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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Isabel Keane

Months of CIA tracking and a rare window of opportunity: How the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei unfolded

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in a surprise daytime attack carried out by Israel and the United States that came after months of the C.I.A. tracking Iranian leaders’ movements.

Iran’s state media reported that the 86-year-old was killed Saturday in an airstrike targeting his compound in downtown Tehran.

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