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Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroying slain Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s secret underground bunker in Tehran early Friday — just days after he was killed there. Roughly 100 bombs were dropped in a wave of devastating blasts at the compound where the unsuspecting supreme leader and dozens of his top henchmen were wiped out last Saturday.

Worshippers wave Iranian flags and chant slogans against the US and Israel, as they gather to pray amid attacks.

Iranian state media say Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. The report without details came hours after U.S.

As Iran’s second supreme leader, he brutally crushed dissent at home and expanded Iran’s footprint abroad, challenging Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East.

The Israeli Defence Forces claimed to have taken out a bunker under Tehran designed to be a secure emergency asset for Ali Kahemenei which they say was still being used by Iranian leaders

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, has been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes.

If Mojtaba Khamenei is chosen by Iran’s senior clerics, it may signal a victory for hard-liners, an analyst said.

President Trump posted on social media that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation​ Saturday.

The 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei is set to continue leadership of Iran in the same vein as his father, according to reports

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint strikes on Iran, an Israeli source confirmed to USA TODAY.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, was deeply respected among the millions of Shiite Muslims in Pakistan and India.