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Iranian state media confirms Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes
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This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him during an address in Tehran on February 17, 2026. (Handout / KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
Iranian state media confirms that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the US-Israeli strikes in Iran.
US President Donald Trump and a senior Israeli official said earlier that Khamenei was killed, but Tehran until now resisted confirming this.
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