Reported claim

“Israel and the United States assassinated Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 28 February 2026, the first day of the US-Israel war on Iran.”

Strengthened after Al Jazeera Features and Al Jazeera corroborated it.

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