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Iranian media denies ‘rumors’ Israel struck home of supreme leader

By AP 18 June 2025, 7:09 pm 3 Edit
A handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office shows him addressing the nation on the first anniversary of the death of Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi, May 20, 2025. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
A handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office shows him addressing the nation on the first anniversary of the death of Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi, May 20, 2025. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

An Iranian semiofficial news agency denies “rumors” that an Israeli airstrike targeted the home of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

It’s the first time media in Iran has explicitly acknowledged the Islamic Republic’s paramount leader could be a target.

The report came from the Fars news agency, believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

Fars describes the rumors as showing “the US and the Zionist regime’s anger and confusion in the face of the supreme leader’s firm statements made today.”

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