Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound appeared to have been destroyed in the US’ Operation Epic Fury, with officials confirming the attack was targeting the regime boss.
Satellite images obtained by the New York Times showed multiple buildings at the fortified compound were leveled in the joint US-Israel attack, with black smoke billowing up from the rubble.
Several other high-ranking Iranian officials and regime politicians were reported killed in the strikes.
Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were targeted in the attack, a senior Israeli official confirmed to Fox News.
The military’s aim was to take out “those responsible for commanding the mass murder of Iranian protesters,” the official said, according to the outlet.
“Battle damage assessments” would happen “later,” the source added.
The 86-year-old leader’s current whereabouts are unclear, but Iranian officials said he was in a secure location .
The objective of the strikes was to “defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,” President Trump said today.
*PHOTO CAPTION: One of the aerial photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran after the strikes.
