US EditionIsrael bombs council choosing Iran's next supreme leader, official says
Strikes targeted Iran's Assembly of Experts during vote counting to appoint a new supreme leader after Ali Khamenei's death, severely damaging buildings in Qom and Tehran.
- Israeli forces struck the Assembly of Experts building in Qom while its 88 members were voting to select Iran's next Supreme Leader, flattening the structure during the attack.
- The Assembly of Experts is a clerical body responsible for appointing and overseeing Iran's Supreme Leader and had convened after the assassination of Ali Khamenei.
- Following Khamenei's assassination, a temporary three-member Leadership Council was formed to oversee Iranian state affairs until a permanent successor is chosen.
- The airstrike is part of an ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign targeting Iran's leadership and military, which has prompted retaliatory attacks disrupting regional energy infrastructure.
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The construction of the Country of Experts from the Iranian city of Qom, south of Tehran, was destroyed in an air-coordinated attack by Israel and the United States, according to Iranian news agencies. On this property it carried out one of the main...
Israel Strikes Building Where Iranian Officials Were Gathering To Select New Leader
Iran continues to be leaderless after Israel’s latest move. Just days after the U.S. and Israel joint air strikes took out most of Iran’s leadership, which included Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Israel has conducted a new strike at an assembly where Iranian officials were gathering to elect a new leader. Fox News’ Trey Yingst is on the ground reporting: BREAKING: Trey Yingst reports that Israel just struck the gathering where the Iranians…
The United States and Israel have bombed the building that was to house the Assembly of Experts, the institution responsible for electing the successor of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This attack has taken place in Qom, south of the capital of Iran. On social networks and local media, images of the bombed building have been disseminated, but it has not yet been confirmed whether the 88 members of the council were there at the time of the attack, so t…
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