Media reports citing intelligence sources say Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was reportedly killed on February 28 after missile strikes by the US and Israel. According to a Financial Times article quoting two people familiar with the matter, Israeli intelligence allegedly infiltrated Tehran’s traffic camera network years earlier to monitor the movements of Khamenei’s security detail and other senior officials.
The cameras, which are believed to be part of Iran’s internal surveillance system used to monitor protesters and perceived opponents of the regime, were reportedly accessed by Mossad. One camera positioned near key locations reportedly showed where members of Khamenei’s security team parked their vehicles. Using that access, Israeli operatives are said to have built detailed profiles of security personnel — including home addresses, work schedules and protection assignments — and applied artificial intelligence tools and algorithms to analyse large volumes of movement and identity data.
The report also says cellular services on Pasteur Street, where Khamenei was allegedly targeted, were disrupted during the operation, hampering warnings and coordination by his security team. An Israeli intelligence official is quoted as saying, ‘We knew Tehran like we know Jerusalem. And when you know a place as well as the street you grew up on, you notice a single thing that’s out of place.’
The account further alleges US CIA support via a human intelligence source who provided key information. These details come from media reporting and unnamed sources; specific operational claims have not been independently verified.
