U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Feb. 28 that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is dead.
Trump’s statement came hours after top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed Khamenei had been killed in joint Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran on Feb. 28. Senior Israeli officials told Reuters that Khamenei’s compound in Tehran had been targeted and and that his body had been recovered.
Tehran had denied the earlier claims, accusing Israel of “resorting to mental warfare.”
In response to the initial attacks, Iran launched retaliatory strikes against U.S. military bases in the Middle East, including in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
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