Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Wednesday to assassinate any Iranian leader picked to succeed supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
“Any leader selected by the Iranian terror regime to continue leading the plan for Israel’s destruction, threatening the United States, the free world and countries in the region, and suppressing the Iranian people, will be a certain target for assassination, no matter his name or where he hides,” Katz said in a post on X.
Khamenei was killed during a wave of US-Israeli attacks on Saturday.
Israeli and US strikes on Tuesday hit the building of a body tasked with choosing Iran’s new supreme leader, state-affiliated media reported.
“The American-Zionist criminals attacked the Assembly of Experts building in Qom,” south of Tehran, according to the Tasnim news agency.
The assembly is tasked with appointing, supervising and potentially dismissing the supreme leader.
Local media showed footage of the building severely damaged in the strikes.
There was no information on any potential casualties.
With AFP
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