Ahmadinejad Reported Killed in Tehran Strikes
The Iranian Labor News Agency said on Sunday that ahmadinejad was killed in an Israeli-US airstrike that hit his residence in Narnak, northeast Tehran. International media said the strike likely occurred late on Saturday and that several bodyguards were killed.
Ahmadinejad killed in strikes
Accounts of the attack differ in detail but converge on a single outcome: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been reported killed. The Iranian Labor News Agency said the strike hit Ahmadinejad’s residence in Narnak and that he and several bodyguards were killed, with the outlet described in some accounts as pro-regime.
Conflicting and unconfirmed accounts
Other reporting described the strikes as Israeli airstrikes at the outset of a wider military operation inside Iran. The Israeli outlet Ma’ariv said Ahmadinejad was under house arrest at the time and was killed in a targeted strike on his residence. There was no immediate confirmation from Iranian authorities, and some details remain unclear in the provided context.
Sequence of the Tehran attacks
The broader sequence in available accounts places a morning wave of coordinated US-Israeli strikes on Tehran earlier on Saturday. Those strikes were said to have killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and to have obliterated Iran’s “Leadership House” compound in the opening wave on Saturday morning, with confirmation later emerging in Iranian state-aligned announcements and major-wire reporting. The strike on Ahmadinejad’s Narnak residence was described as likely occurring late on Saturday.
Career and political background
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s sixth president from 2005 until 2013. Before becoming president, he served as Ardabil Province governor and Tehran mayor. He rose from relative obscurity as mayor of Tehran to defeat Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a surprise 2005 runoff.
Controversies and domestic clashes
Ahmadinejad’s presidency was marked by contested politics and international controversy. His disputed 2009 reelection triggered the mass “Green Movement” protests, which were violently suppressed by security forces. Critics called him a confrontational ideologue whose economic management fueled inflation and whose rhetoric deepened Iran’s international isolation; the United Nations Security Council imposed multiple rounds of sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program during his tenure.
Rhetoric, policies and later marginalization
Ahmadinejad became especially notorious internationally for his rhetoric toward Israel and remarks about the Holocaust. In 2006 his government hosted a Tehran conference widely condemned as a platform for Holocaust denial. At a 2005 conference titled “A World Without Zionism, ” he quoted Iran’s founding leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, who had referred to Israel as “the occupying regime of Jerusalem” and a “disgraceful cancerous growth” that “must be wiped off the map. ” Defenders later argued translations of his remarks were disputed, while critics said the intent was unmistakably hostile.
