BREAKING: The Remaining Leadership In Iran Gathered To Pick The New Supreme Leader, Israel Blows Them To Peaces As Well

A stunning series of reports emerging from the Middle East suggests the conflict between Israel and Iran has crossed a historic red line, with the very process of Iranian leadership succession now allegedly under direct military attack.

According to Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst, Israeli forces struck a Supreme Council gathering in Tehran where senior Iranian figures were reportedly meeting to decide who would become the next supreme leader. Yingst described the target as the location where “what’s left of the leadership was gathering to choose a new supreme leader,” framing the strike as a deliberate attempt to decapitate Iran’s governing structure at its most vulnerable moment.

Shortly afterward, Yingst appeared on camera outside Tel Aviv, showing damage he said was consistent with a cluster munition impact, underscoring how rapidly retaliation and escalation are now unfolding across the region.

Additional details provided by an Israeli defense official sharpen the picture. The official said the Israeli Air Force struck a building housing Iran’s Council of Experts in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday. The strike was allegedly timed to disrupt the formal process of appointing a new supreme leader, and reportedly occurred while votes were being counted. It remains unclear how many of the council’s 88 members were present at the time or how extensive the damage was.

“We wanted to prevent them from picking a new supreme leader,” the Israeli defense official said, a statement that, if accurate, signals an extraordinary shift from deterrence and covert operations to overt regime disruption.

The Council of Experts is one of the most powerful institutions inside the Iranian system, holding constitutional authority to appoint the supreme leader. Its clerics vote on a shortlist prepared by a smaller, secretive committee, making the body the final gatekeeper of Iran’s political and religious continuity. Striking it during an active vote would amount to a direct attack on the regime’s ability to reproduce itself.

These reports come on the heels of another explosive claim: that former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was assassinated Saturday during the first wave of Israeli strikes, alongside dozens of senior Iranian leaders. While full confirmation remains elusive, the implication is clear — Iran may already be operating in a power vacuum, with its succession mechanisms under fire at the exact moment they are needed most.

Taken together, the picture that emerges is not one of isolated airstrikes, but of a coordinated effort to paralyze Iran’s leadership from the top down. Targeting military assets sends a message. Targeting succession meetings sends a warning: continuity itself is now a target.