Iranian Supreme Leader
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.