ranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. President Donald Trump announced the death hours earlier, saying it gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back” their country. State media reported that the 86-year-old was killed in an airstrike targeting his compound in downtown Tehran. “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump wrote in a social media post. He led Iran’s clerical establishment and the Revolutionary Guard, the two main centers of power in the governing theocracy.

Source: The Patriot March 01, 2026 12:06 UTC