Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday, an Israeli leader confirmed to FOX News Digital.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday, an Israeli leader confirmed to FOX News Digital. FOX News Digital is reporting they received word of Khamenei’s death from Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of FDD’s Iran program.
Some of the first strikes on Iran appeared to hit areas around the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Smoke could be seen rising from the capital as part of strikes that Iranian media said occurred nationwide. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the 86-year-old leader was in his offices when the attack occurred, and his death was confirmed several hours after the attack. READ MORE: Live updates: US strikes Iran amid nuclear program tensionsKhamenei has ruled since 1989 and held ultimate power as he continued to shape Iran’s Islamic Republic after the revolution in 1979. He has no successor, a source of further uncertainty for the theocracy and Iran’s people.Officially, a panel of Shiite clerics is tasked with choosing one of their own as his successor.
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