{"id":496947,"date":"2026-03-01T05:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496947\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:41:15","slug":"us-and-israel-launch-major-attack-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496947\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Israel launch major attack on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability.President Donald Trump announced the death hours earlier, saying it gave Iranians their \u201cgreatest chance\u201d to \u201ctake back\u201d their country.Video above: Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in airstrikes, President Trump confirmsTrump warned Iran not to escalate its attacks, writing online that America will strike back \u2019WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!\u201d Trump\u2019s comments on Truth Social follow Iranian threats on Sunday morning after acknowledging the killing of Khamenei.\u201cIran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they have ever hit before,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cTHEY BETTER NOT DO THAT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!\u201dIran state media reported that the 86-year-old was killed in an airstrike targeting his compound in downtown Tehran. Satellite photos from Airbus showed that the site was heavily bombed.His death at his office \u201cshowed that he consistently stood among the people and at the forefront of his responsibilities, confronting what officials call global arrogance,\u201d state TV said.\u201cKhamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,\u201d Trump wrote in a social media post. He warned of \u201cheavy and pinpoint bombing\u201d that he said would continue throughout the week and even beyond, part of a lethal assault the U.S. has justified as necessary to disable the country&#8217;s nuclear capabilities.Iran, which responded to the strikes with its own counterassault, warned of retribution, with the Cabinet saying that this \u201cgreat crime will never go unanswered.\u201d The paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened to launch its \u201cmost intense offensive operation\u201d ever targeting Israeli and American bases.The attack opened a stunning new chapter in U.S. intervention in Iran, carried the potential for retaliatory violence and a wider war, and represented a startling flex of military might for an American president who swept into office on an \u201cAmerica First\u201d platform and vowed to keep out of \u201cforever wars.\u201d The killing of Khamenei in the second Trump administration assault on Iran in eight months appeared certain to create a leadership vacuum given the absence of a known successor and because the 86-year-old supreme leader had final say on all major policies during his decades in power. He led Iran\u2019s clerical establishment and the Revolutionary Guard, the two main centers of power in the governing theocracy. Iran quickly formed a council to govern the country until a new supreme leader is chosen. State media also reported the deaths of the head of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard and a top security adviser to Khamenei in airstrikes. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour took over as the Guard\u2019s top commander after Israel killed its past commander in the 12-day war last June. The adviser, Ali Shamkhani, had long been a figurehead within Iran\u2019s security establishment, IRNA said.As reports trickled out about Khamenei&#8217;s death, eyewitnesses in Tehran told The Associated Press that some residents were rejoicing, cheering from rooftops, blowing whistles and letting out ululations.Mourners raised a black mourning flag over the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran\u2019s second-largest city and a major pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims. The Iranian government declared 40 days of public mourning and a seven-day nationwide public holiday to commemorate Khamenei\u2019s death.Citing unidentified sources, the semiofficial Fars news agency, believed to be close to the Revolutionary Guard, reported that several relatives of Khamenei were also killed, including a daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandchild.Watch the video above: &#8216;Take over your government&#8217;: President Trump speaks to the people of IranIran, which responded to the strikes with its own counterassault, warned of retribution.Iran\u2019s Cabinet warned that this \u201cgreat crime will never go unanswered.\u201d The Revolutionary Guard said \u201ca severe, decisive and regret-inducing punishment\u201d was coming over Khamenei\u2019s killing.\u201cThe brave soldiers and the great nation of Iran will deliver an unforgettable lesson to the hellish international oppressors,\u201d Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran\u2019s National Security Council, posted Saturday on X.Strikes were planned for monthsThe joint U.S.-Israel operation, which officials say was planned for months, took place Saturday during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan and at the start of the Iranian workweek. It followed stilted negotiations and warnings from Trump, who last year trumpeted his administration&#8217;s success in incapacitating the country&#8217;s nuclear program but nonetheless cast the latest round as necessary to head off its potential resurgence.About 12 hours after the attacks began, the U.S. military reported no U.S. casualties and minimal damage at U.S. bases despite \u201chundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks.\u201d It said targets in Iran included Revolutionary Guard command facilities, air defense systems, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields.Watch the video above: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on Iran attackIsrael, for its part, said it had killed the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps and the country\u2019s defense minister, as well as the secretary of the Iranian Security Council, a close adviser to Khamenei.Khamenei \u201cwas unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThis is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.\u201dAn Iranian diplomat told the United Nations Security Council that hundreds of civilians were killed and wounded in the strikes. Iran retaliated by firing missiles and drones toward Israel and at U.S. military bases in the region, and exchanges of fire continued into the night.Some of the first strikes on Iran appeared to hit near the offices of Khamenei, the second leader of the Islamic Republic who succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israeli officials confirmed the death, followed by Trump.Democrats decried that Trump had taken action without congressional authorization. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said the administration had briefed several Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress in advance.Tensions soared as US built up military forcesTensions have soared in recent weeks as the Trump administration built up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades. The president insisted he wanted a deal to constrain Iran\u2019s nuclear program while the country struggled with growing dissent following nationwide protests.Watch the video above: Son of former shah makes statement on Iran attacksThough Trump had pronounced the Iranian nuclear program obliterated in strikes last year, the country was rebuilding infrastructure that it had lost, according to a senior U.S. official who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss Trump\u2019s decision-making process. The official said intelligence showed that Iran had developed the capability to produce its own high-quality centrifuges, an important step in developing the highly enriched uranium needed for weapons.Iran responded to the latest strikes by launching missiles and drones toward Israel and targeting U.S. military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The Israeli military said Iran fired dozens of missiles at Israel, with many intercepted. The Magen David Adom rescue service said Saturday night that a woman in the Tel Aviv area died after being wounded in an Iranian missile attack.Watch the video above: Smoke in Tehran after US and Israel coordinated strikesAt least three explosions were heard Saturday evening near the Intelligence Ministry building in northern Tehran, witnesses said, adding that air defense systems had begun operating there. Israel\u2019s military said it had begun new strikes against missile launchers and aerial defense systems in central Iran.In southern Iran, at least 115 people were reported killed when a girls\u2019 school was struck, and dozens more were wounded, the local governor told Iranian state TV. U.S. Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said he was \u201caware of reports\u201d that a girls\u2019 school was struck and that officials were looking into them.Iran\u2019s state news agency IRNA said at least 15 people were killed in the southwest, quoting the governor of the Lamerd region, Ali Alizadeh, as saying a sports hall, two residential areas and a hall near a school were hit.Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai, the United Arab Emirates\u2019 commercial capital. Shrapnel from an Iranian missile attack on the UAE capital killed one person, state media said.Attack was coordinated between Israel and USIsrael said the operation had been planned for months with the United States. Air Force pilots struck \u201chundreds of targets across Iran,\u201d Israeli military chief of staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said in a statement.Targets in the Israeli campaign included Iran\u2019s military, symbols of government and intelligence targets, according to an official briefed on the operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic information on the attack.Watch the video above: Israel Defense Forces release video of strike in western IranTrump acknowledged Saturday that there could be American casualties, saying \u201cthat often happens in war.\u201d He said he was aiming to \u201cannihilate\u201d the Iranian navy and destroy regional proxies supported by Tehran. He called on the paramilitary Iranian Revolutionary Guard to lay down arms, saying members would be given immunity or face \u201ccertain death\u201d if they did not.Iran had said it hoped to avert a war, but it maintained its right to enrich uranium.Iran has said it has not enriched since June, but it has blocked international inspectors from visiting the sites the U.S. bombed. Satellite photos analyzed by AP have shown new activity at two of those sites, suggesting Iran is trying to assess and potentially recover material.Trump had threatened military action but held off following Iran\u2019s recent crackdown on protests spurred by economic grievances that evolved into a nationwide push against the ruling clerics.The Human Rights Activists News Agency says it confirmed more than 7,000 deaths in the crackdown and is investigating thousands more. The government has acknowledged more than 3,000 killed.Effects could extend to markets and other countriesThe strikes could rattle global markets, particularly if Iran makes the Strait of Hormuz unsafe for commercial traffic. A third of worldwide oil exports transported by sea passed through the strait in 2025.Watch the video above: President Trump&#8217;s full statement on attacks in IranSaudi Arabia said Iran targeted its capital and eastern region in an attack that was repelled. Bahrain said a missile attack targeted the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet headquarters in the island kingdom, and three buildings were damaged in the capital, Manama, and Muharraq city by drone strikes and debris from an intercepted missile.Kuwait\u2019s civil aviation authority said a drone targeted the main international airport, injuring several employees. Kuwait\u2019s state-run news agency said three troops were injured by shrapnel from strikes that hit Ali Al-Salem air base. Explosions could also be heard in Qatar. Jordan said it \u201cdealt with\u201d 49 drones and ballistic missiles.Lidman reported from in Tel Aviv. Boak reported from West Palm Beach, Florida. Tucker reported from Washington. Associated Press reporters Joe Federman in Jerusalem, Aamer Madhani and Konstantin Toropin in Washington, Sam Mednick in Tel Aviv, Farnoush Amiri in New York and AP journalists around the world contributed to this report.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tDUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p> Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced the death hours earlier, saying it gave Iranians their \u201cgreatest chance\u201d to \u201ctake back\u201d their country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">Video above: Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in airstrikes, President Trump confirms<\/p>\n<p>Trump warned Iran not to escalate its attacks, writing online that America will strike back \u2019WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!\u201d Trump\u2019s comments on Truth Social follow Iranian threats on Sunday morning after acknowledging the killing of Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they have ever hit before,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cTHEY BETTER NOT DO THAT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran state media reported that the 86-year-old was killed in an airstrike targeting his compound in downtown Tehran. Satellite photos from Airbus showed that the site was heavily bombed.<\/p>\n<p>His death at his office \u201cshowed that he consistently stood among the people and at the forefront of his responsibilities, confronting what officials call global arrogance,\u201d state TV said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,\u201d Trump wrote in a social media post. He warned of \u201cheavy and pinpoint bombing\u201d that he said would continue throughout the week and even beyond, part of a lethal assault the U.S. has justified as necessary to disable the country&#8217;s nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Iran, which responded to the strikes with its own counterassault, warned of retribution, with the Cabinet saying that this \u201cgreat crime will never go unanswered.\u201d The paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened to launch its \u201cmost intense offensive operation\u201d ever targeting Israeli and American bases.<\/p>\n<p>The attack opened a stunning new chapter in U.S. intervention in Iran, carried the potential for retaliatory violence and a wider war, and represented a startling flex of military might for an American president who swept into office on an \u201cAmerica First\u201d platform and vowed to keep out of \u201cforever wars.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Government supporters mourn in a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown in the poster, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026.\" title=\"Government supporters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iranian-69a3cef47b799.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tVahid Salemi\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGovernment supporters mourn in a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown in the poster, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The killing of Khamenei in the second Trump administration assault on Iran in eight months appeared certain to create a leadership vacuum given the absence of a known successor and because the 86-year-old supreme leader had final say on all major policies during his decades in power. He led Iran\u2019s clerical establishment and the Revolutionary Guard, the two main centers of power in the governing theocracy. <\/p>\n<p>Iran quickly formed a council to govern the country until a new supreme leader is chosen. <\/p>\n<p>State media also reported the deaths of the head of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard and a top security adviser to Khamenei in airstrikes. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour took over as the Guard\u2019s top commander after Israel killed its past commander in the 12-day war last June. The adviser, Ali Shamkhani, had long been a figurehead within Iran\u2019s security establishment, IRNA said.<\/p>\n<p>As reports trickled out about Khamenei&#8217;s death, eyewitnesses in Tehran told The Associated Press that some residents were rejoicing, cheering from rooftops, blowing whistles and letting out ululations.<\/p>\n<p>Mourners raised a black mourning flag over the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran\u2019s second-largest city and a major pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims. The Iranian government declared 40 days of public mourning and a seven-day nationwide public holiday to commemorate Khamenei\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Citing unidentified sources, the semiofficial Fars news agency, believed to be close to the Revolutionary Guard, reported that several relatives of Khamenei were also killed, including a daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above: &#8216;Take over your government&#8217;: President Trump speaks to the people of Iran<\/p>\n<p>Iran, which responded to the strikes with its own counterassault, warned of retribution.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Cabinet warned that this \u201cgreat crime will never go unanswered.\u201d The Revolutionary Guard said \u201ca severe, decisive and regret-inducing punishment\u201d was coming over Khamenei\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brave soldiers and the great nation of Iran will deliver an unforgettable lesson to the hellish international oppressors,\u201d Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran\u2019s National Security Council, posted Saturday on X.<\/p>\n<p>Strikes were planned for months<\/p>\n<p>The joint U.S.-Israel operation, which officials say was planned for months, took place Saturday during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan and at the start of the Iranian workweek. It followed stilted negotiations and warnings from Trump, who last year trumpeted his administration&#8217;s success in incapacitating the country&#8217;s nuclear program but nonetheless cast the latest round as necessary to head off its potential resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>About 12 hours after the attacks began, the U.S. military reported no U.S. casualties and minimal damage at U.S. bases despite \u201chundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks.\u201d It said targets in Iran included Revolutionary Guard command facilities, air defense systems, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on Iran attack<\/p>\n<p>Israel, for its part, said it had killed the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps and the country\u2019s defense minister, as well as the secretary of the Iranian Security Council, a close adviser to Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei \u201cwas unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThis is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Iranian diplomat told the United Nations Security Council that hundreds of civilians were killed and wounded in the strikes. Iran retaliated by firing missiles and drones toward Israel and at U.S. military bases in the region, and exchanges of fire continued into the night.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"A government supporter holds a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026.\" title=\"Government supporter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-69a3cf106967f.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tVahid Salemi\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA government supporter holds a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering after state TV officially announced the death of Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the first strikes on Iran appeared to hit near the offices of Khamenei, the second leader of the Islamic Republic who succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israeli officials confirmed the death, followed by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats decried that Trump had taken action without congressional authorization. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said the administration had briefed several Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions soared as US built up military forces<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have soared in recent weeks as the Trump administration built up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades. The president insisted he wanted a deal to constrain Iran\u2019s nuclear program while the country struggled with growing dissent following nationwide protests.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above: Son of former shah makes statement on Iran attacks<\/p>\n<p>Though Trump had pronounced the Iranian nuclear program obliterated in strikes last year, the country was rebuilding infrastructure that it had lost, according to a senior U.S. official who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss Trump\u2019s decision-making process. The official said intelligence showed that Iran had developed the capability to produce its own high-quality centrifuges, an important step in developing the highly enriched uranium needed for weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Iran responded to the latest strikes by launching missiles and drones toward Israel and targeting U.S. military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The Israeli military said Iran fired dozens of missiles at Israel, with many intercepted. The Magen David Adom rescue service said Saturday night that a woman in the Tel Aviv area died after being wounded in an Iranian missile attack.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above: Smoke in Tehran after US and Israel coordinated strikes<\/p>\n<p>At least three explosions were heard Saturday evening near the Intelligence Ministry building in northern Tehran, witnesses said, adding that air defense systems had begun operating there. Israel\u2019s military said it had begun new strikes against missile launchers and aerial defense systems in central Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In southern Iran, at least 115 people were reported killed when a girls\u2019 school was struck, and dozens more were wounded, the local governor told Iranian state TV. U.S. Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said he was \u201caware of reports\u201d that a girls\u2019 school was struck and that officials were looking into them.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s state news agency IRNA said at least 15 people were killed in the southwest, quoting the governor of the Lamerd region, Ali Alizadeh, as saying a sports hall, two residential areas and a hall near a school were hit.<\/p>\n<p>Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai, the United Arab Emirates\u2019 commercial capital. Shrapnel from an Iranian missile attack on the UAE capital killed one person, state media said.<\/p>\n<p>Attack was coordinated between Israel and US<\/p>\n<p>Israel said the operation had been planned for months with the United States. Air Force pilots struck \u201chundreds of targets across Iran,\u201d Israeli military chief of staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Targets in the Israeli campaign included Iran\u2019s military, symbols of government and intelligence targets, according to an official briefed on the operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic information on the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above: Israel Defense Forces release video of strike in western Iran<\/p>\n<p>Trump acknowledged Saturday that there could be American casualties, saying \u201cthat often happens in war.\u201d He said he was aiming to \u201cannihilate\u201d the Iranian navy and destroy regional proxies supported by Tehran. He called on the paramilitary Iranian Revolutionary Guard to lay down arms, saying members would be given immunity or face \u201ccertain death\u201d if they did not.<\/p>\n<p>Iran had said it hoped to avert a war, but it maintained its right to enrich uranium.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has said it has not enriched since June, but it has blocked international inspectors from visiting the sites the U.S. bombed. Satellite photos analyzed by AP have shown new activity at two of those sites, suggesting Iran is trying to assess and potentially recover material.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had threatened military action but held off following Iran\u2019s recent crackdown on protests spurred by economic grievances that evolved into a nationwide push against the ruling clerics.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Activists News Agency says it confirmed more than 7,000 deaths in the crackdown and is investigating thousands more. The government has acknowledged more than 3,000 killed.<\/p>\n<p>Effects could extend to markets and other countries<\/p>\n<p>The strikes could rattle global markets, particularly if Iran makes the Strait of Hormuz unsafe for commercial traffic. A third of worldwide oil exports transported by sea passed through the strait in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above: President Trump&#8217;s full statement on attacks in Iran<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia said Iran targeted its capital and eastern region in an attack that was repelled. Bahrain said a missile attack targeted the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet headquarters in the island kingdom, and three buildings were damaged in the capital, Manama, and Muharraq city by drone strikes and debris from an intercepted missile.<\/p>\n<p>Kuwait\u2019s civil aviation authority said a drone targeted the main international airport, injuring several employees. Kuwait\u2019s state-run news agency said three troops were injured by shrapnel from strikes that hit Ali Al-Salem air base. Explosions could also be heard in Qatar. Jordan said it \u201cdealt with\u201d 49 drones and ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Lidman reported from in Tel Aviv. Boak reported from West Palm Beach, Florida. Tucker reported from Washington. Associated Press reporters Joe Federman in Jerusalem, Aamer Madhani and Konstantin Toropin in Washington, Sam Mednick in Tel Aviv, Farnoush Amiri in New York and AP journalists around the world contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8212,4,450,46584,16470,227159,227157,227158,451,801,227161,803,227156,3,212088,103237,36353,452,453,1977,227160,32892],"class_list":{"0":"post-496947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-attack","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-capital","12":"tag-country","13":"tag-daylight-attack-saturday","14":"tag-defense-minister","15":"tag-fighter-jet","16":"tag-headlines","17":"tag-iran","18":"tag-iranian-state-television","19":"tag-israel","20":"tag-mpnd","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-nuclear-program","23":"tag-siren","24":"tag-smoke","25":"tag-top-stories","26":"tag-topstories","27":"tag-video","28":"tag-warship","29":"tag-witness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}