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sarisataka

(22,407 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:38 PM 13 hrs ago

Netanyahu says "there are many signs" Iranian supreme leader is "no longer with us"

Netanyahu says “there are many signs” Iranian supreme leader is “no longer with us”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday evening that “there are many signs” that Iran’s supreme leader is “no longer with us,” while stopping short of saying definitively that he was killed.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi earlier told NBC that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other high-ranking officials in Iran are still alive, as far as he knew. Iran has not published a video of Khamenei since the strikes began Saturday morning.

CNN previously reported that Khamenei was one of the targets of the opening salvo of strikes on Iran along with other senior leaders, but Israeli sources said there was no confirmation that Khamenei had been killed.

“There are many signs that this tyrant is no longer with us,” Netanyahu said, adding that Israel had destroyed his compound.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-attack-02-28-26-hnk-intl?post-id=cmm6ousj700003b749hkvp2xw

I take this report with the same salt I put on Iranian claims, but if it is true, it may be a case of be careful what you wish for. In the middle of fighting it is very likely a more radical leader will take charge
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Netanyahu says "there are many signs" Iranian supreme leader is "no longer with us" (Original Post) sarisataka 13 hrs ago OP
I think you meant "Radical" Layzeebeaver 13 hrs ago #1
Yes, TY sarisataka 13 hrs ago #5
It's is here that have the racial one Layzeebeaver 13 hrs ago #6
So very true nt sarisataka 13 hrs ago #7
I read that BiBi flew out of Israel. Any one know where to?? just curious riversedge 13 hrs ago #2
He's probably here... 2naSalit 13 hrs ago #8
Quiet Piggy orangecrush 13 hrs ago #3
Khamenei of Oz Frasier Balzov 13 hrs ago #4
He was moved... 2naSalit 13 hrs ago #9
...and even harder line Ayatollah will arise OR an IRGC dictatorship. roamer65 13 hrs ago #10

Frasier Balzov

(4,999 posts)
4. Khamenei of Oz
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:44 PM
13 hrs ago

"They tore my legs off, and they threw them over there! Then they took my chest out, and they threw it over there!"

He was 86 and fully depreciated.

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