The Israeli Air Force struck the Assembly of Experts in Qom on Tuesday to disrupt the emergency election of a new Supreme Leader following the assassination of Ali Khamenei.
In a high-stakes operation Tuesday aimed at “preventing the election of a new leader,” the Israeli Air Force (IAF) bombed the Assembly of Experts building in the religious center of Qom during a critical session to appoint a successor to the late Ali Khamenei. The strike targeted the 88-member clerical body meeting for the first time in 36 years to fill the supreme leadership vacuum reportedly while a decisive vote was being counted.
While Israeli defense sources confirmed the mission was “meticulously timed to coincide with the succession process” to ensure maximum disruption, the Iranian regime has scrambled to downplay the damage, with state-affiliated media claiming the facility was an “old and unused” structure and that no session was in progress. Despite these denials, reports of a secondary strike in Tehran and the sudden move to “virtual meetings” suggest a leadership in chaos, as Israeli officials warned that “additional steps are yet to come” to prevent the theological and political continuity of the Islamic Republic.