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Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, died following US-Israeli strikes on Tehran around 1 March 2026

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Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, died following US-Israeli strikes on Tehran around 1 March 2026. Unconfirmed reports suggest his daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law were killed together with him in the strike on 1 February 2026, and unverified reports claim the 86-year-old was killed in Tehran during joint US-Israeli strikes at the start of operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury on 1 February 2026.

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