Washington DC [US], March 1 (ANI): The Republican leadership in the United States House of Representatives on Saturday (local time) said that 'the lead architect of global terrorism is DEAD' after reports emerged that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on Tehran.

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In a post on X, House Republicans wrote, 'The lead architect of global terrorism is DEAD, ending his decades of terrorist reign. The world is safer with Ali Khamenei's death.'

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran, senior Israeli officials were informed on Saturday evening, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Senior Israeli officials were also informed that the body of Iran's Supreme Leader was found under the rubble left by the air strike, the report said.

Former US Vice President Kamala Harris accused President Donald Trump of pushing the United States into an unwanted war, saying she opposes any regime-change conflict in Iran and warning that American troops are being placed in danger for what she described as 'Trump's war of choice.'

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'Donald Trump is dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want. Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm's way for the sake of Trump's war of choice,' she said in a post on X.

On Saturday, the United States and Israel carried out joint missile attacks on Iran, with large explosions reported in Tehran and other major cities, signalling a sharp escalation that risks expanding tensions into a broader regional conflict in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, Iran has retaliated, targeting Israel and US assets in multiple Gulf states. Multiple explosions have been heard in Iran's capital, Tehran, while blasts have also been reported in several other locations across the country. (ANI)