Footage of the Israeli strike on a building in the Iranian city of Qom where a body was set to choose Iran's new supreme leader on March 3, 2026. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Israeli and US strikes hit the building of a body tasked with electing Iran’s new supreme leader, local media reports.
“The American-Zionist criminals attacked the Assembly of Experts building in Qom,” south of Tehran, says the Tasnim news agency.
Local media shows footage of the building severely damaged in the strikes. Iran’s supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli strikes on Saturday.
It is not immediately clear who was inside at the time.