00:00The fast-moving events in Iran could mark a major turning point for the Middle East
00:04and the world. Here's a quick look at how the attack unfolded over the weekend.
00:08The first reports of explosions in Tehran came in at about 5.30 Saturday afternoon,
00:13Australian Eastern Daylight Time. Israel confirmed it had launched what it called
00:18a preventative missile attack against Iran. One strike happened near the offices of Supreme
00:24Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Israeli military triggered sirens across its territory,
00:30warning residents to prepare for a possible missile attack in retaliation. A word then
00:36came through that the operation was coordinated with the United States. The U.S. President
00:40confirmed that the U.S. had begun major combat operations in Iran. The mission was codenamed
00:46Epic Fury. The United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation
00:52to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national
00:59security interests. We're going to annihilate their navy. We're going to ensure that the
01:06region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world.
01:11Later, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a video statement outlining his reasons
01:16for the attack, saying it should allow the Iranian people to take their destiny into their own
01:22hands. As events were playing out, multiple airlines scrambled to reroute flights as neighbouring
01:28nations closed their airspace. Shortly before 9pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time, loud booms were
01:35heard in Abu Dhabi. Several Gulf states came under attack from Iranian missiles. Multiple blasts were
01:41reported in several countries, including Bahrain. Tehran revealed it considered all U.S. and Israeli assets
01:49dotted across the region as legitimate military targets. On Sunday morning here, reports emerged the
01:56Supreme Leader had been killed in the strikes. People came out to mourn on the streets in Tehran, as Israel
02:04said
02:04Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound had been destroyed. Later, the U.S. President confirmed the death of Ali
02:11Khamenei, who he described as one of the most evil people in history. By lunchtime in Australia, his death was
02:18tearfully announced on Iranian state media.
02:25After a lifetime of Husseini's struggle, unceasing and untiring, with a lofty and celestial spirit like the
02:32steadfast mountain of guardianship, the compassionate father of kindness and resolve, the leader and
02:39Imam of the Muslims, his Eminence Ayatollah Said Ali Khamenei, on the path of upholding the
02:45exaltation of the sacred sanctuary of the Islamic Republic of Iran, drank the sweet, pure drought of
02:52martyrdom, and joined the supreme heavenly kingdom.
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