Iran’s Assembly of Experts' building targeted by 'Israeli strike'

ISTANBUL

A building linked to Iran’s influential Assembly of Experts was targeted Tuesday in an "Israeli strike," according to Iranian and Israeli media reports.

Iran’s Press TV said the old building of the Assembly of Experts in Qom was targeted by US-Israeli airstrikes.

Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency reported that the building attacked in Qom was an old auxiliary structure that was not used for official meetings.

💢 'Israel strikes' Iran’s Assembly of Experts building in Qom

🗣️ Iranian media says the building was an old auxiliary structure that was not used for official meetings

🗣️ An Israeli official claims the assembly was 'convening to choose a new supreme leader'… pic.twitter.com/hhuCpbdNKv

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A senior Israeli official told Israel’s public broadcaster KAN that the army attacked Iran's Council of Experts “while they were convening to choose a new supreme leader.”

No casualties have been reported as of yet.

The Assembly of Experts, an influential body of jurists and clerics, is tasked with selecting Iran’s highest political and religious authority.

Iran on Sunday confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several top officials in Israeli and US attacks on the country.

Tension escalated across the region when the US and Israel launched a large-scale attack on Iran on Saturday, killing nearly 800 people.

Tehran has responded with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel as well as Gulf countries which are home to US assets.