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How it unfolded: Inside operation that killed Khamenei

Intelligence, timing and precision combined in operation that eliminated Khamenei

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Khamenei’s high-security compound in Tehran was struck at the beginning of the operation. Satellite imagery confirmed that it had been destroyed.

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