The killing of Iran’s supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.
Shortly before the United States and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the C.I.A. zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader.
The C.I.A. had been tracking Ayatollah Khamenei for months, gaining more confidence about his locations and his patterns, according to people familiar with the operation. Then the agency learned that a meeting of top Iranian officials would take place on Saturday morning at a leadership compound in the heart of Tehran. Most critically, the C.I.A. learned that the supreme leader would be at the site.
The United States and Israel decided to adjust the timing of their attack, in part to take advantage of the new intelligence, according to officials with knowledge of the decisions.
Its so strange that they held such meetings in a situation like this
Have you ever seen the “War Room” photos, where everyone is sitting around a table looking serious? The most famous one is probably during the Bin Laden raid.
Senior leadership tends to meet the most when shit is hitting the fan, of course he’d be meeting with senior people when two countries are planning to invade.
This is a bit like being surprised Churchill was meeting with senior military leaders during the battle of Britain, or the day before D day.
Yes i know. But in a place like that? I’d figure some kind of a bunker would be a better choice
There was but the East Wing was torn down and guess where the war room originally was.