Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been “martyred,” multiple state news agencies have confirmed
Iranian state media has confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the ongoig joint US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic.
Multiple news agencies, including the Tasnim, Mehr and Press TV simultaneously reported early Sunday that the 85-year-old leader had been “martyred” in the attack.
“The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a joint attack by the criminal America and the Zionist regime,” the official statement said.
“At the moment of the martyrdom, he was carrying out his assigned duties and was present at his workplace, when this cowardly attack occurred,” it added, refuting the “Zionist regime’s psychological warfare” claiming that the Supreme Leader was hiding in a secure and hidden location. The government has announced 40 days of public mourning.
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