Khamenei Dead After Airstrikes on Iran, Three Service Members Killed in Action

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran who ruled over the Islamic Republic for more than three decades as it faced off with the West, was killed Saturday after the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran.

Iranian media on Sunday confirmed the death, saying Khamenei was killed in his office compound and that there will be 40 days of national mourning.

This comes as three US service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM says in an X post.

On today's show, Bloomberg This Weekend hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini speak with:

- Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, who says he was briefed on plans for the attack on Iran and that President Trump had been considering several options.

- Democratic Representative Jason Crow of Colorado, on Democrats in Congress expecting to force a war powers vote this week.

- Republican Representative Michael McCaul of Texas, who says the Iranian people will have a chance to take back their country.

- Hagar Chemali, Former US Mission to the UN, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Jeff Mason, and Co-Anchor of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power" Joe Mathieu on what might happen next amid protests in Iran.

For more conversations like this, watch and listen to Bloomberg This Weekend live on Saturdays and Sundays from 7AM-10AM ET. Watch on Bloomberg Television, listen on Bloomberg Radio and stream the show live on the Bloomberg Business app and Bloomberg.com/video.

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