How the CIA pinpointed Ayotollah Ali Khamenei's location for the missile strike that killed him

Washington

: Shortly before the United States and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the

CIA

zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader.
The CIA had been tracking Khamenei for months, gaining more confidence about his locations and his patterns, according to people familiar with the operation. Then the agency learned that a meeting of top Iranian officials would take place Saturday morning at a leadership compound in the heart of Tehran. Most critically, the CIA learned that the supreme leader would be at the site.