Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who ruled the country for almost four decades, has been killed, according to US President Donald Trump and two Israeli sources.
Israel has not shared evidence of Khamenei’s death, and a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry earlier insisted that Khamenei, 86, and Iran’s president are both “safe and sound.”
But Khamenei has not been seen in public or in videos since Israel and the United States attacked Iran on Saturday morning.
The news appeared likely to plunge the Islamic Republic into the most serious crisis since its establishment.
Cheers and celebrations were heard in parts of Tehran Saturday…