Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh had been in a coma since Saturday (28), when the bombings began
A wife of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he died this Monday (2) in resulting from injuries sustained during the attack joint effort between the United States and Israel, Iranian media reported.
Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, 79, had been in a coma since the attacks on Saturday (28) which, according to the Tasnim news agency.
The Iranian News Agency Farsaligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported on Saturday that the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law and grandson died in the attack of the United States and Israel against the country.
Death of Ali Khamenei
Iran’s state media confirmed on Saturday the death of Ayatollah Ali Khameneiin the United States and Israel operation against the country.
Since 1989, Khamenei was the country’s supreme leader. He Succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiniresponsible for establishing the Islamic republic in Iran.
Before, Khamenei was still president of Iranfrom 1981 to 1989.
The Ayatollah was born in 1939. As a young man, participated in protests against the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Khamenei was one of the leaders of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
As Iran’s supreme leader, Khamenei brutally repressed a series of protests. In 1999, the Iranian government suppressed student mobilization. Likewise, in 2009, demonstrations triggered by a controversial presidential election were suppressed. Another wave of protest in 2019 was neutralized.
More recently, Tehran harshly repressed the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. From the end of 2022 to the beginning of 2023, several Demonstrations hit Iran after the death of Mahsa Aminidetained for allegedly violating the dress code imposed on women.
Iran says it will not negotiate with the US
Following US and Israeli airstrikes against Iran, the powerful head of the Iranian National Security Council, Ali Larijani, . “We will not negotiate with the USA”, declared Larijani this Monday (2), in a post on social media. He denied reports in the press that Iranian representatives had tried to start talks with Washington.
Larijani too accused American President Donald Trump to have “plunged the region into chaos with your ‘illusory dreams.’” He added that Trump now it is worried about losses among American forces.
Since the beginning of the US and Israeli attacks, according to official data. “As a result of US-Zionist terrorist attacks in various regions of our country, 131 cities have been affected so far and, regrettably, 555 of our compatriots have been killed,” declared the Iranian Red Cross this Monday (2), via social media.
*with information from AFP
