Foreign affairs expert Waiel Awwad said that Israel's early-morning strikes on Iranian military installations and leadership, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's residence, have triggered Iranian retaliation against US bases and Gulf countries, signalling the conflict is escalatin
Times of Israel cited Iran's state media reporting that Ali Khamenei's daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law and son-in-law were killed in Israeli-US strikes.
Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi on Saturday urged Iranians to unite and support a "stable transition to a free and prosperous future" after the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling any attempt by the regime to appoint a successor "doomed to fail".
US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) said that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, describing him as "one of the most evil people in History," and said the development marked "justice" for Americans and others worldwide.
In a post on X, House Republicans wrote, "The lead architect of global terrorism is DEAD, ending his decades of terrorist reign. The world is safer with Ali Khamenei's death."
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran, according to The Jerusalem Post, which cited senior Israeli officials on Saturday (local time).
Deputy Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in India, Mohammad Hossein Zyiaee, on Saturday condemned the United States, stating that attacking Iran after saying that negotiations were underway shows that the US and Israel are not committed to their words.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has backed US and Israel strikes on Iran as he saw Tehran a key ally of Russia, who provided the latter with "shahed" drones to attack Kiev.