How US & Israeli Strike KILLED Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei

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On the morning of February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched the largest combined military strike in modern Middle Eastern history — a coordinated aerial assault targeting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the entire senior leadership of the Islamic Republic. Roughly 200 Israeli fighter jets struck over 500 targets across Iran while the U.S. military launched Operation Epic Fury, targeting Iran's nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile sites, and IRGC installations. Khamenei's compound in downtown Tehran was hit with approximately 30 bombs, reducing the fortified complex to rubble. President Trump confirmed Khamenei's death on Truth Social, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declared the operation a success planned in close coordination with Washington for months. This video breaks down exactly how the strike was planned and executed — from the intelligence that confirmed Iran's top leadership had gathered in Tehran during Ramadan, to the deliberate decision to accelerate the timeline and strike in broad daylight on a Saturday morning, to the coordinated decapitation strike that killed over 40 senior regime figures including IRGC commanders, the defense minister, and the intelligence chief. We examine the years of Israeli intelligence penetration that made the operation possible, the collapse of Iran's Axis of Resistance proxy network, and the historic significance of the first assassination of a sitting head of state by Israel. Inside Iran, the reaction was deeply divided — state media broadcast mourning while ordinary Iranians celebrated in the streets of Tehran. With no successor named and the constitutional body unable to convene under ongoing airstrikes, the Islamic Republic faced its most existential crisis since the 1979 revolution. This is the full story of how the Supreme Leader of Iran was killed, and what it means for the future of the Middle East.

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Iran fired missiles at seven countries in a single afternoon. Bahrain, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan all hit. U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters under attack for nine hours. Trump calls for regime change — "take over your government." Full Day One breakdown.

Twelve hours after the first strikes, Iran launched what the IRGC called the first wave of large-scale missile and drone attacks — and they did not just fire at Israel. Ballistic missiles struck American military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, and Jordan. Saudi Arabia and Iraq intercepted incoming fire. A hotel in Dubai is in flames. The headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain took direct hits and endured over nine hours of continuous attack. Military families were ordered to evacuate high-rise apartments in Manama. Seven countries under fire in one afternoon — a scope nobody predicted.

We now know two separate operations are running simultaneously. Israel's campaign is Operation Roaring Lion. The Pentagon's is Operation Epic Fury. Two sovereign militaries, two named operations, against the same country at the same time — something that has not happened since World War Two. Netanyahu placed a book about Allied coordination in WWII on his desk for the cameras. That was not an accident.

Western intelligence sources told the Washington Post that strikes on Iran's Ministry of Intelligence killed at least four top leaders including the heads of counterterrorism and counterintelligence. Israel targeted the defense minister and IRGC ground forces commander — both reportedly killed. Satellite imagery shows damage inside Khamenei's compound. Iran's own foreign minister said the Supreme Leader is alive — then added the words "as far as I know." The Iranian Red Crescent reports two hundred and one killed and seven hundred forty-seven wounded across twenty-four provinces. The strikes were not concentrated. They were nationwide.

Then came the words that changed everything. Trump told the Iranian people — bombs will be dropping everywhere, when we are finished, take over your government, it will be yours to take, this will probably be your only chance for generations. He offered the IRGC complete immunity if they lay down their weapons — or certain death if they do not. No American president has openly called for the overthrow of the Iranian government since 1979. This is no longer a strike. This is a war with a stated objective — regime change.

Vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped twenty to twenty-five percent. Four supertankers carrying eight million barrels turned around. The Houthis announced they will resume Red Sea attacks. When oil markets open Sunday night in Asia, expect chaos.