Overview
- Coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes hit Iranian military and leadership targets, with multiple outlets reporting that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed.
- In new statements, the exiled crown prince urged Iranians to remain safe at home before calling for nightly street chants and readiness to return to mass protests.
- He appealed to Iran’s military, police and security services to defect, describing this as a final opportunity to join a national transition.
- Pahlavi unveiled the Iran Prosperity Project, proposing a referendum to draft a new constitution, internationally supervised elections, and the dissolution of a transitional government afterward.
- Large diaspora rallies in New York and Houston celebrated the strikes and called for Pahlavi’s return, as Iranian officials cited more than 200 deaths nationwide and U.S. reports said three American soldiers were killed and five seriously wounded.