Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in his office on Saturday morning during US-Israeli air strikes, state media confirms
President Trump said Khamenei was “one of the most evil people in History” and urged Iranians “take back their Country” – see his statement in full
In Iran, there are celebrations in several cities, while others are mourning on the streets – one local tells BBC Persian that Khamenei’s death is “such a good news”
More than 200 people have been killed across Iran, the Red Crescent says. At least 108 were killed when US and Israeli strikes hit a girls’ school, Iran says
Sources have told the BBC’s US partner CBS that around 40 Iranian officials are dead. Israel said it killed several top officials, including the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has vowed to unleash “the most devastating offensive operation” against US bases and Israel
This is a defining moment in Iran’s turbulent history – but its most powerful clerics and commanders have been preparing for it, writes the BBC’s chief international correspondent
Iranian retaliatory strikes were earlier reported in Dubai, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait – places with US military bases, or that are allied to the US
