State media affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has confirmed who in the Supreme Leader's inner circle has been killed

01:10, Sun, Mar 1, 2026 Updated: 01:15, Sun, Mar 1, 2026

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (Image: Getty)

State media affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Fars News, has confirmed that the daughter, son-in-law and grandchild of Iran’s supposedly slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei have been killed.

US President Donald Trump announced Khamenei's killing on Saturday, but Iran is yet to confirm the death of its Supreme Leader.

Trump called his 'death' an act of justice for Iranians, Americans and others around the world who were killed or maimed by him and his allies.

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“This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.

The US president added that the slaying of the Iranian leader is a rare opening for the embattled Middle Eastern nation to “take back their Country,” adding he was hearing some members of Iran’s security forces no longer wanted to fight and were seeking immunity.

He said the United States would keep up “heavy and pinpoint bombing” for as long as needed to achieve “peace throughout the Middle East and, indeed, the world.”

His comments come as Dubai and Abu Dhabi have also been rocked by explosions as the US strikes Iran, and Tehran's regime fires back at Israel, as well as airports in the UAE.

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Meanwhile, at the United Nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres mentioned the reports of the death of Iran's supreme leader during his opening remarks at a UN Security Council session on Iran.

He said he is not in a position to confirm reports of the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, but did sau he deeply regretted that the opportunity for diplomacy has now been squandered.