still holds power and has shown little urgency to negotiate. Major combat operations have been paused for weeks but there has been little progress toward a wider peace agreement between the U.S. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Six months after US and Israeli forces attacked Iran, killing its supreme leader and maiming his son and successor, the Iranian government is under economic siege, but it still holds power and has shown little urgency to negotiate.S1

• Major combat operations have been paused for weeks but there has been little progress toward a wider peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran.S2