Several family members of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were killed in US-Israeli raids on Iran

Several members of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s family – including his daughter and grandson – were killed when he was killed The United States and Israel launched air strikes Against Iran on Saturday morning.

The wife of the deposed tyrant’s 86-year-old son and his son-in-law were also killed in the joint military attack, code-named Operation Epic RageAccording to Iranian official media.

Iranian state media claimed that he was killed in his compound, demonstrating that Khamenei “stood among the people and at the forefront of his responsibilities.”

While his place of death has not been confirmed, his body was recovered under some rubble and a photo of his body was shown to the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin NetanyahuA senior Israeli official revealed.

President Trump confirmed earlier Saturday that Khamenei was killed in the raids, describing his death as “justice.”

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“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in history, has died.” The president wrote in a post on Truth Social.

He added: “This is justice not only for the Iranian people, but for all great Americans, and those people from many countries around the world, who were killed or maimed by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty thugs.”

Hours later, Iranian official media confirmed Khamenei died, claiming that he was a “martyr.”

State media reported that he died in his Tehran compound when the initial strikes began, and satellite images from Airbus showed the badly damaged area.

Tasnim News said on the X website: “The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran has been martyred.”

“With this, we inform the loyal Iranian people who love the martyrs that His Eminence Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, was martyred in a joint attack by the criminal America and the Zionist entity on Monday morning, the ninth of Esfand.”

Israeli officials said more than 40 Senior Iranian security and regime figures were liquidated In the opening strikes this morning, up to 10 senior commanders were killed in the first strike on Khamenei’s fortified compound.

The authoritarian cleric took control of the Islamic Republic of Iran in June 1989.