Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been reported killed in joint United States–Israel air strikes that targeted key centres of Iran’s political and military leadership. The attacks also reportedly claimed the lives of Iran’s Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh and the country’s Chief of Army Staff Abdolrahim Mousavi, dealing a severe blow to the nation’s top command structure.
The development marks a major escalation in regional tensions, with Iran vowing retaliation and fears mounting of a wider conflict across the Middle East.
