Trump says 'evil' Khamenei is dead; strikes will continue 'uninterrupted' until peace is secured

US President Donald Trump declares that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed in today’s joint American and Israeli strikes against the Islamic Republic, which he says will continue “uninterrupted” throughout the week or as long as necessary until peace is secured.

“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump writes on Truth Social.

There is no confirmation from Iran and a tweet is posted from Khamenei’s X account purports to demonstrate that the supreme leader is still alive.

به نام نامی حیدر علیه‌السلام pic.twitter.com/n848j6KASq

— KHAMENEI.IR | فارسی (@Khamenei_fa) February 28, 2026

But Trump writes that Khamenei’s death is “not only justice for the people of Iran, but for all great Americans, and those people from many countries throughout the world [who] have been killed or mutilated by [him] and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.”

"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei…" – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/oXZTFGg5pS

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 28, 2026

While Israel was reportedly behind the specific strike that took out Khamenei, Trump indicates the US played a major role, while coordinating with Jerusalem.

Khamenei “was unable to avoid our intelligence and highly sophisticated tracking systems and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he, or the other leaders [who] have been killed along with him, could do,” Trump writes.

“This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their country. We are hearing that many of their [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], military, and other security and police forces, no longer want to fight, and are looking for immunity from us,” Trump claims.

Such capitulations have not been verified.

This image provided by Airbus shows the strike on Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran, on Feb. 28, 2026. (Airbus via AP)

Trump has called on Iranian security personnel to surrender in exchange for immunity or face imminent death.

“Hopefully, the IRGC and police will peacefully merge with the Iranian patriots and work together as a unit to bring back the country to the greatness it deserves,” Trump says.

“That process should soon be starting in that, not only the death of Khamenei but the country has been, in only one day, very much destroyed and, even, obliterated,” he claims.

“The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” Trump writes.