Particle.news

Reported U.S.–Israel Strike Hits Qom Building Housing Iran’s Assembly of Experts

The targeted site is home to the clerical council that chooses the next supreme leader, intensifying uncertainty over succession.

Overview

  • News18 cites officials saying the Israeli Air Force struck a building in Qom that houses Iran’s Assembly of Experts.
  • The Assembly of Experts is an 88-member clerical body empowered to select the country’s next supreme leader.
  • Iran’s Tasnim news agency condemned the attack, referring to the perpetrators as “American-Zionist criminals.”
  • Local outlets circulated footage showing heavy damage, which News18 says it has not independently verified.
  • The Times of Israel also reported the council’s building was among targets in the latest strikes days after Khamenei’s reported death.