2026.03.01 12:35 GMT+8

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dead at 86

Updated 2026.03.01 12:35 GMT+8
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Iranian state media has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes at his office. Born in 1939 in Mashhad, Khamenei served as Iran's president from 1981 to 1989 before becoming the country's supreme leader.

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