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Reported claim

“Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli air strike on February 28, 2026, the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran.”

very low confidence 1 outlet · 1 report

Strengthened after South China Morning Post reported it.

Belief History

Jul 5 Jul 5

Sources

South China Morning Post supports medium reliability
Jul 5, 2026

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