BREAKING: Ayatollah Khamenei Likely Dead, Netanyahu Says; Israeli Officials Say He Is Dead.
Israeli officials also told Reuters that Khamenei’s body has been found.
In a new statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is highly likely that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, is no longer alive.
Israeli officials are now definitively telling members of the press, on background, that Khamenei was killed in airstrikes.
Axios’s Barak Ravid reports that Israel’s ambassador to the United States has confirmed to U.S. officials that Khamenei was killed.
Israeli officials are also telling Reuters that Khamenei’s body has been found.
If events follow historical precedent — as they did with Khomeini in 1989 and Raisi in 2024 — the regime would likely wait until tomorrow morning to issue any formal confirmation, typically during state broadcast hours and often accompanied by Qur’an recitation and mourning programming before or alongside the announcement.
In an interview with Ravid, President Trump said he had several off-ramps built into the military operation against the Islamic Republic.
“I can go long and take over the whole thing, or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians: ‘See you again in a few years if you start rebuilding [your nuclear and missile programs].’ In any case, it will take them several years to recover from this attack,” he told Ravid.
In response to the attacks, Ali Larijani, the ultra-powerful Islamic Republic national security advisor, said, “We will make the Zionist criminals and the shameless Americans regret their actions. The brave soldiers and the great nation of Iran will give an unforgettable lesson to the hellish international oppressors.”
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If this proves true, he will probably be replaced with someone 10 times worse. I didn’t think I could hate two people more than 47 and BiBi but I keep proving myself wrong way too often.
I think we’re going to have to wait a few days for the dust to settle, maybe weeks. Iranian government officials have said he’s alive and well, according to NYT.