Who was Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the most powerful man in Iran?
President Trump announced that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in strikes on Saturday. Elizabeth Palmer and Courtney Kealy have more.
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