Por Tal Shalev, Jeremy Diamond y Abbas Al Lawati, CNN

El ayatola Alí Jamenei, líder supremo de Irán que gobernó el país durante casi cuatro décadas, murió, según el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, y dos fuentes israelíes.

Israel no ha compartido pruebas de la muerte de Jamenei, y un portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores iraní insistió anteriormente en que Jamenei, de 86 años, y el presidente de Irán están ambos “sanos y salvos”.

Pero Jamenei no ha sido visto en público ni en videos desde que Israel y Estados Unidos atacaron Irán este sábado por la mañana.

La noticia parecía destinada a sumir a la República Islámica en la crisis más grave desde su establecimiento.

Se escucharon vítores y celebraciones en partes de Teherán la noche de este sábado tras los informes de la muerte de Jamenei.

Esto es lo que sabemos:

Poco después de que Estados Unidos e Israel iniciaran ataques conjuntos contra Irán este sábado, fuentes israelíes dijeron a CNN que los ataques aéreos tenían como objetivo a la máxima dirigencia iraní, incluido Jamenei.

Imágenes satelitales de Airbus mostraron humo negro saliendo del complejo del líder supremo en la capital, Teherán. Las imágenes parecen mostrar que varios edificios del complejo resultaron gravemente dañados por los ataques.

Trump ha descrito la supuesta muerte de Jamenei como “la mayor oportunidad para que el pueblo iraní recupere su país”.

Al anunciar el ataque conjunto estadounidense-israelí, Trump dijo que uno de sus objetivos era un cambio de régimen, y llamó al pueblo iraní a levantarse contra el Gobierno una vez concluidas las operaciones. Sin embargo, no estaba claro si tal cambio resultaría de la muerte de Jamenei, lo que parecía probable que diera paso a un Gobierno de línea dura por parte del Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica, según expertos.

Los informes sobre la muerte de Jamenei llegan en un momento en que Irán está, posiblemente, en su punto más débil desde que él asumió el poder en 1989. Décadas de sanciones occidentales ya habían dejado al país aislado y económicamente golpeado antes de que los ataques estadounidenses e israelíes en junio de 2025 asestaran un golpe severo a su Gobierno.

Tan solo seis meses después, las protestas que comenzaron por agravios económicos rápidamente se volvieron políticas, extendiéndose por las 31 provincias del país en cuestión de semanas. El régimen respondió con una represión brutal, matando a miles de manifestantes y provocando una protesta global, incluida una amenaza de intervención por parte del Gobierno de Trump.

Esa intervención llegó este sábado, cuando Trump dijo que las Fuerzas Armadas estadounidenses estaban llevando a cabo una “operación masiva y continua para evitar que esta dictadura tan malvada y radical amenace a Estados Unidos y a nuestros intereses fundamentales de seguridad nacional”.

También llamó al pueblo iraní a “tomar el control de su Gobierno”, agregando que ahora “tienen un presidente que les está dando lo que quieren, así que veamos cómo responden”.

De acuerdo con la constitución de Irán, una Asamblea de Expertos tendría la tarea de nombrar a un nuevo líder supremo. Hasta ese nombramiento, un consejo interino de tres miembros —compuesto por el presidente, el jefe del poder judicial y un jurista del Consejo de Guardianes del país— tiene la tarea de desempeñar las funciones del líder, según el Instituto de Medio Oriente.

Quién podría liderar Irán a continuación sigue siendo un misterio, incluso para quienes lo han destituido. En enero, el secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Marco Rubio, dijo que “nadie sabe” quién asumiría el cargo si Jamenei fuera destituido.

“No creo que nadie pueda darte una respuesta sencilla sobre lo que sucederá después en Irán si el líder supremo y el régimen caen”, dijo.

Durante las protestas generalizadas de enero, Jamenei

By Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Isaac Yee, Teele Rebane, Avery Schmitz, Farida Elsebai, CNN

(CNN) — After the United States and Israel launched a regime change operation against Iran on Saturday morning, footage emerging on social media and geolocated by CNN offered a window into its impacts.

The attacks have hit prominent Iranian military targets and have resulted in the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a Truth Social announcement from President Donald Trump. One strike killed scores of students in an elementary school in southern Iran, according to state media.

In retaliation, Tehran has carried out attacks across the Middle East. Footage from at least five Arab countries that host US military bases – including Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar – show the range of sites struck by Iran, from a US Navy facility to Dubai’s luxurious Palm Jumeirah district.

Following initial reports of strikes across Iran’s capital, footage surfacing from inside Tehran showed extensive damage to several key political and military buildings.

The US and Israeli joint attacks appear to show the targeting of senior political figures at the compound of Iran’s supreme leader. There was no immediate word which country – or whether both – targeted the compound.

This facility, known as the beyt-e rahbari, has long stood as the seat of the Ayatollah’s decades-long grip on power. CNN geolocated several videos from different angles that appear to show smoke rising from inside the compound.

This satellite image captured by Airbus shows damage to several buildings in the compound. It’s unclear if that’s where Khamenei was killed.

As plumes of smoke rose across the city of around 10 million people, videos geolocated by CNN also appear to show a strike on Iran’s intelligence ministry complex.

US and Israeli sources have said they are hitting military targets, but videos also show the attacks impacting densely populated civilian areas.

The largest civilian death toll so far has reportedly come from a strike on a girls’ school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. At least 85 students have died at the Shajaba Tayyiba School, according to state news agency IRNA, which cited the prosecutor of Minab city, where the school was located. Red Crescent put the toll higher, at 108.

The school sits about 200 feet (60 meters) from an Iranian military base and previously appears to have been part of that facility, but satellite imagery shows that it has been separated from the base since at least 2016. Another video reviewed and geolocated by CNN shows multiple fires burning at the military base next to the school.

Asked about the strike, US Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins said “we are aware of reports concerning civilian harm resulting from ongoing military operations. We take these reports seriously and are looking into them. The protection of civilians is of utmost importance, and we will continue to take all precautions available to minimize the risk of unintended harm.”

Shortly after the start of the US-Israeli attacks, Iran began a swift round of counter strikes targeting locations across the region, including multiple US military bases. Iran also launched dozens of ballistic missiles toward Israel, according to Nour News, an outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

According to the IRGC, al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, al-Dhafra Air Base in the UAE, and the US naval base in Bahrain have been targeted. Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base in Jordan was also targeted, according to Iranian state media, as well as a US base in northern Iraq.

One of the most notable strikes captured on video was an Iranian strike on the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria Police arrested a man after a robbery and sexual assault investigation around 3:00 a.m. at the 1700 block of Oxford Avenue.

SMPD officers contacted the woman victim who got sexually and physically assaulted by the suspect.

The victim mentioned the suspect had a handgun and took money from her by force before retreating into the home, according to the SMPD.

SMPD officers then contained the home and tried to get the suspect out of the house for a surrender, an offer the suspect refused multiple times.

SMPD detectives obtained a search warrant due to the serious nature of crimes and the suspect being potentially armed.

The SMPD SWAT Team took over the case and the suspect ultimately surrendered without incident.

SMPD officers cited another suspect in the home for obstructing/resisting officers, though the investigation remains ongoing.

SMPD officers arrested the main suspect in the sexual assault and robbery investigation on the following charges:

• rape
• robbery
• assault with a deadly weapon/force likely to produce great bodily injury

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By Tal Shalev, Jeremy Diamond, Abbas Al Lawati, CNN

(CNN) — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who ruled the country for almost four decades, has been killed, according to US President Donald Trump and two Israeli sources.

Israel has not shared evidence of Khamenei’s death, and a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry earlier insisted that Khamenei, 86, and Iran’s president were both “safe and sound.”

But Khamenei has not been seen in public or in videos since Israel and the United States attacked Iran on Saturday morning, unleashing barrages of airstrikes.

Trump announced the death on his Truth Social platform, calling Khamenei “one of the most evil people in History.” Israeli sources concluded earlier on Saturday that Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials were dead.

The news appeared likely to plunge the Islamic Republic into the most serious crisis since its establishment.

Cheers and celebrations were heard in parts of Tehran Saturday night following reports of Khamenei’s death.

Here’s what we know:

What happened?

Soon after the United States and Israel began joint strikes on Iran on Saturday, Israeli sources told CNN that airstrikes targeted Iran’s top leadership, including Khamenei.

Satellite images from Airbus showed black smoke rising from the supreme leader’s compound in the capital, Tehran. The images appear to show that several buildings in the compound were severely damaged by strikes.

Trump described Khamenei’s reported death as “the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.”

In announcing the joint US-Israeli attack, Trump said one of its aims was regime change, and he called on the Iranian people to rise up against the government once operations finished. However, it was unclear whether such change would result from Khamenei’s death, which appeared likely to usher in hard-line rule by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, experts said.

What led up to this?

The reports of Khamenei’s death come at a time when Iran is arguably at its weakest since he took power in the 1989. Decades of Western sanctions had already left the country isolated and economically battered before US and Israeli strikes in June 2025 dealt his rule a severe blow.

Just six months later, protests that began over economic grievances quickly turned political, spreading across all 31 of the country’s provinces within weeks. The regime responded with a brutal crackdown, killing thousands of protesters and prompting a global outcry, including a threat of intervention from the Trump administration.

That intervention came on Saturday, when Trump said the US military was undertaking a “massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.”

He also called on the Iranian people to “take over your government,” adding that they now “have a president who is giving you what you want, so let’s see how you respond.”

Who could replace Khamenei?

According to Iran’s constitution, an Assembly of Experts would be tasked with appointing a new supreme leader. Until that appointment, an interim three-member council — consisting of the president, the head of the judiciary and a jurist of the country’s Guardian Council — is tasked with carrying out the duties of the leader, according to the Middle East Institute.

Who could lead Iran next remains a mystery, even to those who have removed him. In January, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that “no one knows” who would take over if Khamenei was

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