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U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, this weekend. His death closes a nearly four-decade chapter in Iran marked by iron-fist rule and resistance to the U.S. and Israel.
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The Iranian government has announced 40 days of mourning. The country's supreme leader was killed following an attack launched by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday against Iran.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his Tehran compound, according to four Israeli security officials briefed on the matter.
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President Donald Trump announced that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on Saturday after the U.S. and Israel launched a predawn assault.
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Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's second supreme leader, has been killed. He had held power since 1989, guiding Iran through difficult times — and overseeing the violent suppression of dissent.
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