Israel kills Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Khamenei assumed power following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, inheriting a revolutionary state still consolidating itself.
Israel continues to hit terror targets within Iran following the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday in a joint military offensive involving Jerusalem and the U.S., known as "Operation Epic Fury.
The CIA had tracked Khamenei's location for several months before the strike that killed him, a person familiar with the matter tells CBS News.
Questions remain over who succeed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who Iranian state media said was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes. According to Iran’s constitution, electing his successor will fall to an 88-member body of clerics.
Uncertainty surrounds Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following an Israeli-U.S. strike on Tehran that left his fortified compound heavily damaged.
Iran's regime was hobbled by the first day of war, but as people gathered for the ayatollah's funeral, Iranian missiles killed at least 6 people near Jerusalem.
Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Iran's armed proxies like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel says 'growing indications' Khamenei killed; Iran claims he's alive. Compound destroyed, no public statement in 12+ hours. What we know and don't know.