Official confirmation: Iran's de facto wartime leader, Ali Khamenei, has died
Iranian official (Tasnim News Agency) officially confirmed that Ali Khamenei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, has died.
March 16 night - early March 17, the Israeli Air Force carried out a precise strike against Khamenei near Tehran, and the Israeli Defense Minister/Prime Minister successively announced his "successful killing".
Khamenei was the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (wartime security chief), former speaker (2008–2020), and a core confidant of Khamenei.
After Khamenei was attacked and killed on February 28, he became the de facto wartime leader of Iran, coordinating military, intelligence, and diplomatic decisions against Israel and the United States.
Khamenei started his career in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was a core figure in the Iran nuclear negotiations, and comes from one of Iran's top political families ("the Kennedy family of Iran").
The new supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba (son of Khamenei), already had unstable authority. After losing his key deputy, the decision-making circle faces a test.
Iran is highly likely to launch retaliation (missile/drone attacks on Israeli territory, attacks on ships in the Red Sea/Persian Gulf, proxy armed actions).
The U.S. global embassies and consulates have urgently upgraded security to prevent Iranian retaliation.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1859944667714560/
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