Overview
- Iranian state outlets confirmed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.–Israeli strikes that targeted leadership sites in Tehran.
- Iranian media reported multiple senior officials and relatives were among the dead, and state reports said Khamenei’s wife died of her injuries on March 2.
- Multiple outlets citing the Financial Times say Mossad spent years compromising Tehran’s traffic cameras and accessing mobile networks to track Khamenei and his guards, with a CIA human source aiding confirmation.
- ILNA and other media reported former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed in Tehran, though there has been no official confirmation.
- Iran’s retaliation has involved regional barrages, with reported fatalities in Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, and the U.S. military reporting three personnel killed and five seriously wounded.