Ex-President Ahmadinejad killed in Iran missile strike: media reports

Iranian state media has reported the death of former President and current member of the Expediency Discernment Council, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The former leader was reportedly killed during a missile strike that targeted the capital, Tehran, late on Saturday.

Breaking News | Media reports in Iran say the country’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed during a missile strike in Tehran. pic.twitter.com/I1iqvcrCkP
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In a brief dispatch, official Iranian agencies confirmed that Ahmadinejad was killed alongside several of his companions.
While a detailed official report has yet to be released, media outlets close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed that three of Ahmadinejad’s security detail also died in the attack, which Tehran attributes to a joint US-Israeli operation.
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