Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, architect of regional expansion, declared dead

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, whose rule reshaped the Islamic Republic through decades of confrontation with the West and a consolidation of clerical power, was killed Saturday after the US and Israel launched strikes on the country, US President Donald Trump said. “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,” he said….