Former #Iranian President #MahmoudAhmadinejad a polarizing hardliner who became the face of Tehran’s nuclear defiance and incendiary anti-Israel rhetoric was reportedly k-lled in #Israeli airstrikes at the outset of the military operation inside Iran. A report by the Israeli media outlet Ma’ariv stated that Ahmadinejad was under house arrest at the time and was k-lled in a targeted strike on his residence There was no immediate confirmation from #Iranian authorities. Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s sixth president from 2005 to 2013, rising from relative obscurity as mayor of Tehran to defeat establishment figure Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a surprise 2005 runoff. via nypost •aintyoumalcom