Footage showing the complete destruction inside the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound following a deadly US-Israel airstrike has been released for the first time by the Iranian regime.The compound was blown to pieces on February 28 at the start of the joint operation against Tehran, with 86-year-old Khamenei being killed in the blast.The 50-second clip was released as the Islamic Republic continues its huge six-day funeral procession for the former leader, which will conclude with his burial in Iran.The video shows mounds of rubble, collapsed ceilings, warped support beams and doors blown off their hinges in the aftermath of the US-Israel attack that kicked off the four-month-long war. Mounds of dirt and debris can be seen filling up the Imam Khomeini Hussainiya - the hall inside the supreme leader's compound where he used to hold meetings and deliver public sermons.While satellite footage of the obliterated compound was released shortly after the strike, a view from the interior was not published until now. Khamenei was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba, following the attack, but the new leader is yet to make a public appearance amid rumours he was seriously injured in the same airstrike that killed his father.On Thursday, the US struck scores of targets in Iran including the railway line between Tehran and Mashhad hours before the late supreme leader was due to be buried in the eastern Iranian city. Footage showing the complete destruction inside the late Ayatollah Khamenei's compound following a deadly US-Israel airstrike has been released for the first time by the Iranian regime The 50-second clip was released as the Islamic Republic continues its huge six-day funeral procession for the former leader, which will conclude with his burial in Iran The compound was blown to pieces on February 28 at the start of the joint operation against Tehran, with Khamenei being killed in the blastThe attack ahead of the burial in Khamenei's hometown came on a second consecutive day of tit-for-tat barrages launched by the two sides, testing a fragile ceasefire as the foes battle over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.Two days of US strikes against Iran have killed 14 people and left 78 injured, Tehran's health ministry said on Thursday.'Of the injured, 47 are still hospitalised and the rest have been discharged after receiving medical care,' Hossein Kermanpour, the ministry's head of public relations posted on X.Iran's military said it had targeted sites in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain with one-way attack drones on Thursday, state media reported, in retaliation for US strikes earlier in the day.The army said 'in continuation of the attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran's army on US bases in the region' it had targeted a Patriot missile interceptor system in Kuwait, an early warning system in Qatar and fuel tanks in Bahrain with 'a large number of various types of army kamikaze drones'.AFP journalists heard blasts in Bahrain's capital early Thursday morning and Kuwait said it was responding to hostile missile and drone attacks.In Qatar, which has played a key role mediating between the US and Iran in recent weeks, residents received an alert warning of an elevated threat level, the first since the start of an April ceasefire between the US and Iran.Earlier, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had struck 'key infrastructure and facilities' at US bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain.The train service between Tehran and Mashhad has been suspended after US strikes, state TV reported on Thursday, hours before Khamenei was due to be buried in the holy city.The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways blamed 'a criminal attack by the US-Israeli enemy' on the route and said it had dispatched repair teams, the state broadcaster reported, adding that road transport was being arranged for stranded passengers.Earlier, Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused the United States of targeting 'two bridges in the eastern provinces leading toward Mashhad in an effort to overshadow' Khamenei's funeral, state TV said.The burial in Mashhad, Khamenei's hometown, will be the final act of a multi-day funeral, after Iran's leader for more than three decades lay in state in Tehran before being processed through the Iranian capital and the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala.US military officials said Wednesday that they hit approximately 90 Iranian military targets in their latest strikes, targeting air defence systems, missile and drone storage sites, and other assets.The United States 'completed an additional round of strikes against Iran, July 8, to further degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping and innocent civilian mariners in the Strait of Hormuz,' US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement posted to X.A day earlier, the US military said it had struck over 80 targets including Iranian speedboats in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz. Mourners gather during a funeral procession on the day of the burial of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, in Mashhad, Iran, July 9 Iranians were preparing on July 9 to bury their slain leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad in northeast Iran Mourners attend the procession of the funeral of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 8, 2026 in Karbala, IraqThousands of mourners attended funeral processions for Khamenei on Wednesday in the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala as part of a dayslong ceremony.At some moments, the scene turned chaotic, with mourners swarming the coffin, forcing pallbearers to lower it to avoid losing control. The ceremonies began on Saturday, with authorities shutting down streets, airspace and daily life in Tehran, Iran’s capital, as throngs commemorated the life of the man who led Iran for decades with an iron fist while confronting the West. His body was later taken from Najaf to Karbala before it is to be returned to Iran. Talks on ending the war between the United States and Iran appear to be on hold until after the burial.However, the strikes from both sides in the Persian Gulf in recent days raised risks that the interim agreement to end the monthslong conflict that engulfed the Middle East could completely break down.Khamenei’s body arrived on Tuesday in Najaf, considered one of the holiest of cities for millions of Shiite Muslims worldwide. Mourners holding portraits of Khamenei welcomed the body and senior officials escorting it, including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.The body was placed in a casket draped in the Islamic Republic’s flag and encased in glass.Some supporters performed self-flagellation on the streets, while others waved Iranian as well as red and black flags symbolizing mourning and revenge.Muhammad Taqi al-Hakim, a senior scholar at the Najaf seminary, led the funeral prayers at the Shrine of Imam Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law.As the coffin was carried into the shrine, large crowds pushed and shoved their way to get close to it. Some threw themselves onto the casket, as attendants struggled to control the crowd, urging the pallbearers to carry it closer to the ground for fear it might fall. 'We, the people of Iraq, will remain a thorn in the eyes of the enemies,' said Jaafar Jawad, a funeral attendee. '(His body arriving here) is the greatest possible honor, and God willing, we will be loyal and repay a little of his debt in the holy city of Najaf.'The body later arrived in Karbala, also a holy city for Shiites, where Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet, was killed in 680 AD.Thousands of supporters gathered in the desert heat in and around the shrine while Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalaei, a representative of Iraq’s top Shiite religious authority, led the prayers there. In Karbala, also, crowds repeatedly swarmed the coffin, which nearly fell several times in the journey between two shrines. Inside the Imam al-Abbas Mosque, organisers decided to lower the coffin in an attempt to stop people who were pushing forward to seek blessings or to participate in carrying it.
Iran releases first video of destruction inside Ayatollah's compound
Footage showing the complete destruction inside the late Ayatollah Khamenei's compound following a deadly US-Israel airstrike has been released for the first time by the Iranian regime.










