Khamenei confirmed the deaths of his wife and sister as a result of the US-Israeli operation.

On March 11, the new supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, confirmed the death of his wife and sister as a result of a military operation by the United States and Israel.

"In addition to my father, whose loss became well—known, I gave to the ranks of the martyrs my dear and faithful wife, on whom I had pinned my hopes, my selfless sister, who devoted herself to serving her parents and received a well-deserved award, as well as her young child," he is quoted as saying on the website of the supreme leader of the republic.

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