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President Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead.

This comes after U.S.

and Israeli forces bombarded targets across Iran.

Iran has retaliated with attacks throughout the Middle East.

And given these historic events, we're dropping our National Security Podcast sources and methods in the feed today.

From NPR, I'm Mary Louise Kelly.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989, is dead, killed today by Israeli strikes.

President Trump confirmed the death in a statement posted to Truth Social.

No confirmation, at least of this hour, from Iran.

Khamenei's death would mark the biggest development today on a day when the headlines have just kept coming.

Here's how President Trump shared the news of airstrikes from Mar-a-Lago.

So as you heard there, strikes today by both Israel and the U.S.

As the day unfolded, Iran hit back, lobbying missiles at Israel, also at Saudi Arabia, also at Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, a whole list of countries that host U.S.

troops.

NPR reporters have been working the phones all day today trying to confirm what we know and what we don't.

Among them, our national security correspondent, Greg Myrie.

in the studio with me here in Washington.

Hey, Greg.