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tricky for journalists that often when there is a very important story that appears to have happened,
you then have a period of what you might call howl round before you can actually say this is true.
And the news in question that we've spent some hours not knowing whether or not it was true was the death of the Ayatollah,
the Supreme Leader of Iran, who had been in charge ruling with an iron grip,
a repressive regime for 36 years.
And it wasn't actually until quite late in the day that Donald Trump was the one really to confirm to the world publicly that yes indeed as a result of Israeli and American strikes Ayatollah Khamenei was dead.
Yes at 9 40 pm he posted one of the most evil people in history is dead 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.
It's a huge moment and I know we probably overuse that phrase but this really is a momentous time
because it puts in future who will run Iran not just hugely important most of all of course for the people of Iran who have been repressed for decades just weeks ago thousands of people killed by their own government