Iran’s supreme leader has been killed in US and Israeli strikes, Iranian state media has said.

Also dead is his daughter, son-in-law and grandchild, according to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps affiliaed media channel Fars News.US President Donald Trump announced Khamenei’s killing on Saturday, but Iran is yet to confirm the death of its Supreme Leader.

The Associated Press reported state TV gave no cause for the 86-year-old’s death, with the announcement following joint US-Israeli strikes on the country.

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“This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.

The US president added that the slaying of the Iranian leader is a rare opening for the embattled Middle Eastern nation to “take back their Country,” adding he was hearing some members of Iran’s security forces no longer wanted to fight and were seeking immunity.

He said the United States would keep up “heavy and pinpoint bombing” for as long as needed to achieve “peace throughout the Middle East and, indeed, the world.”

His comments come as Dubai and Abu Dhabi have also been rocked by explosions as the US strikes Iran, and Tehran’s regime fires back at Israel, as well as airports in the UAE.\

Saturday’s attack prompted retaliation from Iran, with strikes reported in several Gulf countries including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Hundreds of thousands of British nationals are believed to be present in the Gulf, and those in Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Qatar and the UAE have been urged to register their presence with the Foreign Office.

The US and Israel described the attacks as a “pre-emptive” strike against a Tehran government intent on developing nuclear weapons.

Talks between the US and Iran aimed at resolving the issue of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions ended on Thursday without agreement, but were expected to resume at a later date.