India, Feb. 28 -- The United States and Israel have initiated a new series of strikes on Iran, once again disrupting negotiations concerning Iran's nuclear program. Among the locations targeted on Saturday in Tehran, Iran's capital, were sites associated with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.

Khamenei whereabouts remain uncertain. The Reuters news agency reported a source stating that Khamenei was not present in Tehran and had been moved to a secure location.

The 86-year-old Islamic scholar has served as Iran's Supreme Leader since 1989, following the late founder of the Islamic Republic, the charismatic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who returned from exile and led Iran's 1979 revolution that ousted the US ally and shah, Mohamma...