US and Israel Reportedly Kill Most of Iran's Top Leaders, Including Supreme Leader

Tehran: The United States and Israel have killed most of Iran's top leaders in the past 19 days, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani. Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary forces, is also dead. Meanwhile, Iran has elected Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's supreme leader, but he is underground. He has not been seen in public since the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The question arises as to who is running Iran in the absence of top officials and leaders. Which leaders of Iran have been killed? In addition to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani, Iran and the United States have killed several other top Iranian officials, including Secretary of Iran's Defense Council and the late Ayatollah Khamenei's top adviser, General Mohammad Ali Shamkhani, who died in June 2025, shortly after the start of the war.