The building belonging to the Assembly of Experts that was targeted in the city of Qom is old and is not used for meetings, APA reports citing Mehr News Agency.
According to the report, the building is not the main facility but an auxiliary one and is not used for holding sessions.
Meanwhile, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the offices of the Assembly of Experts in Qom and Tehran — the body that elects the country’s Supreme Leader — were evacuated in advance, and there were no casualties.
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18:40
The Israeli Air Force has struck a building in the city of Qom, Iran, where senior clerics had gathered to select Iran’s new Supreme Leader, APA reports, citing Israeli media.
The information was confirmed by a source within the Israel Defense Forces.
According to the report, the Assembly of Experts has 88 members, but it is not known how many of them were in the building at the time of the strike.
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18:12
Israeli and US strikes hit the building of a body tasked with electing Iran’s new supreme leader, APA reports, citing local media.
“The American-Zionist criminals attacked the Assembly of Experts building in Qom,” south of Tehran, says the Tasnim news agency.
Local media shows footage of the building severely damaged in the strikes. Iran’s supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli strikes on Saturday.
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