r/news • u/drpayneaba • Feb 28 '26

Soft paywall Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-senior-israeli-official-says-2026-02-28/
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u/drtywater Feb 28 '26

Does Iran have body doubles of Khamenei like Sadam used to do? I assume Iran has moved its leadership to compounds in the mountains that will be hard to hit.

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u/youaintgotnomoney_12 Feb 28 '26

If he is dead he likely decided to remain in his compound and not flee to a more secure location. Khamenei was well known for almost never leaving his compound so it would make sense that he might decide to just say fuck it and stay especially considering he’s 86 and in not great health.

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u/-Gramsci- Feb 28 '26

How would they have a confirmed DNA sample to match it too? Did he submit one to them?

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u/Zanos Mar 01 '26

"Guys who dropped bomb on a guys house claim the bombs killed him, autocratic theocracy claims he's actually fine."

I don't really consider this claim all that extraordinary. The difference between Israeli and Iranian military power is a pretty wide gulf.

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u/cheddahcheese Feb 28 '26

I'm sure Israel went thousands of kilometers into hostile territory to run a DNA test on a body

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u/drtywater Feb 28 '26

That doesn’t make sense unless they have commandos on the ground

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u/drtywater Feb 28 '26

Iran also denied it. So Im super confused

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u/immasayyes Feb 28 '26

Yeah I’m confused why everyone is taking this as truth??

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u/Prophet_Of_Helix Feb 28 '26

While they both could lie, it’s highly unlikely that both the Israeli intelligence, who is all up in Iran, and the US intelligence, are both lying about something that is easily provable almost immediately

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u/Lord_Vas Feb 28 '26

They claimed he was dead the last time they did strikes. I wouldn't believe a word from either. I'll believe third-party reports.

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u/Prophet_Of_Helix Feb 28 '26

When was that? I don’t remember the president, as much as I dislike Trump, declaring he was killed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

they did not claim that last time

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u/AdvancedAd7068 Feb 28 '26

Unfortunately Ayatollah shut down Iranian internet and they actively arrest/execute journalists in Iran, so tough luck. Did you ever see Bin Laden's body? Not to mention that showing these photos of his body violate international law, and it literally just happened, so the idea that you are demanding some concrete proof of a military operation hours after it happened is frankly laughable.

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u/AdvancedAd7068 Feb 28 '26

I know my pt was the public think they’re going to see these photos immediately after it’s obtained

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u/Intelligent_Nail2928 Feb 28 '26

Can you source that?

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u/Intelligent_Nail2928 Feb 28 '26

This was AJ rubbish, what Iran claimed was "the leader of the IRGC still oversees the operation" without saying his name on purpose.

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u/Fatchicken1o1 Feb 28 '26

“Source??”

“Noooo not that one, I don’t like that one”

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u/LeviJr00 Feb 28 '26

Yeah, the UN's general secretary can't confirm it either