Top updates: Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei dead after US-Israel strikes, state media says
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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.
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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. As supreme leader, Khamenei controlled all branches of the government as well as the armed forces.
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- On Saturday, the Israel Defence Forces said that it launched a joint operation with the US Armed Forces to “thoroughly degrade the Iranian terrorist regime and to remove existential threats to Israel over time”. The Iranian government said that the “malicious attacks” by the US and Israel took place during “the course of negotiations, reflecting the enemy’s mistaken belief that the steadfast nation of Iran would surrender to their ignoble demands through such cowardly actions”. “Iran [has] commenced a decisive response to these hostile acts,” the statement had added. The Israeli military subsequently said it had identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel and that its defence systems were intercepting the threat. Iran had also reportedly launched strikes on US military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait and...