LONG PROFILE: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after state TV confirms death

Record ID: 2359814

  • Title: LONG PROFILE: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after state TV confirms death
  • Date: 20th May 2024
  • Summary: Video obtained by Reuters showed a projectile landing in Tel Aviv on June 14 as emergency sirens sounded to alert the population. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (FILE - JUNE 14, 2025) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) PROJECTILE LANDING IN TEL AVIV AS SIRENS RING Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as sirens sounded on the night of June 13, across Israel, following
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  • Keywords: Ali Khamenei Ayatollah Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Donald Trump Iran Iran-Iraq war Khamenei PROTESTS Saddam Hussein US president USA nuclear deal
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: Iran
  • Topics: Middle East,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA011803401011970RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed on Saturday (February 28), state media confirmed, after the United States and Israel launched the most ambitious attack on Iranian targets in decades.
    Iranian state media announced Khamenei's death early on Sunday (March 1). A senior Israeli official told Reuters earlier that the Iranian leader's body had been found after a strike and U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States worked closely with Israel to target the man who led Iran since 1989.
    (Production: Paul Warren, Parniyan Zemaryalai, Ben Dangerfield, Mussab Al-Khairalla, Vanessa Romeo, Bahareh Khodabandeh, Bernat Parera, Carla O'Connor)
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