BREAKING: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is presumed dead after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation based on the bomb damage assessment, multiple Israeli official sources confirmed to CBS News. There has been no comment so far from Iran. CBS News'… pic.twitter.com/ON1NFionlD
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BREAKING: Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei is dead, according to Fox News.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 28, 2026
Khamenei ruled the Islamic Republic for over three decades.
“We are told from a military official that the largest Israeli Air Force sortie against any country in the world was conducted this morning… pic.twitter.com/LpJAcvUdHM
There was no immediate Iranian confirmation of his fate.
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Netanyahu: ‘There are many signs that this tyrant is no longer’
We’re getting more details on what Netanyahu said of Khamenei.
He said there were many signs suggesting Khamenei may have been killed as a result of Israeli-U.S. strikes.
“This morning we destroyed the compound of the tyrant Khamenei,” Netanyahu said in a video statement.
“There are many signs that this tyrant is no longer. This morning we eliminated senior officials in the ayatollahs’ regime, Revolutionary Guards commanders, senior figures in the nuclear program – and we will continue. In the next few days, we will hit thousands more targets of the terror regime,” Netanyahu said.