Overview
- Iranian state media released what it says is a last CCTV still of Ali Khamenei, described as moments before his reported death.
- Iranian authorities say he was killed in a large aerial assault they attribute to the United States and Israel that hit multiple sites across the country.
- The image, which state reports say shows him reciting the Quran in his office, has not been independently verified.
- Al Mayadeen shared the photo and labeled it the last picture before his martyrdom, reflecting state-aligned framing inside the region.
- Officials have offered no detailed public account of the strike, while Khamenei’s decades-long rule and a 1981 assassination attempt shape how the image is being used at home.