Ali Khamenei and his wife, Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, died following joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, with Iranian state media reporting she succumbed to injuries sustained in the same attacks.
State broadcaster Press TV said Khojasteh “attained martyrdom,” while additional reports indicated several extended family members were also killed.
The coordinated strikes were described by U.S. and Israeli officials as targeting strategic military and security sites, escalating regional tensions.
Iran appointed senior cleric Alireza Arafi as interim Supreme Leader to oversee the transition following Khamenei’s death.
Under Iran’s constitution, a temporary leadership council will exercise the Supreme Leader’s powers until the Assembly of Experts selects a permanent successor, with Arafi serving as the jurist member during the interim period.
The wife of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has died days after he was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, according to Iranian state media.
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