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The Islamic Republic of Iran has confirmed the death of its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was reportedly killed during a US-Israeli attack on Saturday.
Iranian State broadcaster IRIB which confirmed the killing of Khamenei on Sunday morning after an initial denial, said the 86-year-old leader was killed alongside his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson.
The short and cryptic statement added that Khamenei had attained martyrdom with his death.
“The Supreme Leader of Iran as reached martyrdom. This great scholar and mujahid (fighter) sacrificed his life to lift Iran… and he is in the grand presence of martyrs above,” the state news outlet said, just as the country has announced 40 days of national mourning following the Khamenei death.
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The late Islamic scholar had been Iran’s Supreme Leader since 1989 after succeeding the Islamic Republic’s late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who returned from exile and drove Iran’s 1979 revolution that overthrew US ally and shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
During his rule, Khamenei withstood fractured relationship with the West which included intense sanctions, and several rounds of protests at home over the economy and rights issues.
On several occasions, Khamenei had called out the United States, branding it Iran’s number one enemy along with Israel trailing close behind.
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