Iran

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is presumed dead after a Massive US-Israeli military operation On Saturday, several Israeli official sources and a senior US intelligence official told News themezone.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier on Saturday that there are “increasing signs” that Khamenei is “gone” after the mission.

People applaud in the streets of Tehran, according to a News themezone producer in Tehran. But Tehran’s state media has not confirmed Khamenei’s death, nor has the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

An Israeli broadcaster said on Saturday that Netanyahu had been shown a photograph of Khamenei’s body.

The Israel Defense Forces said in a news conference on Saturday that seven Iranian officials and commanders were killed, including Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Khamenei.

Khamenei, 86, had been Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, succeeding the leader of the 1979 Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Khamenei controlled all branches of the government and the military and was considered the spiritual leader. It is unclear who will succeed him.

This is breaking news and will be updated.