U.S. and Israel launch attacks on Iran

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U.S. and Israel launch attacks on Iran

The United States and Israel struck Iran several hours ago, after earlier Iran-U.S. nuclear talks this week did not result in a deal.

The first apparent strike hit near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and smoke could be seen rising from the capital.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it responded by launching a "first wave" of drones and missiles targeting Israel.

Officials in Dubai said shrapnel from an Iranian missile attack on the UAE capital killed one person Saturday.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in strikes, led theocratic regime for decades - CBS News

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday, President Trump said, joining multiple Israeli official sources and a senior U.S. intelligence official who had confirmed the news to CBS News.

"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," Mr. Trump posted on social media.
He added that the U.S. government is "hearing that many of their IRGC, Military, and other Security and Police Forces, no longer want to fight, and are looking for Immunity from us."

Mr. Trump continued that the "heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!" [War is peace! Freedom is slavery! Ignorance is strength!]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier Saturday that there are "growing signs" that Khamenei is "gone" after the mission. When asked if Khamenei had been killed, Mr. Trump earlier told NBC News by phone on Saturday that he had "spoken to a lot of people beyond and we feel certain, we feel, we feel that that is a correct story."

An Israeli broadcaster said Saturday that Netanyahu had been shown a photo of Khamenei's body.

People are cheering in the streets of Tehran [I doubt it, maybe a handful), according to a CBS News producer in Tehran. But the state media in Tehran has not confirmed Khamenei's death, and neither has the Iranian Foreign Ministry.


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Mr. Trump told NBC News that Khamenei "killed many people" and has "destroyed a country."

"The people that make all the decisions, most of them are gone," he said.

The Israel Defense Forces said in a press conference Saturday that seven Iranian officials and commanders were killed, including Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Khamenei.

Khamenei, 86, had been Iran's supreme leader since 1989, succeeding the leader of Iran's 1979 revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Khamenei controlled all branches of the government and the military and was considered the spiritual leader. It's unclear who will succeed him.

Iran's Ali Khamenei killed in strikes

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Only one nation will benefit from this, and we know who.