{"id":1363882,"date":"2026-02-28T22:09:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/body-found-under-rubble-of-residence-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-in-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T22:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:09:38","slug":"body-found-under-rubble-of-residence-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/body-found-under-rubble-of-residence-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBody found under rubble of residence\u201d: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed in a US-Israeli operation. His body has reportedly been found, but Iran has not officially confirmed this information.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/iran-crisis-live-explosions-tehran-israel-announces-strike-2026-02-28\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> The agency, citing an unnamed Israeli official familiar with the situation, notes that Ali Khamenei is &#8220;really dead.&#8221; According to the source, his body has already been found.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGTNEurope\/status\/2027830716554215917\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CGTN,<\/a> citing a high-ranking Israeli official, writes that Khamenei&#8217;s body has been found.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Senior Israeli official: Khamenei is dead, his body has been found,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, Axios journalist Barak Ravid <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BarakRavid\/status\/2027830773328302396\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">provided<\/a> similar information.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter has informed American officials that Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike on his residence,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, there is currently no official confirmation from Iran.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that there were many indications that Ali Khamenei could have been killed in Israeli-American strikes. He also reported that the compound of the Supreme Leader of Iran was destroyed in the strikes on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;There are many signs that Khamenei is no longer alive. Today we have eliminated several important figures involved in Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, and we will continue to strike several of the regime&#8217;s facilities,&#8221; the Israeli Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n<p> Netanyahu called on Iranians to &#8220;take to the streets en masse&#8221; to overthrow the regime, adding that they have a &#8220;unique chance&#8221; to overthrow the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Take to the streets en masse&#8221; and &#8220;do your job,&#8221; he stressed.<\/p>\n<p> The Israeli prime minister added that &#8220;the time has come to unite&#8221; and &#8220;come together for a historic mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/israel-attacked-irans-intelligence-ministry-at-least-four-officials-were-killed-panic-broke-out-in-the-department\/\">Israel attacked Iran&#8217;s intelligence ministry: at least four officials were killed, panic broke out in the department<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\nRecall that on February 28, Israel carried out preemptive strikes on Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/izrail-zavdav-preventyvnykh-udariv-po-iranu-i-khezbolli-v-livani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and also attacked Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon<\/a> . A state of emergency was declared throughout the country. Later, it became known that the strikes on <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/udary-po-iranu-ie-spilnoiu-operatsiieiu-izrailiu-ta-ssha-zmi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran were a joint operation between Israel and the United States<\/a> . After that, US President Donald Trump confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/tramp-pidtverdyv-udary-ssha-po-iranu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the United States had launched a military campaign in Iran<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-masovano-atakuvav-ob-iednani-arabski-emiraty-u-dubai-horyt-p-iatyzirkovyy-hotel-ie-zahyblyy\/\">, in Dubai, a fire broke out near the Fairmont The Palm hotel on the Palm Jumeirah island after a munition fell amid attacks from Iran<\/a> . The Ministry of Defense announced the interception of missiles and confirmed the death of 1 civilian as a result of falling debris. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-atakuvav-dronamy-bahatopoverkhivku-v-bakhreyni-ta-aeroport-kuveytu-ie-postrazhdali\/\">in the capital of Bahrain, Manama, Iranian drones attacked residential buildings<\/a> . Civil defense is conducting firefighting and rescue operations at the sites of the hits.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed in a US-Israeli operation. His body has reportedly been found, but Iran has not officially confirmed this information. This is reported by Reuters . The agency, citing an unnamed Israeli official familiar with the situation, notes that Ali Khamenei is &#8220;really dead.&#8221; According to the source, his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1363871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1363882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}