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and Israeli airstrikes on his office on Saturday.
Anti-government protests which rocked the country in December have been sidelined since the attacks.
Iran said military leaders killed in the strikes included the armed forces chief of staff and a senior intelligence commander.
The Iranian government said it had already hit 27 U.S.
military bases in the region, along with other targets.
It vowed the biggest wave of attacks yet in retaliation for Khamenei's death.
One West Tehran resident told NPR by phone that bakeries and supermarkets were packed.
She said streets were almost empty in residential neighborhoods she had seen, apart from a show of force by internal security forces.
Many of them are on the streets on motorbikes showing off their guns.
They want to create fear, she said.
The woman did not want to give her name in fear of retaliation by the Iranian regime.
The Iranian government told citizens it expected the Iranian capital and other big cities to be the main focus of strikes and advised them to leave the cities if they could.
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Well, I can tell you what I'm seeing and hearing here in Jordan where there's the sound of
of jet fighters and missiles being intercepted and it's an indication that this is having immense repercussions across the region.
So in addition to those strikes on Israel, Iran has declared all US and Israeli interests a target.
And what that means is pretty much all the US bases that are dotted in this region in any country
are fair game.