Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been killed, Iranian state media has confirmed, after a massive US-Israeli attack on the country that US President Donald Trump said would continue with heavy bombing throughout the week.
President Trump indicated the military operation is aimed at overturning Tehran’s government. One strike killed scores of students in an elementary school in southern Iran, according to state media.
However, flowing the strikes by Israel and US, Iran unleashed strikes on US military bases, Israel and other targets across the Middle East, rocking densely populated areas and disrupting air travel and oil shipments. The US military has reported no combat-related American casualties.
The United Arab Emirates called the attacks a “historic moment” in the Middle East, saying world leaders had failed to ensure the region’s stability.
