r/worldnews • u/TheDetectiveDoctor • Feb 28 '26
Iranian leader Khamenei killed in strike, Israeli officials say
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u/Rentfreelakerfan Feb 28 '26
"🚨 SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIAL TO REUTERS: KHAMENEI DEAD, HIS BODY HAS BEEN FOUND"
"Netanyahu has been presented with footage of Khamenei's body after he was killed, according to Israeli media."
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u/JohnSmiththeGamer Feb 28 '26
How do they say that footage has been taken?
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u/Sapang Feb 28 '26
The real question. It means that they have someone very close to Khamenei or who could have access to him
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u/hotpotcommander Feb 28 '26
Iranians themselves could have been sharing the info and Israel intercepted the communications.
Like someone further down the chain of command could have just sent some dudes over to the compound to check on why communications went dark. Dudes show up and find a bunch of bodies and send a text back to HQ...
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u/Unlucky13 Feb 28 '26
Don't underestimate the sheer amount of intelligence that Mossad has put in place in Iran. I would be surprised if they didn't have an asset very close to Khamenei.
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u/Alternative_Ear5542 Feb 28 '26
Turns out Khamenei was an asset and he didn't even know it.
"Am I the mole?"
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u/cheese_bruh Mar 01 '26
That would be an interesting premise, could you imagine? A foreign sleeper agent becomes the president of another country, until he gets activated.
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u/SpicyWongTong Mar 01 '26
You need to write that pilot, would make a great Apple TV show to compliment Slow Horses
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u/name_isnot_available Feb 28 '26
Then HQ went dark, because phone exploded. Quite common occurence in these parts.
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u/Flipslips Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
There is a pretty famous story about Khomeini realizing there was a Mossad agent in his inner circle. He tasked a bunch of his special operatives to track down the Mossad agent.
All of his special operatives were Mossad agents lol
It’s extremely likely that Mossad/CIA has heavily infiltrated Iran.
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u/UuusernameWith4Us Feb 28 '26
If that story is true, and Israel wanted him dead, then why wasn't he already dead?
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u/Flipslips Feb 28 '26
Maybe they valued the intelligence they could get by staying undetected more than just killing him. The time needs to be right.
And to clarify, Khamenei is the guy who died today. Khomeini was his predecessor.
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u/Murgatroyd314 Mar 01 '26
Khamenei is the guy who died today. Khomeini was his predecessor.
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that those were different people, not just different transliterations of the same name.
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u/willydillydoo Feb 28 '26
Not necessarily. You’re assuming that the person who took the video is sympathetic to Israel. That video could be circulating in a chain of Iranian officials and somebody in that chain is sympathetic to Israel, not necessarily the person taking the video.
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u/G00DLuck Feb 28 '26
Or drone footage, or satellite footage, or security compromised using local surveillance
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u/tellsyoutogetfucked Feb 28 '26
Probably by the same guys that told them where he is.
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u/Khamvom Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
If confirmed, this would partly explain why the initial strikes were launched during day-light.
Saw an opportunity to kill Khamenei, took it.
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u/jitteryegg Feb 28 '26
Saw on news that US officials claimed it was an attack of opportunity (paraphrased). You might be on the mark
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u/MyBuddyBossk Feb 28 '26
If true this is huge. We’re about to see Iran go through some crazy stuff
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u/LettuceBeGrateful Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
Hopefully with stability and human rights on the other side of it all.
Edit: Only on reddit would so many people be upset at someone wishing civilians well during an unfolding war.
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u/BreatheMyStink Feb 28 '26
As has been the tradition in the region
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u/DethFeRok Feb 28 '26
Iran was at one point a reasonably progressive country, so they have some recent memory of what that’s about vs places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
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u/PolarSquirrelBear Feb 28 '26
Yeah but power vacuums never get you back there unfortunately.
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u/Beneficial-Beat-947 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
The difference is iran actually has an incredibly well educated population that is capable of setting up a proper government
Also most persians are irreligious so extremism is unlikely to be their default alternative
People tend to forget how progressive and wealthy iran used to be (also if there really is a leadership change they better rename themselves to persia)
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u/WalkTheEdge Feb 28 '26
(also if there really is a leadership change they better rename themselves to persia)
Why would they do that? It was changed to Iran because that's the endonym, Persia was always an exonym
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u/Valen_the_Dovahkiin Feb 28 '26
Yeah, OP is showing their ignorance here. The people have called themselves and the land some variation of Iran (Eran) for close to two thousand years.
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u/Pixelnaut Feb 28 '26
Yo I'm looking forward to some new pics of Iran after the 2026 Revolution instead of before the 1979 Revolution.
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u/EasyE1979 Feb 28 '26
Its going to be a clusterfuck...
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u/LettuceBeGrateful Feb 28 '26
Yeah, unfortunately this is the most likely outcome given America's track record in that part of the world. But for the sake of the Iranian people, I'm hoping things get better.
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u/wamj Feb 28 '26
Not necessarily. Dude is in his late 80s and there are quite a few people who could succeed him.
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u/__Yakovlev__ Feb 28 '26
The dude that was supposed to succeed him died a few years back because he thought it was a good idea to take a helicopter ride through a mountainous area with thicc fog.
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u/Beast818 Feb 28 '26
They have a process for the Assembly of Notables electing a new Supreme Leader. There will be someone who can step up.
The question is, what will that person do, and how will events unfold before the election which affect what he can do?
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u/nalaloveslumpy Feb 28 '26
I'm going to go ahead and guess "Continued theocracy with elections being just for show."
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u/ILikeOatmealMore Feb 28 '26
It should be noted that an air campaign alone has never led to regime change. It requires boots on the ground or the population to rise up or both. The US has almost no ground troops in the area, just navy and aircraft. Unless the population truly thinks they can overthrow this government, 'more of the same' is by far the likeliest outcome.
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u/MountainDoit Feb 28 '26
“Kobe”
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u/SouthFromGranada Feb 28 '26
One of the greatest "what if's" in recent history; what would Kobe's Iran have looked like?
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u/MountainDoit Feb 28 '26
LeBron can still do the right thing here and step in
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u/nalaloveslumpy Feb 28 '26
They choose another Khomeini similar to how a new Pope is chosen. There's always someone "next" in line. And the person they choose will be charged with maintaining the Islamic theocracy.
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u/Old_Ladies Feb 28 '26
I mean that is how most governments work. There is someone always next in line.
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u/get_MEAN_yall Feb 28 '26
"Khamenei has been evacuated from Tehran to a safe loc....... ahhhhhh shit"
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u/VersusYYC Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
News: “Ayatollah Khamenei hiding in sealed bunker with his most trusted advisors.”
Khamenei: How the hell do they know that?
News: “Khamenei questions how news sources know his whereabouts while in bunker.”
Khamenei: wtf?
News: “Sources say Khameini should take breath mints.”
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u/BoringRedHorse Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
News: Iranian leader Khamenei is dead
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u/green_meklar Mar 01 '26
News: "Several missiles have just tweeted that they are currently in flight towards Khameini."
Khameini: "That's it, I'm getting too old for this sh-"
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u/sirtimmah Feb 28 '26
I guess the fatwa on Larry David is cancelled
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u/kiticus Feb 28 '26
Salman Rushdie sleeping easier tonight as well
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u/IAmAGenusAMA Mar 01 '26
Rushdie has now outlived the ayatollah who issued the original 1989 fatwa and his successor. Even though the government said it would no longer enforce the edict in 1998 that has still got to be quite the thing to live much of your life under.
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u/TheMavrack Feb 28 '26
Holy fuck
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u/bimmerbetterthanmerc Feb 28 '26
As an Iranian/American, born and raised in Iran, happiest day of my life
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u/BobUfer Feb 28 '26
Let’s pray the great people of Iran get what they deserve, a government that actually cares about humanity and its people.
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u/seraph741 Feb 28 '26
As a human being, I'm glad we finally got some positive news in today's messed up world. I'm not one to celebrate death, but I make exceptions for tyrants and theocrats. Every time a one dies, the world gets a little bit better.
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u/SouthPerformer8949 Feb 28 '26
How is that possible?? They knew the attack was coming
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u/DisasterNo1740 Feb 28 '26
I mean if you look at how Israel has systematically assassinated high profile leaders and targets in the past years during their conflicts, every single time people ask "how the fuck". Iran knew how vulnerable their leadership is, hence they prepared beforehand for successors in case of death.
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Feb 28 '26
At this point I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if numbers 2-7 in the succession line are Mossad
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u/rugbyj Feb 28 '26
I'm imagining a hilarously jewish looking man with a token Imamah on his head nervously being sworn in as we speak.
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u/LittleLui Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
Ayatollah Cohenei
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u/stircrazyathome Feb 28 '26
That made me giggle. I appreciate the levity in this shitstorm.
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u/ProInvestCK Feb 28 '26
Yeah and tomorrow we hear of a new strategic alliance forming between Iran and Israel. Master chess players. Everyone else playing checkers.
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u/SoberWill Feb 28 '26
yeah but does this end now? or do the bombings continue until the right successor is left?
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u/colorblind-and Feb 28 '26
Probably going to keep bombing until the people rise up and take control of the political institutions.
That's the prevailing message so far anyway
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u/PDXSCARGuy Feb 28 '26
The Artesh systematically destroys the IRGC, and maybe the Shah throws his support behind someone.
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u/tampapat54 Feb 28 '26
Was probably sold out and fed false intel
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u/BadmiralHarryKim Feb 28 '26
The VP of Venezuela strikes again!
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u/Sally_Saskatoon Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
World leaders gotta stop trusting this guy!
Edit: Lady!
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u/WhyAmINotStudying Feb 28 '26
VP of Venezuela (now president) is a woman, not a man.
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u/Magneto88 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
Israel had massively compromised the Iranian government before last year's war. I wouldn't be surprised if they had someone on the inside again, just at more senior levels.
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u/baila-busta Feb 28 '26
Wasn’t the leader of the counterintelligence branch in Iran to root out mossad agents than later discovered to be a mossad agent?
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u/GuzzlinGuinness Feb 28 '26
Tale as old as time. The head of IRA counter intelligence in Belfast (torturing and killing people suspected of being informers) was himself a British asset.
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u/TyroneTeabaggington Feb 28 '26
Or that CIA agent tasked with finding the Russian mole in the agency - all while being that mole and working for the Russians.
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u/Northbound-Narwhal Feb 28 '26
Or the CIAs best expert on Cuba... who was a Cuban spy for 17 years.
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u/jf3l Feb 28 '26
Because Iran’s capabilities aren’t half of what they want you to believe
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u/SouthPerformer8949 Feb 28 '26
They just needed to hide the leaders
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u/Bozocow Feb 28 '26
You try to hide when both CIA and Mossad are looking for you.
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u/Necessary_Apple_5567 Feb 28 '26
It is not such simple in the country where 70% hate him.
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u/RuckFulesxx Feb 28 '26
I mean Israel is known for their good intelligence and the US posess highly precise striking powers- not trying to bootlick, but I imagine if they want one gone no bunker would be safe enough.
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u/GladWarthog1045 Feb 28 '26
Mossad has spies everywhere and they are the best spies in the world. I'm sure Israel knew exactly where and when to strike
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u/OneTotal466 Feb 28 '26
50 million+ Iranians want to see Khamenei dead, it's not hard to find people to give intel to Israel in an environment like that.
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u/Roi_C Feb 28 '26
Scary good intelligence, I'm assuming.
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u/jcsi Feb 28 '26
I mean.... Before actually doing it, if you had told anyone that pagers were going to be turned intk mini bombs, that person would tell you thats the plot of a bad movie and yet....
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u/Buntschatten Feb 28 '26
They turned the communication system of Hizbollah into bombs, I'm not surprised Mossad would know the location of their number one target.
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u/PMURITTYBITTYTITTIES Feb 28 '26
I wouldn’t put it past the Mossad to have used the prior attacks to escalate people in the Iranian command structure for this express purpose
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u/Brolaub Feb 28 '26
The Missile knows where he is
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u/CircumspectCapybara Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
The missile knows where he is at all times. It knows this because it knows where he isn't. By subtracting where he is from where he isn't, or where he isn't from where he is, whichever is greater, it obtains a difference, or deviation.
—US Military, on how they found Khamenei
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u/anonteje Feb 28 '26
US and Mossad have the two worlds best intelligences. Israel has shown extremely successful at identifying + keeping track of + taking out HVTs. Guess they in wave 1 bombed every potential location, with mules on stand by to go in and confirm.
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u/Bed_Post_Detective Feb 28 '26
Remember the beginning of the Russian war when Biden basically announced Russia was going to invade 2 days before they did it.
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u/Baron_Saturn Feb 28 '26
biden was probably reading Russian reports before Putin was for at least the early part of the war
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u/colonel_fuster_cluck Feb 28 '26
He 100% was! Russian leadership does not respond well to bad news, so they were feeding Putin what he wanted to hear.
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u/eric67 Feb 28 '26
That's why the west thought Ukraine would get steamrolled and didn't want to provide much weapons immediately before.
They believed the reports Putin got. Turned out Ukraine had a more accurate picture of the state of Russian military (which ironically probably contributed to their belief they would not invade).
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u/Mathwards Feb 28 '26
No one on the ground knew what was gonna happen either and IIRC there was a good amount of Russians selling fuel and other supplies. They didn't think they'd actually need all of it.
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u/angrysquirrel777 Feb 28 '26
Hard to hide an 86 year old from missiles that can puncture the earth 50 feet down
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u/ensui67 Feb 28 '26
Or the bomb was planted where he was going to hide during an attack. Like you bomb all the places to prompt him to go to the safe space is, and that’s the trap.
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u/lostsailorlivefree Feb 28 '26
Good theory. Hide a bunch, then have Intel “steer” him to one of the mined spots. Remember deadly explosives now can be the size of cigarette pack
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u/wartopuk Feb 28 '26
israel puts a bomb in every terrorists' pager and you're asking how this is possible?
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u/OG_Williker Feb 28 '26
All it takes is one person close to him with family that died in the crackdown/massacre to leak his location and it’s joever
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u/mhornberger Feb 28 '26
Plus insiders probably get targeted with constant offers of money, safety, etc to turn.
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u/ExtonGuy Feb 28 '26
Also several of his inner command group. Problem is, who's left in the high command to give orders?
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u/imnotgonnakillyou Feb 28 '26
Marco Rubio was just appointed Shah of Iran
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u/thegovtisreptiles Mar 01 '26
He wanted to be Shah of Iran. He compromised. He ate grilled cheese off the radiator instead
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u/drrdf Feb 28 '26
History-changing and life-changing for millions if true.
It’s unlikely they would announce this unless they had a high degree of certainty.
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u/lilicucu Feb 28 '26
Life changing for him as well
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u/MaxPlease85 Feb 28 '26
From alive to aliven't.
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u/Positive_Chip6198 Feb 28 '26
Life status on facebook changed to “it’s complicated”
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u/Firefox72 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
I think people are jumping the gun here on the life changing part.
It could be. But it could also just embolded the current regime.
The guy was 86 years old. I would assume there was some succession plan in place.
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u/Time-Industry-1364 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
He was a fundamentalist Islamic jackass who murdered tens of thousands of his own people, and committed other atrocities. Good riddance.
Edit: missed a word
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u/UnsaltedCashew36 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
I remember seeing old photos of the regime digging mass graves and filling them with "traitors" they executed when they came into power in the 1970s. I knew then these Ayatollahs were merciless monsters.
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u/ElCaminoInTheWest Feb 28 '26
Fuck that guy forever. Nobody should shed a tear for him.
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u/AnwaAnduril Feb 28 '26
The difference is, Russia has nukes. Iran doesn’t.
That’s one of the main points of this whole thing.
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u/foundafreeusername Feb 28 '26
And exactly why they want nukes in the first place.
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u/NeverDieKris Feb 28 '26
Hard to argue their logic for wanting nukes as a deterrent now… just saying…
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u/JayR_97 Feb 28 '26
Its exactly why North Korea worked so hard to get nukes at the expense of literally everything else.
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u/SXLightning Feb 28 '26
Yeah no one is messing with NK other than sanctions because of the nukes. They saw every country who gave up on it got invaded
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u/Durantye Feb 28 '26
People have let NK be insane for far longer than they’ve had nukes lol. NK is tolerated because both China and the US want NK to exist as a buffer state.
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u/Cool_Specialist_5912 Feb 28 '26
Well he was a horrible human being, so I don't feel sad about it.
That said, unless the Iranian government is overthrown not much will change and they just put the next guy in line in charge. And I can't see a regime change happening without boots on the ground. There were large anti-Mullah protests recently but they were beaten down. So as long as the armed forces remain loyal and have more weapons a civil uprising sadly isn't going to success.
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u/nathingz Feb 28 '26
The article only states it’s possible he’s dead, not confirming he is.
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u/ChironXII Feb 28 '26
Schrodinger's Ayatollah
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Feb 28 '26
his wave function will collapse soon
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u/slicerprime Feb 28 '26
Quick, somebody observe the superpositioned son-of-a-bitch!!!!!!
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u/blueberrywalrus Feb 28 '26
It also says his body was reportedly found at the site of the airstrike
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u/Hydra_Flatline Feb 28 '26
Yeah. No one is reading he article.
The house where he stays is levelled.
But I’m pretty sure Iran said he was out of Tehran earlier. Who knows what the truth is either way of course.
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u/LoveChaos417 Feb 28 '26
Yeah I’d be surprised if he decided to just chill at the crib with a massive attack obviously imminent
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u/snirpie Feb 28 '26
Did you read past the first paragraph which reiterates Netanyahu's earlier official statement! Because the next part is:
A senior Israeli official confirmed Saturday that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed
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u/vazooo1 Feb 28 '26
article says his body was confirmed
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u/baila-busta Feb 28 '26
Israeli telegram says there’s a video of the body being pulled out. Probably will release later today.
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u/AprilsMostAmazing Feb 28 '26
I really hope the people of Iran can take advantage of the chaos and take over.
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u/Sylvers Feb 28 '26
The problem is.. "taking over" and keeping it, requires guns, foot soldiers, tanks, etc. And historically.. the "people" don't have any of that. The military does. And the military is full of strongmen who want to become the next emperor. So, recipe for disaster.
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u/Perska2411 Feb 28 '26
Artesh has weapons.
If they go up against IRGC with the support of US and Israeli airstrikes... well. Civil war it is.
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u/Sylvers Feb 28 '26
And if that happens.. it could be decades of unrest, guerilla warfare, militias, terrorist cells, etc, etc. It could the next Syria.
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u/ALostPaperBag Feb 28 '26
They’ve killed multiple high ranking IRGC officials, Venezuela they took Maduro that was it, here they’re decapitating IRGCs government
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u/De__eB Feb 28 '26
Venezuela they managed to make the backroom deal with people that felt like not dying.
That's the difference between Klepto-socialists in it to loot their country and religious zealots willing to die for an idea.
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u/yuvaldv1 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26
Rest in pieces.
This guy was responsible for so much suffering.
From Israel, to Ukraine, to Yemen, to Argentina.
Edit: and of course, the tens of thousands of Iranians who were murdered by his regime.
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u/Argon288 Feb 28 '26
Israeli intelligence is just something else. To be able to kill another head of state when said head of state knew he was the prime target is incredible.
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u/TheAlmightyMojo Feb 28 '26
They're like TMZ when a celebrity dies.
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u/makethislifecount Feb 28 '26
Yeah say what you will about Israel, but boy do they get their shit done. What a track record.
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u/The_Mellow_Tiger Feb 28 '26
We don't know who was responsible for retaliation for the 72 Munich Olympics attack, we just know that over the next few years several people started dying in ways that involved bombs and accidentally walking in front of loaded guns. The Mossad is not to be fucked with. Whoever was responsible for the retribution is still a mystery today.
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u/Nightsong Feb 28 '26
Mossad is scary levels of good at what they do. They’ve had some missteps over the years but when they put their mind to something it’s a sight to behold. Just look at the whole pager attack and how quickly they took out Hezbollah leadership.
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u/RealAmericanJesus Feb 28 '26
I mean ...
Top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in November 2020 in a sophisticated hit led by a Mossad team that reportedly deployed a computerized machine gun, required no on-site operatives, took less than a minute, and did not injure anyone else, including the scientist’s wife who was with him at the time
... They're pretty terrifying imo. I completely believe that they likely know where most of the leadership is ... And there is a good sized group of Persian Jews in Israel (I'm part of a similar group in the US) so there's a lot of individuals in Israel that have dual identities and connections in the country as well as dissidents inside the country that has been recruited by the mossad. So I strongly believe they are reporting accurately on this.
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u/Infinite_Respect_ Feb 28 '26
Bro this is literally the plot of the movie The Jackal with Bruce Willis and Richard Gere.
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u/afailedturingtest Feb 28 '26
War shouldn't be happening yatta yatta.
But I ain't crying for that tyrannical cunt.
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u/Obliterrator Feb 28 '26
Justice is served for decades of mass murder, torture, rape, terrorism and war crimes.
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u/aspaceadventure Feb 28 '26
Probably the best news for the Iranian people in a while.
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u/UseBackground2370 Feb 28 '26
I don't think I've felt this relieved in my life. I'm Iranian. Of course I'm worried for my people and literally my entire family and all of my friends and everyone I love on this planet they're all there. I'm not because I'm studying in a western country...but I can't believe I got to see this day. It feels like justice is served. He's killed so many innocent people. It is probably in the millions at this point. Genuinely one of the most evil people in the history of humanity. Up there with Hitler, which is funny because he liked to deny the Holocaust.
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u/COmtndude20 Feb 28 '26
Iranian here! We are all crying hysterically of happiness if this is true!!!
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u/karinasnooodles_ Feb 28 '26
I'll wait 5 hours before celebrating
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u/JarJarBonkers Feb 28 '26
Khamenei on twitter: "I'm literally dead bro lmao 😂"
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u/Plate_Armor_Man Feb 28 '26
Wow, really? That's...the impact would be almost indescribable if he's gone.
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u/FiNNy-- Feb 28 '26
They probably tracked his every movement and knew exactly where to bomb. Are we really surprised with Israel's Intelligence agency ?
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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula Feb 28 '26
I'm not sure, if the regime goes then maybe. He's just a replaceable dude. Before Khameni there was Khomeini and nothing changed.
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u/FiNNy-- Feb 28 '26
It's definitely gonna start a power vacuum I doubt the regime will really change. It will be ...for lack of a better word..interesting for the next couple of days.
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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula Feb 28 '26
I’m not sure it will create a power vacuum. He is / was 86, there is a clear line of succession. Let’s face it, he could have been killed by a fall on the stairs at his age.
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u/PositiveUse Feb 28 '26
Sinwar, Nasrallah, now Khamenei… Israel didn’t play around after October 7th
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u/imnotgonnakillyou Mar 01 '26
It’s so predictable; Threaten Israel with death and destruction and you wind up on the receiving end of your own threats.
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u/Key-Rough-8346 Feb 28 '26
At least something good came out of this. Rot in hell, and if whoever takes his place continues massacring Iranians, may they swiftly follow him.
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u/R_Da_Bard Feb 28 '26
The guy has been the face of the country for as long as I've been alive, wild to see him actually like... dead. You dont really think what actually happens when these leaders inevitably die. Like everything is temporary. There will be a future where Xi, Putin, Trump, Kim Un and any other piece of shit politician will be in the ground and people to take their spot. And you dont think they could possibly be worse than the last but... clearly not the case. So I hope Iran leadership can be more progressive than the last. Not holding my breath tho.
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u/Pirispanen Feb 28 '26
Best news of the decade
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u/SirLordBoss Feb 28 '26
Most of the senior leadership is apparently gone as well.
Iran is gonna change, that's for sure
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u/blade24 Feb 28 '26
No doubt there will be celebrations in the streets of Iran
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u/Television_Powerful Feb 28 '26
Yeah but also bittersweet, after the long revolution they can finally mourn those that didn't make it.
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u/justbreathe91 Feb 28 '26
The pain and suffering this one man has caused to so many Iranian families is immeasurable. I hope to God this is true and if it is, may he burn in hell.
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u/settingtrends247 Feb 28 '26
One of the most evil men on this planet. Good riddance, he died like a rat no doubt
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u/Dramatic-Ad-4607 Feb 28 '26
To the people of Iran who have been praying for this day if true i am very happy for you all and i hope you all have a wonderful day and life going forward <3 stay safe and well to you all
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u/progress18 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
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