Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has revealed new details about the hours leading up to the strike that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying he was inside the compound when the attack occurred after warning senior officials that war was imminent.

According to Araghchi, he met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at 8:00 a.m. on February 28 and warned that the atmosphere pointed to an impending war. About an hour later, he arrived at Khamenei’s office complex to deliver a report on nuclear negotiations held in Geneva.

Araghchi said he was meeting with senior Khamenei aide Ali Asghar Mir Hejazi when the compound came under attack. Although the section where he was located remained standing, other parts of the complex were hit. He later said his first concern after escaping the rubble was whether Khamenei had survived.

His account suggests Iranian leaders were anticipating a possible conflict but were caught off guard by the precise timing of the strike. Reports have indicated that U.S. intelligence tracked Khamenei’s movements for months and shared information with Israel, enabling the attack to target the regime’s top leadership during a high-level meeting.

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