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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed by missile strike on Iran, says Donald Trump

Feb 28, 2026Center Left

US president posts on Truth Social that Iran’s supreme leader, ‘one of the most evil people in History, is dead’US-Israel war on Iran: Donald Trump says Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead – latest reportsIran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has been killed in the opening salvo of a regime change war launched on Saturday by the US and…

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