Iran Confirms Supreme Leader Khamenei Is Dead Alongside Other Top Officials

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike Saturday as part of a massive joint military operation between the U.S and Israel, Iranian state media confirmed.

Mar 1, 2026 - 07:31
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Iran Confirms Supreme Leader Khamenei Is Dead Alongside Other Top Officials
Iran Confirms Supreme Leader Khamenei Is Dead Alongside Other Top Officials

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike Saturday as part of a massive joint military operation between the U.S and Israel, Iranian state media confirmed.

Already, the Iranian government announced 40 days of public mourning following the "martyrdom" of the 86 -year-old ayatollah, who had ruled Iran for over 36 years.

Those confirmed killed alongside the Supreme me Leader, Ali Khamenei, include:

Khamenei's top security adviser Ali Shamkhani

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Mohammad Pakpour

Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh

Khamenei's chief military secretary Mohammad Shirazi

Head of Iranian military intelligence Saleh Asadi

Chairman of the SPND (Iran's nuclear weapons research organization) Hossein Jabal Amelian and 

Former SPND chairman Reza Mozaffari-Ni

a among others.

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