US, Israel attack Iran live: Israel claims Khamenei killed, Iran denies

US, Israel attack Iran live: Israel claims Khamenei killed, Iran denies

By Nils Adler and Joseph Stepansky

Israeli officials and US President Donald Trump claim that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed.

Iran denied the killing, with semi-official media saying he is “steadfast” in command of the field.

Trump says the US has begun “major combat operations” in Iran after Israel also said it ⁠had launched missile attacks against the country.

Multiple explosions were heard in Iran’s capital, Tehran, while blasts were also reported in several other locations across the country. A strike on a school in southern Iran has killed more than 80 people, according to state media.

Iranian media reports, citing the Red Crescent, say at least 201 people have been killed across 24 provinces.

Iran has retaliated, targeting Israel and US assets in multiple Middle East countries, including Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Several countries across the region have shut their airspace amid the exchange of attacks.

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