Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei has been killed, sources claim. This was reported by the Times of Israel, Reuters, and several other outlets, citing an unnamed Israeli official. According to him, Khamenei’s body has already been found.
Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reports that Israel’s ambassador to the United States has informed the American side of Khamenei’s death. According to these accounts, he was killed in a strike on his residence.
Reuters also reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is dead. There is no official confirmation of this information at this time.
Officials in the office of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described reports of his death as an element of “psychological warfare.” “The enemy is resorting to methods of psychological warfare, and everyone should keep this in mind,” a spokesperson for the Iranian supreme leader’s office said, according to Reuters.