A protester holds a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei throughout a protest in opposition to U.S. and Israeli assaults on a number of cities throughout Iran at a bridge resulting in the fortified Inexperienced Zone the place the U.S. Embassy is positioned in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, on Feb. 28, 2026.
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The head of public relations on the Iranian Supreme Chief’s workplace on Saturday (February 28, 2026) accused the nation’s enemies of “psychological warfare” after Israeli stories Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed, Iranian state media reported.
“The enemy is resorting to psychological warfare, all must be conscious,” the general public relations official was quoted as saying.
A senior Israeli official informed Reuters on Saturday that Mr. Khamenei was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu additionally mentioned on Saturday (February 28, 2026) that there have been many indicators indicating Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “is now not”, with out explicitly confirming his dying.
Mr. Netanyahu additionally mentioned Mr. Khamenei’s compound had been destroyed.
Trump on Khamenei’s dying
U.S. President Donald Trump informed NBC Information in an interview on Saturday (February 28, 2026) that he believes stories of Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s dying are appropriate.
“We really feel that that is an accurate story,” Mr. Trump informed NBC Information in a cellphone interview, in accordance to a report on its web site.
U.N. Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres informed an emergency assembly of the U.N. Safety Council on the Iran battle on Saturday (February 28, 2026) that he deeply regretted that a possibility for diplomacy had been “squandered.”
He additionally informed the 15-member physique he was not able to verify Israeli stories of the dying of Iran’s Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei.
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