{"id":1364932,"date":"2026-03-03T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/traffic-cameras-helped-media-released-details-of-the-assassination-of-the-iranian-leader\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:40:58","slug":"traffic-cameras-helped-media-released-details-of-the-assassination-of-the-iranian-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/traffic-cameras-helped-media-released-details-of-the-assassination-of-the-iranian-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic cameras helped: media released details of the assassination of the Iranian leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For several years, Israel had access to most of the traffic cameras located in Tehran, which helped determine the location of Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/bf998c69-ab46-4fa3-aae4-8f18f7387836\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is stated<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Financial Times article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to sources familiar with the operation, before the strike, Israeli intelligence agencies used cameras to monitor the movements of Khamenei&#8217;s guards and drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Images captured from surveillance cameras were encrypted and transmitted to Israel \u2014 to servers in Tel Aviv and the south of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, one of the cameras, located on a street with government buildings, allowed Israeli intelligence services to obtain data on the movement of security guards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this way, intelligence obtained information about their residential addresses, work schedules, movements, and the people they were transporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Israel disabled mobile phone towers, preventing the guards from receiving any messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLong before the bombs fell, we knew Tehran like Jerusalem. And when you know (a place \u2013 ed.) as well as the street you grew up on, you notice one thing that\u2019s out of place,\u201d the Israeli intelligence officer explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FT article notes that Khamenei, unlike Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who spent years hiding in underground bunkers, did not go into hiding. He publicly admitted to murder and prepared for death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision to eliminate Khamenei on the first day of the military operation was strategic, as he could later go into hiding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe had two bunkers \u2014 and if he was there, Israel wouldn\u2019t have been able to reach him with the bombs they have,\u201d the source assured the publication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israeli fighter jets used up to 30 precision-guided munitions to eliminate Khamenei. Among the weapons used were missiles that Iranian air defenses are unable to neutralize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe decision to strike in the morning rather than at night allowed Israel to achieve tactical surprise for the second time, despite the fact that Iran was well prepared,\u201d the source added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Earlier it became known that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/tilo-znayshly-pid-zavalamy-rezydentsii-v-irani-likviduvaly-verkhovnoho-lidera-ali-khamenei\/\">the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei was killed as a result of the operation of the USA and Israel<\/a> . Subsequently, the US President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ne-zmih-unyknuty-rozvidky-ta-vidstezhennia-tramp-pidtverdyv-likvidatsiiu-verkhovnoho-lidera-iranu-ali-khamenei\/\">Trump made a statement about Khamenei<\/a> , according to him, the operation was carried out in cooperation with Israel<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/porushyly-usi-normy-morali-ta-mizhnarodnoho-prava-putin-nazvav-zahybel-ali-khamenei-tsynichnym-vbyvstvom\/\">Putin later commented on the assassination of Iran&#8217;s supreme leader<\/a> . He stated that Khamenei&#8217;s death was a violation of international law and expressed condolences to Iran.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several years, Israel had access to most of the traffic cameras located in Tehran, which helped determine the location of Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This is stated in the Financial Times article. According to sources familiar with the operation, before the strike, Israeli intelligence agencies used cameras to monitor the movements of Khamenei&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1363906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1364932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}