THE LATEST | CANADABloomberg: Iranian state television confirmed Khamenei’s death around 5 a.m. local time. A news presenter delivered the statement with a trembling voice as the channel placed a black banner in the corner of the screen and broadcast recitations of Quranic verses — traditionally used to signal national mourning…
CNN: State TV presenter cries while announcing the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
BBC: Donald Trump says Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been killed by US-Israeli strikes on Tehran
The US president says it’s a “justice” for the people of Iran, Americans, and “people from many countries throughout the world”…
Times of Israel: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Iran this morning, an Israeli official tells Israeli media…LIVE UPDATES
New York Times: The first strikes in Israel’s attack on Iran, which began on Saturday alongside the United States, had a central goal: Assassinate the regime’s top leaders.
Israeli forces bombarded multiple parts of the capital, Tehran, on Saturday morning, targeting at least one gathering of the country’s senior officials and military leaders, the Israeli military said. The status of much of the leadership remains unknown…
Times of Israel: Channel 12 news reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump were shown an image of the body of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, after it was recovered by Iranian authorities from his compound in Tehran…
New York Times: As the United States and Israel began a coordinated military offensive against Iran early Saturday, Tehran acted swiftly on its promise to hit back, targeting U.S. interests and allies across the Middle East in a wide-ranging retaliation that risks a broader regional conflict…
Earlier today:
New York Times: President Trump announced on Saturday that the United States had launched a major attack on Iran as he vowed to devastate the country’s military, eliminate its nuclear program and bring about a change in its government…
CNN: US President Donald Trump described the military campaign as “massive and ongoing,” adding American lives may be lost as a result…
NBC: Trump urged Iranians to “take over your government” when the strikes are over. “The hour of your freedom is at hand.”…
Washington Post: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel and the U.S. launched an operation against Iran “to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime.” In a video, he said the attack would continue “as long as needed” and indicated that the goal is regime change: “Our joint action will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their destiny into their own hands.”…
Times of Israel: “We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally… obliterated. We are going to annihilate their navy,” he said in a video statement posted on his Truth Social account. “We are going to ensure that the region’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world and attack our forces.”
Trump indicated that the goal was to topple the regime, and he called on the Iranian people to seize the opportunity and take over their government…
New York Times: Experts have warned that an attack on Iran could potentially draw the United States into a protracted conflict, because Iran’s leadership oversees extensive military abilities and a network of regional proxy forces that could help sustain a resistance…
Times of Israel: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announces that it has begun “the first wave of extensive missile and drone attacks” against Israel…
Wall Street Journal: As the U.S. and Israel conduct joint strikes on Iran, the Israeli military is targeting Iran’s leadership, according to a U.S. official and a person briefed on the operation…
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Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei could be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed