The supreme leader was meeting officials to prepare for renewed unrest when the US-Israeli strike hit his Tehran compound.
IRAN INTERNATIONAL -- Ali Khamenei was killed during a February 28 meeting focused partly on suppressing future anti-regime protests. The committee was also assessing what participants believed was an imminent US-Israeli attack.
meeting at Ali Khamenei's office where he was killed in February was focused on preparations to manage future protests as well as responding to what officials believed was an imminent US-Israeli attack, according to Noor News, a security-linked media outlet.
The report, published on Friday, followed recent remarks by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who said the US-Israeli attack that killed Khamenei and several senior military commanders did not occur during a full meeting of Iran's Defense Council. Instead, Araghchi said, a subordinate committee of the council, chaired by the council's secretary, was meeting at the time.