US EditionIranian state media confirm death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran confirms Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei died in coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military and leadership sites amid stalled nuclear talks and regional tensions.
- On Sunday, Iranian state media and IRNA reported the 86-year-old Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died early following a joint U.S.-Israeli aerial bombardment targeting military and government sites.
- After failed nuclear talks, Israel said the operation was planned for months and coordinated with the United States while U.S. officials offered peaceful nuclear options amid rising tensions.
- Israel identified specific senior figures it says were hit, naming Mohammad Pakpour and Aziz Nasirzadeh, and said strikes removed Ali Shamkhani and Mohammad Shirazi, while U.S. Central Command published aerial footage of the strikes.
- Regional rescue services and officials reported casualties, while Iran retaliated with missiles and drones toward Israel and U.S. bases, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to warn of a wider conflict.
- The reported death raises questions about succession, as Khamenei's death would create a leadership vacuum with no designated successor and final authority over Iran's clerical establishment and Revolutionary Guard.
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Iranian state media have also now confirmed the death of Khamenei, but what is the next step? Who is taking over power in Iran?
Iranian state media have also now confirmed the death of Khamenei, but what is the next step? Who is taking over power in Iran?
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Photos showing life of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei before he was killed in US-Israeli attack
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei succeeded the founder of the Islamic Revolution in 1989. He was killed in an attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media
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