WNAM MONITORING: Iranian state television announced on Sunday that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was martyred. The broadcaster did not immediately provide further details about the circumstances of his death. State media also reported that 40 days of public mourning was declared in Iran following the announcement.
The Supreme National Security Council said Supreme Leader Khamenei was killed at his office on Saturday morning and that his death would mark the beginning of a “great uprising against the tyrants of the world.” Earlier on Saturday, US President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social that Khamenei was “dead.”
Meanwhile, the daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei were also killed following Israel–US strikes, Fars News Agency reported Sunday, citing sources close to the leader’s office.
Fars said the deaths were confirmed after contact was established with informed sources at the supreme leader’s residence. The agency also reported that one of the supreme leader’s daughters-in-law was killed in a Saturday morning attack.
