Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in Israeli and US strikes, a senior Israeli official told Reuters, quoted by btv.bg.
Ali Khamenei's body has been found, a senior Israeli official told Reuters.
Three sources familiar with the events said that Iranian Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Pakpour, were killed in the Israeli attacks. Iranian media reported that Khamenei's son-in-law and daughter-in-law were also killed.
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Iranians to "take to the streets en masse" to overthrow the regime. In his speech, Netanyahu addressed the Iranian people, saying that the strikes would help them "liberate themselves from tyranny."
He says they have a "once-in-a-generation" chance to overthrow the Iranian regime. "Take to the streets en masse" and "get the job done," he says. "It's high time to unite." and “to unite for a historic mission“, the Israeli prime minister added.
There are increasing signs that “this dictator“ has "disappeared," Netanyahu said, referring to Ali Khamenei, the BBC reported.
State media in Iran quoted the head of the public relations department at the Supreme Leader's office as saying: "The enemy is resorting to psychological warfare, everyone should be aware of it."
Iran called the strikes unprovoked and illegal and responded with missiles fired at Israel and at least seven other countries, including Gulf states where US bases are located.
US President Donald Trump, who took the biggest foreign policy gamble of his presidency after campaigning for re-election as a "president of peace," said the strikes were aimed at ending the decade-long threat from Iran and ensuring it cannot develop nuclear weapons.