Khamenei Confirmed Dead After IDF Strike on Tehran Compound as Israeli Officials Report Body Found
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead after an Israeli airstrike hit his fortified compound in Tehran during the opening hours of Operation Epic Fury, according to Israeli officials who say his body has been recovered from the rubble. President Trump confirmed the reports Saturday afternoon, telling reporters 'we feel that that is a correct story.' Netanyahu said there are 'many signs' Khamenei is 'no longer alive,' while the Israeli ambassador formally notified U.S. officials of the death. Iran's foreign minister, in an NBC News interview, would only say Khamenei was alive 'as far as I know.' The killing of the 86-year-old supreme leader — Iran's most powerful figure since 1989 — is the most consequential targeted strike since the U.S. killed Qasem Soleimani in 2020, and its implications for Iran's political future, proxy networks, and the trajectory of the conflict are incalculable. CIA assessments reportedly warned that Khamenei could be replaced by even more hardline IRGC elements, raising the prospect that removing the ayatollah may not bring the regime change Washington is seeking.
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Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed... He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
— Psalm 2:1-4
The ancient question of Psalm 2 echoes across millennia into today's headlines. The rulers of the earth build fortified compounds, command armies, and suppress their people — and yet before the Lord of history, all their scheming amounts to nothing. The death of one of the world's most powerful despots is a reminder that no human power is beyond the reach of divine sovereignty.