🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 The strike was timed to hit Khamenei mid-meeting U.S. and Israeli forces timed their opening salvo to coincide with a meeting Khamenei was holding with his top aides, according to two U.S. sources. Israeli officials say Khamenei was killed alongside Ali Shamkhani, the former National Security Council secretary, and IRGC Commander Mohammed Pakpour. Two Iranian sources confirm Khamenei was sitting with Shamkhani and Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani when the bombs started falling. Someone knew exactly where the Supreme Leader would be, who he'd be with, and when to pull the trigger. That kind of intelligence doesn't come from satellite imagery. That comes from someone in the room.
Trump says heavy bombing of Iran will continue ‘as long as necessary’ We have more from the US president’s Truth Social post on the alleged killing of Iran’s Khamenei. He called on the IRGC and Iranian police to join “Iranian patriots” in changing the government there and said “that process should soon be starting” now that Khamenei has been killed and the country has been “very much destroyed and even, obliterated” in just one day. “The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” he added. As we’ve been reporting, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim and Mehr news agencies say that Khamenei is “steadfast and firm in commanding the field”.