Iran confirms killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

2026-03-01 - 02:37

Tehran, Iran – Iranian state media has confirmed the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the US and Israel’s ongoing attacks on the country. Iranian state media added Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law, and grandson were also killed. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has responded to Khamenei’s death, saying “we have lost a great leader and we mourn him”, according to a statement carried by Fars news agency. It added that Khamenei’s “martyrdom at hands of the most vicious terrorists and executioners of humanity is a sign of the legitimacy of this great leader and the acceptance of his sincere services”. It added that the “Iranian nation’s hand of revenge...will not let them go”. The IRGC will stand “firm in confronting domestic and foreign conspiracies,” the statement said.