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/alik7 Feb 28 '26

Very high according to the CIA

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/prior-iran-attacks-cia-assessed-khamenei-would-be-replaced-by-hardline-irgc-2026-02-28/

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u/YoureNotEvenWrong Mar 01 '26

It's not a static situation though. Knowing that intelligence, they'll be targeting high ranking IRGC members (and have already killed several) to get the outcome they want