Live updates: Trump says Khamenei is dead; Iran denies

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Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of an Israeli-U.S. strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, February 28, 2026. /VCG

Here's what we know so far:

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks earlier in the day.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said earlier that the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian are both "safe and sound."

Iran has launched multiple waves of missile attacks targeting U.S. military bases across the Middle East, including those in Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that ongoing combat operations against Iran "will continue as long as necessary to ensure that Iran no longer poses a threat."

Iran's Red Crescent Society said on Saturday that 201 people were killed and 747 others injured in U.S.-Israeli attacks on the country, according to a report by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

At least one person was killed and seven wounded during an "incident" at Abu Dhabi's Zayed International Airport, officials said Sunday after Iranian strikes targeting the UAE and Gulf states.

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