Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been martyred during US-Israel strike in Iran.
The development has been confirmed by Iranian state media which says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was martyred in the attacks in his office.
A seven days holiday and forty-day mourning have been announced in Iran following the martyrdom of the Supreme Leader.
The martyrdom of Supreme Leader Khamenei’s daughter and granddaughter in the Israeli and American attacks has also been confirmed.
Iranian state media said Ayatollah Khamenei’s son-in-law and daughter-in-law were also martyred in the attacks. Iranian Army Chief Abdolrahim Mousavi was also martyred in the attack.
Born in Mashhad, Ayatollah Khamenei rose to prominence during the 1979 Islamic Revolution as a close associate of revolutionary leader Ruhollah Khomeini and a member of the Revolutionary Council.
He served two terms as president from 1981 to 1989 before being elevated to supreme leader despite lacking the traditional clerical credentials usually associated with the role.
