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The US and Israel launched major military strikes against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Khamenei and triggering regional conflict and Iranian retaliation.

Trending on March 1, 2026

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BREAKING: Trump confirms "major combat operations" in Iran. Trump said the objective is to defend Americans by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, describing it as "a vicious group of very hard, terrible people." "It's been mass terror and we are not going to put up with it any longer," Trump said. He added that "it has always been the policy of the United States, in particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon. I'll say it again, they can never have a nuclear weapon."

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BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed dead, Trey Yingst reports.

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President Donald Trump has confirmed on Truth Social that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead.

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SEE IT: A crowd in southern Iran was seen toppling a statue of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

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Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei has reportedly been k*lled in US and Israeli strikes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Khamenei’s compound had been destroyed, according to Reuters, and Revolutionary Guard commanders and senior nuclear officials had been taken out.

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Iran’s government and state media have confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died at 86.

Multiple outlets report his death followed major US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and other areas, and Iran launching retaliatory missile and drone attacks soon after.

Khamenei had led Iran since 1989, and his death now raises major questions about what comes next, including how the country will handle leadership succession during a rapidly escalating regional crisis.

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From Kuwait to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, all countries hosting US military assets reported Iranian missile attacks on their territories.

Residents in Dubai, an emerging global financial hub in the Gulf, witnessed several loud blasts throughout the day. A high-end hotel on Palm Jumeirah, one of the emirate’s top tourist attractions, was hit by parts of a missile that was either intercepted or got knocked off its trajectory. Tap the link in bio for more.

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US and Israel have launched an attack against Iran.

CNN reports that Tehran, the capital of Iran, has retaliated by striking US and Israeli targets throughout the Middle East. Trump said the operation is “massive and ongoing,” and warns that American lives may be lost.

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The United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, targeting military and defense sites amid escalating tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and regional activity.

Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks aimed at Israel and U.S. assets in the region, with reports of at least one person ki**ing due to missile debris in the Gulf. The escalation led to airspace closures across parts of the Middle East, widespread flight cancellations, disruptions to shipping near the Strait of Hormuz, and a sharp drop in Iran’s internet connectivity. Global leaders, including France and China, called for restraint and urgent diplomatic engagement as fears of a broader regional conflict intensified.

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President Trump has confirmed the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.

He also announced, via Truth Social, that the US and Israeli attacks against Iran will continue for as long as deemed necessary.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader, Al Khamenei is officially dead. This is a statement to the entire leadership team of IRGC. Your days are numbered.

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Missile Strikes Dubai Hotel After US-Israeli Attack on Iran

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Donald Trump confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader since 1989, has died.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader, Al Khamenei is officially dead.

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BREAKING: Iran says Supreme Leader Khamenei will give a spee...

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Ali Khamenei, Iran’s anti-Western supreme leader who dominated the Islamic Republic for more than three decades, has died at 86. Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin explains.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been kill*d, according to senior Israeli and U.S. officials, after coordinated strikes targeted his compound in Tehran.

The escalation has pushed the Middle East into open conflict, triggering Iranian retaliation and raising urgent questions over succession and regional stability.

Traders predict a 59% chance the Iranian regime falls before 2027.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Killed in Strikes

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Killed in Strikes

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The United States and Israel have launched coordinated strikes on Iran, with explosions reported across Tehran and other cities. President Trump announces "major combat operations" underway to eliminate "imminent threats" from the Iranian regime.

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BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader projected to lose power this...

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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly died after the United States and Israel joined forces to launch several strikes on the Middle Eastern country Saturday.

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EMERGENCY PODCAST: Iran War Unleashed! U.S. & Israel STRIKE Khamenei | PBD #749

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Iran has launched retaliatory missile strikes against U.S. bases in the Gulf and targets in Israel, hours after the joint U.S.–Israel operation on Iranian territory.

Tehran vowed “no leniency,” marking a sharp escalation and raising fears of a broader regional conflict.

Traders predict a 77% chance Khamenei out as Supreme Leader of Iran by March 31

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The US is mounting its largest #military buildup in the #MiddleEast since 2003 — deploying at least a dozen #warships worth an estimated $50B.

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Trump launched Operation Epic Fury/Operation Lion’s Roar against Iran. So embarassing. We’re so Israel whipped. Netanyahu is our daddy. Mortifying.

There’s no imminent threat. We just bombed their nuclear sites last year. No missiles could reach us. But it’s the same old nonsense fear mongering bullshit and somehow people STILL buy it? People still believe this is SAFER for America? People believe that Donald Trump gives a FUCK about the people of Iran? We’ve been doing this same dance for like 50 straight years. And the middle east has been doing their dance for 2500 YEARS! How can anyone still buy this shit or think this will be any different?

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Aerial Images Confirm Iranian Supreme Leader
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Aerial Images Confirm Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Compound Has Been 100% OBLITERATED

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‼️ UPDATE: President Donald Trump has announced that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died in a scathing post on Truth Social.

In his post, he called Khamenei "one of the most evil people in History, adding ... "This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS."

📸 Truth Social / realDonaldTrump

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death at the hand of a nation he worked very hard to kill is a hinge moment in the history of Iran’s revolution, Karim Sadjadpour argues. Khamenei “did not build the Islamic Republic of Iran. He inherited it from its founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,” Sadjadpour writes. In 1979, Khomeini led a revolution that deposed a U.S.-aligned monarchy and replaced it with an Islamist theocracy whose three ideological pillars were “Death to America,” “Death to Israel,” and the mandatory covering of women—the hijab, he said, was “the flag of the revolution.” “Khomeini died in 1989, and his successor’s life’s work was to keep that revolution alive long after the society it governed had moved on,” Sadjadpour argues. “In this, Khamenei was remarkably, ruthlessly successful. But the world view he imposed was never truly his own. He was the spokesman for a ghost.” “Khamenei understood that his power was best preserved in a bubble. Not complete isolation—he wanted to sell Iran’s oil—but calibrated insularity,” Sadjadpour continues. “But insularity has its costs, and they were borne entirely by the Iranian people.” “Khamenei treated the relationship between the state and its citizens not as a social contract but as a predatory lease—nonnegotiable, imposed by the landlord, long since expired. The regime micromanaged the personal lives of more than 90 million people, dictating whom they were allowed to love, what they drank, what women wore on their heads,” Sadjadpour writes. “Khamenei confronted the paradox that every revolutionary caretaker must face: The revolution he preserved was designed for a world that no longer exists,” Sadjadpour argues. “In the end, he was felled by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, an American president and an Israeli prime minister whom he loathed. He lived by ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel.’ He died by death from America and Israel.” Read more at the link in our bio. 📸: Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP / Getty

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El líder supremo de Irán, Ali Khamenei, habría muerto en medio de ataques atribuidos a Estados Unidos e Israel, según reportes que circulan tras las recientes ofensivas en la región. Medios iraníes también informaron que familiares cercanos del dirigente fallecieron en los bombardeos.

La información surge luego de que el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, asegurara que el complejo de Khamenei fue destruido y que altos mandos de la Guardia Revolucionaria y funcionarios vinculados al programa nuclear iraní fueron abatidos, de acuerdo con reportes citados por Reuters. La situación marca un punto crítico en la escalada del conflicto en Medio Oriente y mantiene en máxima tensión a la comunidad internacional.

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One of @polymarket most profitable traders, known as “anoin123,” has reportedly been wiped out after betting heavily that the US and Israel would not attack Iran.

The trader had built over $2 million in profits in just two months by consistently betting against escalation, making the sudden reversal one of the most brutal losses in the platform’s history.

The loss shows how quickly geopolitical events can overturn even the most successful trades, where a single headline can erase millions and reshape market expectations overnight.

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Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed and that much of Iran’s senior leadership is “gone.”

He urged Iranian forces to lay down their weapons as tensions in the region continue to escalate.

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Both compound and supreme leader, gone.

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Both compound and supreme leader, gone.

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President Trump urges Iranians to “take over” their government following U.S. and Israel’s attack on Iran

“When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take.”

Iran responded to the attacks by striking Israeli targets and U.S. military bases in the Middle East

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Why are we always at war in the Middle East?

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Why are we always at war in the Middle East?

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Following the US-Israel strikes on Iran, the odds that Ali Khamenei is out as Supreme Leader have jumped to 59%.

Important information: If Ali Khamenei dies, the market will resolve upon the confirmed reporting of the death, based on the last traded price prior to death. If that price is unclear, the Outcome Review Committee will determine a fair market value.

(Please note: A prior version of this clarification was grammatically ambiguous. As a customer service measure, Kalshi will reimburse lost value due to trades made between these clarifications).

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U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran are escalating tensions across the Middle East, with officials warning military operations could last days or even weeks.

Retaliatory attacks and rising regional risks are fueling uncertainty as markets weigh the chances of a future U.S.–Iran nuclear deal.

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U.S. and Israel Launch Military Strikes Against Iran, Video Shows

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U.S. and Israel Launch Military Strikes Against Iran, Video Shows

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Donald Trump has launched combat operations in Iran “without congressional approval, with little appetite among his base for another U.S. regime-change operation in the Middle East, and with several allies in the region having discouraged new strikes,” Nancy A. Youssef and Jonathan Lemire report. “That leaves Trump in a position to claim personal credit for any successful parts of the mission,” they continue, “but also singularly associated with whatever happens next … He will receive the accolades for whatever goes well, but will also be saddled with the many possible downsides.” Trump said Iran was developing missiles that could reach the U.S. “even though intelligence assessments within his administration have not reached that same conclusion,” Youssef and Lemire write. “He said Iran posed an imminent threat, but had also said last June that U.S. and Israeli forces crippled Iran’s nuclear-development program. Trump did not say when or what would lead the U.S. to stop its campaign.” “But the most startling-–and unexpected-–declaration was his ambition to oust the Iranian government,” Youssef and Lemire write. “Trump offered immunity to members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the armed services, and the police if they laid down their arms … Yet he didn’t say whom any takers should surrender to, given that the operation has not involved any ground forces. And he put the onus of revolution onto Iranians themselves, saying the strikes were designed to create the people’s best chance for new leaders for generations.” “During his presidential campaigns, Trump reassured his supporters there would be no more ‘forever wars,’ and that the U.S. wouldn’t be bogged down in the Middle East,” they continue. “But with the launch of air strikes this morning, the U.S. is once again on the front lines of conflict there, with the desire to overthrow a nation’s government. How long war lasts—and where it leads Iran—is not up to just Trump or Israel. The fate of a war Trump sees as shaping his legacy is now in the hands of both the regime and the people inside Iran.” 📸: Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic*

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@theatlanticFeb 28

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Trump Video Message: U.S. Strikes Iran To Eliminate Imminent Threats

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The U.S. has gone to war against Iran, Tom Nichols argues: “This is not a preemptive war. It is a war for regime change. Many of Iran’s 92 million people want the regime removed. But it is far from certain that this will be the outcome.” “‘Success’ is not impossible—if by ‘success’ we mean the fall of the ayatollahs and the rise of a better, more humane, pro-Western government that does not seek to destabilize the Middle East; dominate Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen; and eradicate Israel,” Nichols writes. “But the path to that success is exceedingly narrow and mined with significant hazards. Destroying the regime’s capabilities is relatively easy, but nothing permanent—as Americans learned in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan—is achieved by bouncing rubble and piling up bodies. Destroying the regime itself is a far trickier business; dictatorships have a high pain tolerance, especially when the hapless citizens, not the leaders, bear the brunt of that pain.” Trump has “not offered a strategy, or identified any conditions that would signal that U.S. goals have been achieved,” Nichols continues. “Yes, he has vowed to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, but beyond that, he seems to be arguing for just inflicting military damage on the regime, on the assumption that enough ordinance on enough targets will weaken the grip of the ayatollahs.” “Americans have tried this before,” Nichols continues. “America twice had its hands full in Iraq, a nation of 37 million, even with the assistance of several nations.” This time “the target is two and a half times the size of Iraq, America has exactly one openly declared ally in this enterprise, no serious armed rebel force exists in Iran, and no coalition of nations is assembling to march into Tehran.” “Unfortunately, ways that all this can go wrong are more numerous and more likely,” Nichols writes. Read more at the link. 📸: Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / Getty

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@theatlanticFeb 28

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El líder supremo de Irán, Ali Khamenei, habría muerto en medio de ataques atribuidos a Estados Unidos e Israel, según reportes que circulan tras las recientes ofensivas en la región. Medios iraníes también informaron que familiares cercanos del dirigente fallecieron en los bombardeos. La información surge luego de que el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, asegurara que el complejo de Khamenei fue destruido y que altos mandos de la Guardia Revolucionaria y funcionarios vinculados al programa nuclear iraní fueron abatidos, de acuerdo con reportes citados por Reuters. La situación marca un punto crítico en la escalada del conflicto en Medio Oriente y mantiene en máxima tensión a la comunidad internacional.

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