Iran Reports Supreme Leader Khamenei Killed in U.S.-Israeli Strikes
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The article reports that Iranian government sources claim Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader for decades, was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes. President Trump announced the death hours earlier and called on Iranians to take control of their government. The Iranian state news agency confirmed the death as the conflict entered its second day with continued attacks on Iran. The death raises significant questions about leadership succession in Iran amid ongoing military conflict.
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· 5 pulledThe Iranian government said on Sunday that U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran had killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the nation's supreme leader for decades and an implacable enemy of Israel and the United States.
President Trump had announced the supreme leader's death hours earlier, and called on Iranians to take control of the government.
The Iranian state news agency confirmed the death on Sunday morning, as the war entered a second day with another wave of attacks on the country.
He died in his office at home in an attack early Saturday, according to Tasnim, a semiofficial Iranian news agency.
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raised questions about leadership succession as attacks on Iran, and its responses, continued.
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raised questions about leadership succession as attacks on Iran, and its responses, continued.
