Iran’s supreme leader has been killed during major attack, Trump says

*SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIAL TO REUTERS: KHAMENEI DEAD, BODY FOUND REPORTS CITING US OFFICIAL: US OFFICIAL CONFIRMS TO FOX THAT US BELIEVES KHAMENEI AND 5-10 TOP IRANIAN LEADERS KILLED IN INITIAL ISRAELI STRIKE ON COMPOUND Israel has confirmed Iran’s supreme leader killed in strikes, Israeli sources say Israel has confirmed that Iran’s supreme leader was killed in strikes on Saturday, according to two Israeli sources familiar with the matter. One of the sources said Israel had obtained a photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s dead body. The second source said an official announcement is being prepared. Earlier in the evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there are many signs that Khamenei is “no longer with us.” Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Iran’s president and Supreme Leader are “safe and sound.” But Khamenei has not been seen in public or in videos since the strikes began. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dead after IDF strike hits Tehran compound, Israeli source confirms Iran’s militant and unyielding supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic for more than three decades and oversaw an era of harsh internal repression and confrontation with the United States and Israel, has died following the Israeli strike in Tehran, as his compound was reduced to rubble, a senior Israeli official told Fox News Digital. "Khamenei was the contemporary Middle East’s longest-serving autocrat. He did not get to be that way by being a gambler. Khamenei was an ideologue, but one who ruthlessly pursued the preservation and protection of his ideology, often taking two steps forward and one step back," Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of FDD’s Iran program, told Fox News Digital. "Khamenei’s worldview was shaped by his militant anti-Americanism and antisemitism, which first manifested itself in his protests against the Shah of Iran," he added. Trump on reports of Ayatollah's death: 'We feel that is a correct story' video In a conversation with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker, President Trump said he believed reports on the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in strikes against the country are "a correct story."