Who is Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei and why is he a possible target?
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Trump, who has previously said Khamenei should be ‘very worried’, is urging Iranians to overthrow their government.
The United States and Israel have waged a new round of attacks on Iran, again derailing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme and raising questions about efforts to target the country’s security and leadership apparatus.
Among the areas targeted on Saturday in Iran’s capital Tehran were places linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
Here’s more on Khamenei and why the US and Israel are potentially seeking to “decapitate” the Islamic republic’s leadership:
Iranian media report the US-Israeli attacks occurred nationwide, including several areas in the capital, Tehran.
Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported that seven missiles hit an area near the presidential palace, located in Shemiran to the north of Tehran, as well as near Khamenei’s compound.
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Mojtaba Khamenei will now be charged with leading Islamic Republic through the biggest crisis in its 47-year history.
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Officials say some water, electricity facilities damaged amid US-Israel bombing, but no widespread outages reported yet.