In what would be a historic moment in the mideast, President Trump announced Iran’s supreme leader has been killed in joint U.S. and Israeli strikes. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led Iran – which the U.

World News Iran’s supreme leader has been killed during major attack, Trump says “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump wrote in a social media p

President Donald Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States

President Donald Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead.Feb. 28, 2026 Trump says Iran's supreme leader was killed in attack by U.S. and Israel © 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC

President Trump announced on Saturday that the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran had killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the nation’s supreme leader for almost 37 years and an implacable

The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in what President Donald Trump said was a massive operation to destroy the country’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of it creating a

Donald Trump and Israeli sources say the attack, which targeted Iran's top leaders in an effort to eradicate its government, has killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989. Iranian officials say he is still alive.

As Tehran retaliates by firing missiles at U.S. bases in several countries across the region, officials, aid groups and world leaders fear the confrontation could escalate.