Jubilation, mourning as Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is pronounced dead, 'killed in his office'

Jubilation, mourning as Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei is pronounced dead, ‘killed in his office’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in his office on Saturday morning during US-Israeli air strikes, state media confirms.

An Iranian official announcing the death of Khamenei

President Trump said Khamenei was “one of the most evil people in History” and urged Iranians “take back their Country” – see his statement in full.

The confirmation came after US President Donald Trump said Khamenei had been killed and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Khamenei’s Tehran compound had been hit in “a powerful, surprise strike”.

In Iran, there are celebrations in several cities, with others mourning in the streets – but one local tells BBC Persian that Khamenei’s death means the “world has become a better place now.”

More than 200 people have been killed across Iran, the Red Crescent says. At least 108 were killed when US and Israeli strikes hit a girls’ school, Iran says

Sources have told the BBC’s US partner CBS that around 40 Iranian officials are dead. Israel said it killed several top officials, including the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has vowed to unleash “the most devastating offensive operation” against US bases and Israel.

This is a defining moment in Iran’s turbulent history – but its most powerful clerics and commanders have been preparing for it, writes the BBC’s chief international correspondent.

Iranian retaliatory strikes were earlier reported in Dubai, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait – places with US military bases, or that are allied to the US.

Celebrations have also broken out around the world after strikes on Iran.

Meanwhile his supporters are crestfallen mourning the death of their leader.