Iran Confirms It's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei Was Killed In US-Israel Strikes

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Ali Khamenei

On Sunday, March 1, 2026, the Iranian state media announced that the country’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed in coordinated U.S. and Israeli airstrikes targeting Tehran.

A 40-day national mourning period has been announced for the 86-year-old cleric, who has led the Islamic Republic since 1989.

The confirmation followed earlier claims by the U.S. and Israeli officials that Khamenei had been killed during the coordinated strikes which began early Saturday, February 28, 2026.

Initial reports by Iran’s Tasnim and Mehr news agencies had suggested that the Supreme Leader remained “steadfast and firm in commanding the field.” However, state media later confirmed his death at his office in Tehran.

The United States President, Donald Trump, had earlier announced Khamenei’s death in a post on his Truth Social platform.

Trump wrote;

“He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do.

“This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country. Hopefully, the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and Police will peacefully merge with the Iranian Patriots.”

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had also claimed there were “growing signs” that Khamenei had been killed.

Reuters, quoting a senior Israeli official, earlier reported that Khamenei’s body had been located.

Khamenei’s death is expected to significantly alter the trajectory of the escalating conflict between Iran, the United States and Israel.

Although Iranian authorities had reportedly prepared contingency plans in the event of his assassination during wartime, analysts say his killing injects fresh uncertainty into an already volatile situation, raising fears of further escalation.

Khamenei became Iran’s Supreme Leader in 1989, succeeding Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Shah.

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