Former Iranian president reported killed in US and Israeli assault

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reported to have been killed in a US-Israeli assault on Iran.

Supply: Iranian information company ILNA

Particulars: ILNA claims that Ahmadinejad died in a strike on Tehran's Narmak district, the place his residence stood, and that he was killed alongside his bodyguards.

As but there was no official affirmation of his dying.

Ahmadinejad served as Iran's president from 2005 to 2013. Earlier than being elected president, he was a governor of two provinces and later mayor of Iran's capital, Tehran.

After Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ahmadinejad posted in help of Ukraine on social media, describing the invasion as a "satanic struggle".

Background:

• Iran's Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei and Mohammad Pakpour, Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), had been killed in morning strikes on Iran on 28 February.
• US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Khamenei was killed throughout a joint operation by US and Israeli forces.
• The CIA decided Khamenei's location shortly earlier than the USA and Israel had been able to launch their assault on Iran.
• Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasised following the killing of Khamenei that revenge is a "reputable proper and responsibility".

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