India, March 17 -- Iran's newly appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly escaped death by seconds during the Israeli missile strike that killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after stepping out of the compound moments before the attack, according to a report citing leaked audio from an internal Iranian meeting.

The strike, carried out on February 28 as part of Israel's Operation Epic Fury, targeted the Tehran compound of the longtime Iranian leader and killed several senior officials and family members.

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According to a report by The Telegraph, the leaked audio captures remarks made during a March 12 meeting of senior Iranian clerics and commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...