FILE - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
CAIRO – 28 February 2026: A senior Israeli official told Reuters that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the recent strikes and that his body was found.
Similarly, a source told Axios that Israeli ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter has informed US officials that Khamenei was killed in a strike on his compound in the capital, Tehran.
Iran has so far denied Israeli media claims that Khamenei or Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian were killed in today’s strikes.
US and Israeli forces carried out coordinated strikes across Iran early on Saturday as part of operation “Epic Fury” that is expected to last for several days, according to US officials.
The strikes have targeted Iranian leadership compounds, the military command, nuclear facilities, ballistic missile infrastructure, alongside other targets, killing hundreds including children.
Iran responded to the strikes with retaliatory attacks across the Middle East, launching waves of missiles targeting the US military presence in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
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