Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint United States-Israeli military operation on Sunday, the country’s state media reported.
His daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law and son-in-law were also killed in the strike.
Hours earlier, US President Donald Trump had posted on social media stating: “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in history, is dead.”
Khamenei, 86, had served as Iran’s supreme leader since 1989. He controlled all branches of the government and the armed forces.
Here’s more on this and other top updates from the conflict in West Asia:
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and two other senior officials will lead the country through a transitional phase after Khamenei’s killing, AFP quoted state television as reporting on Sunday. Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and another official from the country’s legal council will be part of the team overseeing the transition, the state television quoted Mohammad Mokhber, one of Khamenei’s advisors as having said.
- Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on Sunday that it would launch its “most-intense offensive operation”, targeting “[Israel] and American terrorists bases” after Khamenei’s killing, AP reported.
- As overnight Iranian retaliatory attacks spread across the Gulf and wider West Asia, Dubai International Airport and its landmark Burj Al Arab hotel sustained damage, the administration in Dubai said on Sunday. Explosions were reported on Palm Jumeirah...
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