ISTANBUL

The daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei were killed following Israel–US strikes, Fars News Agency reported Sunday, citing sources close to the leader’s office.

Fars said the deaths were confirmed after contact was established with informed sources at the supreme leader’s residence.

The agency also reported that one of the supreme leader’s daughters-in-law was killed in a Saturday morning attack.

It did not provide details about the circumstances of the attack.

Iran’s top defense officials reportedly killed in US-Israeli strikes: Reports

Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s Defense Council secretary and senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reportedly been killed in Israeli and US airstrikes on Iran, Iranian media reported Sunday.

Reports said the strikes killed several senior Iranian defense figures.

In addition to Shamkhani, Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also died in the attack, according to multiple reports.

Shamkhani, 70, had been leading negotiations with the US about Iran’s nuclear program.

Days before the strikes he said, “If the main issue of the negotiations is not making nuclear weapons by Iran, this is in compliance with a religious decree issued by Iran’s leader and the country’s defence doctrine, and an immediate agreement is within reach.”

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