US EditionIsraeli Media Reports Unconfirmed Death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei
The U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes targeting Iran’s military and leadership, reportedly killing several senior figures with over 200 casualties reported, officials said.
- On Saturday, U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Tehran, targeting the Pasteur compound, while Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed and Iranian state television confirmed his death.
- Since Dec. 28, domestic unrest and earlier wartime planning shaped regime responses as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named successors and prepared the Assembly of Experts during last June's crisis.
- A near-total internet blackout limited verification as satellite imagery showed significant damage to Khamenei's Tehran compound after Saturday's strikes.
- Thousands of Iranian Canadians in Vancouver, David Lam Park, gathered Saturday to celebrate reports of Khamenei's death, with police monitoring events and deploying additional officers.
- Uncertainty over who leads Iran now raises questions about succession and stability, as regime elites and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will aim to project control amid ongoing regional escalation.
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The 86-year-old Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli attacks, was at the head of the Islamic Republic for 36 years, ruling it with a hard hand and having the final say in all matters.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in his compound in the capital Tehran, Iranian state media reported. Khamenei was killed "in his office in the leader's house" while "carrying out his duties" at the time of the attack early Saturday, the state-run Fars news agency reported, CNN reported. Meanwhile, as CNN points out, satellite images showed black smoke rising from the leader's compound in Tehran after the attack. They appe…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader dead at 86 as Israel-Iran conflict spirals
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