Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been taken to a safe area — Reuters
According to reports, Iran's Supreme Leader has been evacuated from Tehran for security reasons.
According to a report by the Reuters agency, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been evacuated from Tehran for security reasons and relocated to a pre-prepared secure area.
The agency was informed by one of the Iranian officials that the Supreme Leader left the capital following strikes carried out by the US and Israel.
It is reported that as a result of the Israeli and US strikes, Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nosirzoda, the head of the country's judicial system Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, and the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army, Amir Hatami, were eliminated.
On the morning of February 28, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that a pre-emptive strike had been carried out against Iranian territory "with the aim of neutralizing the threat." Iranian media reported that explosions occurred in Tehran, Isfahan, and a number of other cities.
Furthermore, Iranian media disseminated information that the US and Israel had struck the Intelligence Directorate of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the center of Tehran. Following the events, the country closed its airspace.
An Israeli security service representative told Reuters that this operation was planned several months ago, and the time for its execution was set several weeks prior.
