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EDIT 1

Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei was killed a few moments ago, a senior Israeli official told journalists off the record.

Footage of Khamenei’s body was allegedly presented to Prime Minister Netanyahu a few minutes ago. No official statement has been published.

EDIT 2

Videos in Farsi published on social media show some people cheering in Tehran from their apartments.

https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/2027835583146463736

These videos are not authentified. They could very well be true or AI.

EDIT 3

Headline of Maariv newspaper is now "Khamenei is killed"

"After decades of absolute rule, Israel confirms that the end of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has come"

EDIT 4

Reuters says Khamenei has been killed according to an Israeli official.

Iran DENIES the information and says Ayatollah Khamenei is fully in command.

https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-crisis-live-explosions-tehran-israel-announces-strike-2026-02-28/

EDIT 6

Some Iranian opposition accounts are celebrating.

Association of French-Iranian women says "YES, Finally"

https://x.com/femmeazadi/status/2027836456119443519

Iranian Sana Ebrahimi published video of herself dancing

https://x.com/__Injaneb96/status/2027841112610676910

EDIT 7

Politician Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Canadian Opposition, claims Ayatollah Khamenei is killed

https://x.com/PierrePoilievre/status/2027845628391526774

EDIT 8

I̶D̶F̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶f̶i̶r̶m̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶K̶h̶a̶m̶e̶n̶e̶i̶

The IDF said several Iranian leaders are killed, including the Defense Minister and Ali Shamkhani, the closest advisor of the Ayatollah

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-confirms-killing-top-iranian-leaders-including-top-defense-official-ali-shamkhani/

EDIT 9

Iranian Researcher Khosrol Isfahani published videos of people honking in the streets on social media

https://x.com/KhosroIsfahani/status/2027839875500912833

EDIT 10

Donald Trump told NBC News that he feels reports about the death of Khamenei are correct.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-responds-reports-ayatollah-death-rcna261149

EDIT 11

Iran International, the largest Iranian political opposition network, says Ayatollah Khamenei have been killed according to their own sources.

https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/2027846843061633455

https://www.iranintl.com/fa/liveblog/20260228-Iranwar

EDIT 12

A french far-left politician who was questioned by police about her support for Hamas-Hezbollah just published a burning american flag. She really mad.

EDIT 13

Farnaz Fassihi, an iranian-american journalist, says she spoke on the phone with her sources in Tehran

Many people are celebrating but she says the information is NOT confirmed.

🚨 New York Times claims Trump confirms

EDIT 14

Official statement from the White House.

IT'S OVER FOLKS !!!


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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

That was the guy that was super against developing nukes.

Good thing Israel killed him. /s

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

So will the US and Israel wait and see what ends up filling the power vacuum they just created or will they just go right to installing a new, pro US/Israel regime themselves?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

They're going to restore the Pahlavis.

[–] lnxtx@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As of 2026-02-28 20:39 UTC, via AP News:

JUST IN: Israeli officials tell AP that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Neither Iran nor the US have confirmed

EDIT:
As of 2026-02-28 22:02 UTC, via AP News:

Trump says that Iran’s supreme leader is dead

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It's not an extraordinary claim, though. It was a decapitation strike, and the sudden timing suggests they thought they had a particularly golden opportunity.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The USA wants them to go back to the Shah 2.0. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Exactly what the Iranians in Tehranto want. These people fled Iran with stolen billions and they want to restore the elites to Iran. They had a huge march last month chanting "King Pahlavi", so they do not want a democracy, they want to replace one oppressive government with another.

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

in Brussels there was a small gathering of people with Iranian flags and Israeli flags and pictures of the shah.

Feels a bit astroturfed to me, can't prove it though.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Could they kill Putin inside his bunker? Would be nice 👍

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

The thing about precedent is that it sets a precedent.

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Good riddance.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

There had to be one upside to all the horrors.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Celebration day for the exile Iran people living in my country... They were quite active during the last weeks and months.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Pedo empire doing what it does.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The guy who raped and killed children and possibly ate babies with his besties Jefferey Epstein and Ghisline Maxwell said that the Ayatollah was one of the most evil men in history? I’m skeptical

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Wtf has happened.

The internet has become much worse. Iran is the most important thing happening. But take reddit for example. There seems to be a moderation effort to eliminate multiple discussions and funnel everyone and everything into these single chats. Does that bother anyone else?

Back in the day there would be multiple discussions so many views and opinions. Multiple conversations created momentum and insight. Each iteration improved on the last with information and then there was a single thread that could link to multiple threads. It now seems like that's all gone. Everything is sanitized. I scrolled through some homepages even here on lemmy and it's like

lame joke,

cat posts,

dumb meme,

angry post about Hollywood,

ww3 breaking out mega thread,

cat video,

trumps a butt head,

video game

video game.

Is this our world now. The most important thing is moderated into a drawer so we can get back to the paying a cat tax and being silly guys. What the fuck is going on. I feel like I'm losing my god damn mind.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You aren't alone, but yeah, take a break

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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

I was hoping to see the Iranians throw him off a balcony but this is good enough.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 1 month ago

When we have a president who isn't smart enough to consider politics and wants to "do something"

We are about to see how much might the USA's military industrial complex has. We are up to kidnapped and sniped in a bunker for country leaders.

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