Iranian state media has now reported that the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has indeed been killed.
40 days of public mourning and seven days of public holidays will be observed in Iran after he was killed at his office in the early hours of Saturday, state media reported.
Several hours ago, Donald Trump announced on social media that Khamenei had been killed in the US-Israeli strikes hit at least four buildings in the supreme leader’s compound in Tehran on Saturday morning. That is now confirmed by the Tasnim and Fars news agencies.