Reported claim

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a strike at the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran in February.

very low confidence 1 outlet · 1 report

Strengthened after BBC World News reported it.

Belief History

Jul 23 Jul 25

Sources

BBC World News supports high reliability
Jul 21, 2026

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