How did Mossad know exactly where Khamenei would be, when, and with whom?

Mar 4, 2026 | 07:32 IST

(File photo) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads an Eid al-Fitr prayer, in 2025 (AP)

A mundane traffic feed became a real-time window into Iran’s most guarded routines. A new report tells us how Israel’s intelligence used it to target Khameini and Iran’s leadership

What Mossad knows — maybe more than any other intelligence agency anywhere in the world — is the value of patience.

The assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and senior Iranian leadership with three strikes in three places — within a single minute — was the culmination of intelligence collected over years and decades.

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How did Mossad know exactly where Khamenei would be, when, and with whom?

A mundane traffic feed became a real-time window into Iran’s most guarded routines. A new report tells us how Israel’s intelligence used it to target Khameini and Iran’s leadership

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How did Mossad know exactly where Khamenei would be, when, and with whom?

A mundane traffic feed became a real-time window into Iran’s most guarded routines. A new report tells us how Israel’s intelligence used it to target Khameini and Iran’s leadership

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