US EditionTrump says Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei is dead, urges Iranians to ‘take back’ their country
U.S. and Israeli forces conducted strikes across 24 provinces, killing 201 people, as President Trump declared Iran's Supreme Leader dead and urged Iranians to rise up.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump declared Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dead on social media and urged Iranians to take back their country, calling it their greatest chance.
- Following escalating tensions, U.S. and Israeli forces accelerated the operation after a target of opportunity emerged, with weeks of buildup and target collection in Iran.
- Casualty estimates vary widely, with Trump citing 32,000 and HRANA reporting more than 7,000, while Israel's military said about 200 fighter jets hit about 500 targets.
- On Sunday, Iran launched missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states, with Gulf officials reporting a strike on the U.S. Fifth Fleet base and shrapnel killing one person, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to call the situation a grave threat.
- His death leaves no designated successor, prompting a potential crisis as Reza Pahlavi says Iranians have asked him to lead if the Islamic Republic of Iran collapses.
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U.S. President Donald Trump argues that the attacks in which Iran's senior leader Ali Khamenei was killed also led to the death of the candidates who Washington had for a power transition to Tehran, informs the EEF, taken by Agerpress. "The attack was so successful that most candidates were killed" / "I caught Khamenei before he caught me" appeared first on Romania TV.
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Trump Comes Clean on Ultimate Iran Strike Blunder
President Donald Trump admitted on Sunday that the U.S. had a number of candidates in mind to take over Iran following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but they were killed in the initial strikes on the country. Trump made the revelation in a phone call to ABC News, admitting that “the attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates.” Speaking to ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday night, the president added, “It’s no…
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