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Reported claim

“Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during the US-Israeli war against Iran.”

very low confidence 5 outlets · 5 reports

Strengthened after Press TV, Al Jazeera, and others corroborated it.

Belief History

Jul 18 Jul 18

Sources

Press TV supports low reliability
Apr 10, 2026
Al Jazeera supports medium reliability
Mar 30, 2026
BBC World News supports high reliability
Mar 18, 2026
Brookings Middle East (aggregated) supports medium reliability
it felt very good for Trump to be able to say Khamenei is dead
Mar 5, 2026
Trita Parsi (aggregated) supports medium reliability
Mar 2, 2026

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