Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroy slain Ayatollah Khamenei’s secret underground bunker

Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroying slain Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s secret underground bunker in Tehran early Friday — just days after he was killed without being able to crawl into his hideout.

Roughly 100 bombs were dropped in a wave of devastating blasts at the compound where the unsuspecting supreme leader and dozens of his top henchmen were wiped out last Saturday.

Those blasts came as Israeli forces also targeted a series of headquarters of Hezbollah in Lebanon Friday, officials said.

Slain Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s underground bunker was obliterated in the strike. IDF

The Iranian underground bunker, which is said to have spanned multiple streets, was still being utilized by senior Iranian officials in the wake of Khamenei’s assassination, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Aerial footage released by the Israeli military shows the moment the bunker — described as “one of the Iranian leadership’s most important military command centers” — was obliterated in the strike.

“The underground bunker was built beneath the compound and was a secure emergency asset for managing the war by the leader, who was eliminated before he managed to use it,” the military said, according to the Times of Israel.

The site — located directly under Khamenei’s closely guarded headquarters — had “many entry points and rooms for gatherings of senior members of the Iranian terror regime.”

Around 100 bombs were dropped in a wave of devastating blasts at the secret underground bunker in Tehran. via REUTERS An explosion is seen after airstrikes carried out by Israel targeted Khamenei’s underground bunker. IDF

The compound is the same location where Israeli fighter jets launched the opening strike of the war — dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” — a week ago.

Israel used a powerful ballistic missile to turn Khamenei’s building into rubble — killing the despotic cleric, dozens of officials and several members of his family.

Prior to the onslaught, Khamenei was believed to be spending most of his evenings in the deep-underground bunker to shield himself from any attacks.

The IDF also attacked sites in southern Beirut that housed Hezbollah terrorists as part of its “Roaring Lion” operation, which has taken out more than 500 targets, military leaders said.

The wave of strikes additionally hit a headquarters used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the IDF said.

The site of the bunker after it was destroyed in Tehran, Iran. Satellite image ©2026 Vantor/AFP via Getty Images

“The IDF will continue to act forcefully against the terror organization Hezbollah, which decided to join the campaign and operate under the auspices of the Iranian terror regime, and will not allow harm to the citizens of the State of Israel,” the IDF said in a social media post.

“The IDF will continue to act to remove every threat to the citizens of the State of Israel.”

About 220 people have been killed and another 800 wounded since the conflict erupted in Lebanon on Monday, according to the country’s health ministry.

Smoke and fire rise from the site of airstrikes in Tehran on March 6, 2026. AFP via Getty Images

The barrage of bombs comes as the US and Israel continued to batter Iran with nationwide strikes through Friday, targeting their military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program.

Iran, meanwhile, launched missile and drone attacks at Israel, as well as Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain — all countries that host US forces.

With Post wires