Tehran – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s paramount authority for nearly four decades, was assassinated in a targeted airstrike on his Tehran compound.
Iranian state media confirmed the assassination early Sunday, 1 March 2026.
State broadcaster IRIB and agencies including Fars News and IRNA reported the 86-year-old cleric was killed “while carrying out his duties” in his office during a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military operation on Saturday, 28 February 2026.
The strikes, which Tehran described as an act by the “criminal United States and the Zionist regime,” also claimed other senior figures.
The government declared 40 days of national mourning.
U.S. President Donald Trump earlier announced the killing on his Truth Social, calling it justice and vowing continued bombardment to destabilize the regime.
The assassination creates a severe power vacuum at the top of Iran’s leadership.
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