Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran who ruled over the Islamic Republic for more than three decades as it faced off with the West, was killed Saturday after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran. He was 86.
¡°This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,¡± U.S. President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post. Iranian state media on Sunday confirmed his death.
With Khamenei¡¯s demise, a hugely consequential chapter in Iran¡¯s modern history closes with little certainty over what comes next or who¡¯s lined up to succeed him.
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