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Israel hacked Tehran's traffic cameras, used AI to plan Khamenei's assassination - Financial Times

A Financial Times report reveals Israel used hacked traffic cameras and AI to map Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s movements before his assassination. 30 missiles were used in the precision strike.

|ByIDAN KWELLER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
People walk near a billboard of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on a street, after he was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2026
Presidential historian, Gil Troy, sits with Shifra Jacobs to discuss Operation Rising Lion.

Khamenei is dead. What happens next?

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has reportedly been killed amid a joint US-Israel military offensive. As the dust settles, the question on everyone's mind is simple: what now?

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An effigy resembling Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hanged during a rally in support of Iranian protesters during a global day of action in Los Angeles, California, February 14, 2026.

‘If Khamenei was killed, it would be a game changer,’ former Mossad official says

“We are still at the beginning of the event, and developments in the coming days will determine whether this is a limited escalation or a deeper regional shift.”

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MAARIV ONLINE
In this photo released by the official website of the Supreme Leader's Office on Thursday, June 26, 2025, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears among his supporters for the first time since the Iran-Israel war, in Tehran, Iran.

Iran's Khamenei says conflict with US 'inherent', Israel support makes cooperation impossible

As long as Washington continues to support Israel and to maintain military bases and interfere in the Middle East region, Iran will not cooperate with the US, Khamenei said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS

Obama casts distance from Iran and doubt on a nuclear deal

In CBS interview, US president puts distance between himself and Iran's leadership, days after a report alleged he sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

NOVEMBER 9, 2014ByMICHAEL WILNER, TOVAH LAZAROFF
US President Barack Obama speaks during CBS News interview, November 9

Iran's Khamenei vows 'Zionist regime and its supporters will go extinct'

On the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the Iranian leader urged the Islamic world to unite in waging war against the “the enemies of Islam, chief among them Israel.”

OCTOBER 4, 2014ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran