Iranian Supreme Leader
In a statement cited by Iran’s official news agency IRNA, Khamenei accused the United States of arrogance, unilateralism, and brutality, describing them as inseparable from the American approach.
State television also announced the assassination of Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh.
A source told Axios that Israeli ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter has informed US officials that Khamenei was killed in a strike on his compound in the capital, Tehran.
Netanyahu’s remarks came after satellite imagery showed apparent damage to Khamenei’s compound in Tehran.
Speaking in a televised interview on Fox News, Senator Lindsey Graham voiced US support for protesters demanding political change.
