Reports by Iranian state media haqs now confirmed that the nation's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has been killed.

01:37, Sun, Mar 1, 2026 Updated: 01:45, Sun, Mar 1, 2026

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, as per state media (Image: Getty)

Iran's supreme leader has been killed in US and Israeli strikes, Iranian state media has said.

US President Donald Trump announced Khamenei's killing on Saturday, as did senior Israeli officials. Tehran has resisted confirming his death until now resisted.

Also dead is his daughter, son-in-law and grandchild, according to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps affiliaed media channel Fars News.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.”

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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.