Iran’s Supreme Leader Killed In Strikes, Regime Now Looks Like A Group Project Gone Wrong

KEY POINTS

•Israeli and U.S. forces conducted a massive military strike Saturday that killed Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
•The strikes also targeted senior IRGC commanders and Iran’s defense minister, throwing the regime’s chain of command into disarray.
•Israeli officials said Khamenei’s sons were targeted but survived, with Mojtaba Khamenei considered a potential successor amid uncertain leadership.

On a Saturday that clearly wasn’t just for brunch, Israeli and U.S. forces teamed up to remove Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from his 35-year bureaucratic throne. Confirmed dead by an Israeli official too distracted to deny, Khamenei’s demise triggers an awkward Iranian leadership party with no clear host. Not helping: the Israeli strikes didn’t stop at Khamenei—they knocked out the Iranian defense minister and key IRGC commanders, leaving Iran’s top brass in Houdini mode. Meanwhile, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son rumored to be next in line, apparently dodged the drone buffet. Even Trump weighed in, asking Iranians to stay home during bombings but then please overthrow their government after. Classic.