Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroy slain Ayatollah Khamenei’s secret underground bunker
Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroy slain Ayatollah Khamenei’s secret underground bunker
Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroying slain Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s secret underground bunker in Tehran early Friday — just days after he was killed without being able to crawl into his hideout.
Roughly 100 bombs were dropped in a wave of devastating blasts at the compound where the unsuspecting supreme leader and dozens of his top henchmen were wiped out last Saturday.
The underground bunker, which is said to have spanned multiple streets, was still being utilized by senior Iranian officials in the wake of Khamenei’s assassination, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Aerial footage released by the Israeli military shows the moment the bunker — described as “one of the Iranian leadership’s most important military command centers” — was obliterated in the strike.
“The underground bunker was built beneath the compound and was a secure emergency asset for managing the war by the leader, who was eliminated before he managed to use it,” the military said, according to the Times of Israel.
The site — located directly under Khamenei’s closely guarded headquarters — had “many entry points and rooms for gatherings of senior members of the Iranian terror regime.”
The compound is the same location where Israeli fighter jets launched the opening strike of the war — dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” — a week ago.
Israel used a powerful ballistic missile to turn Khamenei’s building into rubble — killing the despotic cleric, dozens of officials and several members of his family.
Prior to the onslaught, Khamenei was believed to be spending most of his evenings in the deep-underground bunker to shield himself from any attacks.
It comes as the US and Israel continued to batter Iran with nationwide strikes through Friday, targeting their military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program.
Iran, meanwhile, launched missile and drone attacks at Israel, as well as Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain — all countries that host US forces.
