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BREAKING: Donald Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei killed in airstrikes | BBC News

2026-02-28 News & Politics
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Donald Trump has announced that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed. The US President stated on his Truth Social platform: "This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World.” "He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do… This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.” Satellite images show the compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader in ruins, following the launch of attacks by the US and Israel across the country. Israel said it had killed seven other senior Iranian leaders in the strikes. In response, Iran launched attacks throughout the Middle East. Strikes have been reported in Dubai, Doha, Bahrain, and Kuwait - all places with US military bases, or that are allied to the US. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen, Sarah Smith, Baran Abassi, Chris Mason and Frank Gardner. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@TommyNyangi-n2n 2026-03-01

These journalists that go into the hot zones are the real hero's

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@Fuzzybeanerizer 2026-03-01

Whoa! I totally forgot about the Epstein files, for a minute there...

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@mariakarla90 2026-02-28

Wow that was quick faster than me going to Tesco.

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@antoniovalle7071 2026-03-01

“Very hard, horrible people “. My dog has more control of American English.

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@AminaTatu-z3t 2026-03-01

Sadly innocent people will die. Let's pray for peace🙏😩

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@questionmore4675 2026-02-28

UN is useless

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@azulaquaza4916 2026-03-01

Dude thought killing 30,000 protesters would have no consequence

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@agt155 2026-03-01

Surprised the BBC didn't do an in memoriam.

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@gosnooky 2026-03-01

It's as though the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing ...

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@AdmiralSpaceballs 2026-03-01

I will not be boarding any planes or spending times in tall skyscrapers for a looong time

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