State TV presenter cries while announcing the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
An Iranian state media presenter broke down in tears as he announced the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The presenter told viewers the supreme leader, who was a key target in the US-Israel attacks, had "tasted the drink of martyrdom and joined the sublime heavenly kingdom of God" in a translated version of the broadcast.
Others could be heard crying off-screen as the newsreader announced the news to the nation.
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Following the attack, President Donald Trump announced the leader had been killed.
Iranian state media also confirmed that Khamenei is dead with a brief statement which said the supreme leader "has reached martyrdom".
Khamenei, who has been supreme leader since 1989, was reportedly in his compound in Tehran when the joint assault was launched on military and government sites in Iran.
Satellite images showed black smoke billowing from the compound, which appeared completely destroyed.
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