Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead
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Khamenei assumed power following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, inheriting a revolutionary state still consolidating itself.
The CIA had tracked Khamenei's location for several months before the strike that killed him, a person familiar with the matter tells CBS News.
Though some Iranians mourned the death of their supreme leader, others rejoiced. Their celebrations were furtive and short-lived to avoid riot police or other authorities.
After US-Israel strikes kill Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, some Iranians feel fear and fragile hope.
The New York Times faced criticism for calling Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a "hard-line cleric" that made Iran a "regional power" in a obituary headline.
Some Iranians said on social media that they were privately mourning the supreme leader. But displays of exuberance broke out in cities across the country.
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - Some Iranians grieved while others celebrated the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deep fault line in a country stunned by the sudden demise of the man who ruled for 36 years.