🇺🇸🇮🇷Iran closes Persian Gulf to US vessels — Top official announces

Mohsen Rezaee, a member of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council declares that access to the Persian Gulf is now closed to American ships.

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📹Protesters in support of Iran torched a UN office in Skardu, Pakistan — report

Protests erupted after reports that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Unverified footage shows smoke rising from the building.

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🇮🇷 Iranian president vows revenge for Khamenei’s death

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday pledged to avenge the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Israeli and US strikes, saying Tehran views retaliation as its legitimate right.

“Iran considers it its duty and legitimate right to avenge this historic crime and intends to use all available means to fulfill this great obligation,” Pezeshkian said in a statement circulated by his office.

He also expressed condolences over Khamenei’s death, adding that “the path of this great man will be continued.”

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🇮🇷 Iranians gather at Revolution Square in Tehran following confirmation of Ayatollah Khamenei’s death

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🚨Iran has used Fattah-2 hypersonic missiles for the FIRST TIME in strikes on US bases in the Middle East - Fars, citing a source

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🇷🇺🚨Putin sends condolences to Iran over Khamenei killing — Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed deep condolences to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian over the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, Kremlin Spokesman Dmtry Peskov said.

◾️Putin said the assassination was carried out with a cynical disregard for human morality and international law.

◾️He added that Khamenei would be remembered in Russia as an outstanding statesman who made a significant contribution to strengthening friendly relations between Russia and Iran.

◾️Putin also asked Pezeshkian to convey his sincere sympathy and support to Khamenei’s relatives and loved ones, as well as to the government and people of Iran.

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🇮🇷Interim leadership council formed in Iran after Khamenei’s death

Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council has selected Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as the jurist member of the temporary Leadership Council — alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei — to jointly carry out the duties of the Supreme Leader after the confirmed killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes, pending the Assembly of Experts’ appointment of a new leader.

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