France, March 1 -- Iranian state media announced the 86-year-old's death on Sunday morning.

On Saturday night, the American leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump had crowed about his demise after their countries' air forces had earlier struck targets in Tehran.

"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country."

He warned Khamenei's successors they would face even more violence if they attempted to avenge his death with strikes on US interests in neighbouring countries.

AliHosseiniKhameneiwas born in Mashhad, northeast Iran, in April 1939 to Javad Khamenei and Khadijeh Mirdamadi (daughter of Hashem Mirdam...