Click to see full-size image. (Israeli Defense Forces)
The signs are growing that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “is no more,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement to the Israeli public released late on February 28.
The primer said that this morning Israel eliminated Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, senior Iranian regime officials, senior nuclear officials, and that in the coming days, “we will hit thousands of targets of the terror regime.”
Netanyahu went on to say that Israel will create the conditions for the Iranian people to “free itself from the chains of dictatorship.”
The operation being carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran “will continue as long as is necessary,” said Netanyahu, “and stamina is necessary.”
Furthermore, Netanyahu thanked President Donald Trump for his “historic leadership,” describing him as a “leader who keeps his word.”
Netanyahu said that the operation will “lead to peace, true peace,” noting that Israel went to war to “fundamentally change” the situation in which Iran was on its way to a nuclear weapon that would enable it to drastically increase its threats against its neighbors.
Following Netanyahu’s statement, Israeli officials told Hebrew media that Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike in the morning. Satellite imagery published by The New York Times earlier in the day revealed that Khamenei’s compound in the Iranian capital, Tehran, was destroyed.
Channel 12 later provided more details. In a report, the news channel said that Netanyahu and Trump were shown an image of the body of Khamenei, after it was recovered by Iranian authorities from his compound.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter updated American officials that Israel had succeeded in killing Khamenei, a source familiar with the matter also told The Times of Israel, confirming another similar report by the American Axios news site.
Following these reports, Khamenei’s top aide Ali Larijani publishes a statement on his X account vowing revenge, without confirming the death of the Supreme Leader.
“We will make the Zionist criminals and the shameless Americans regret their actions. The brave soldiers and the great nation of Iran will deliver an unforgettable lesson to the hellish international oppressors,” Larijani wrote.
Amid these reports, the Israeli military announced that it was able to verify the death of a number of senior Iranian officials, including:
- Ali Shamkhani, a former IRGC Navy chief and Iranian army chief, and a top adviser to Iran’s Khamenei. Israel targeted him in last June’s war, and initially believed it had killed him.
- Mohammad Pakpour, the commander of the IRGC. The IDF said that Pakpour led Iran’s “plan to destroy Israel,” and he was responsible for missile and drone attacks on Israel.
- Salah Asadi, the chief of intelligence in Iran’s military emergency headquarters, and the senior intelligence officer of Iran’s armed forces’ general staff. The IDF said that he was also involved in Iran’s “plan to destroy Israel.”
- Mohammad Shirazi, the chief of Khamenei’s military bureau since 1989. The IDF said that he was responsible for “the liaison between the senior commanders of the armed forces and the leader, and was a central figure in the top ranks of the Iranian terror regime.”
- Aziz Nasirzadeh, Iran’s minister of defense, and a former chief of the Iranian air force and deputy chief of staff. The IDF said that he was responsible for “industries producing long-range missiles and weapons transferred to regime proxies, as well as for the SPND organization, which advanced projects in the fields of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.”
- Hossein Jabal-Amelian, chairman of SPND. The IDF said that he was responsible for “developing advanced technologies and weapons for the regime” and advanced “projects for years in the fields of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.”
- Reza Mozafari-Nia, a former chairman of SPND. The IDF said he “advanced efforts to develop nuclear weapons.”
Click to see full-size image. (Israeli Defense Forces)
Iran has not yet confirmed the death of any of these commanders, and some media reports that came out from the Islamic Republic even denied that Khamenei was targeted.
The killing of the Supreme Leader will likely take the ongoing war into a whole new level. The response of Iran and its allies in the Middle East will likely go beyond missile and drone strikes. Untraditional attacks could take place, and the war could drag on for months.
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iran nie oszukujemy się został już znokautowany. systemy rakietowe, radarowe , okręty i ajatollah wszystko zniszczone. rosja i chiny tylko wyrażają “głębokie zaniepokojenie”, a hezbollah nawet nie zareagował. mogli atakować przed atakiem żydów i usa… tak zostali zdziesiątkowani
trump didn’t call it for no reason operation epic (or epstein) fury.
the new iranian ayatollah should demand that putin kill all the alawites who fled to russia because they are traitors and iran is being attacked because of their cowardice.
that russia must avenge the death of its main ally and make the traitorous alawites pay.
if he goes to prison for epstein and his shared pedophile exploits, he will be at the bottom of the prison ladder. he will be hated like lucy letby and her pakistani wife’s husband. letby now has a wife, or same-sex partner, in prison, whose husband was ***** in prison. i wish trump a long life in prison and i hope it’s for pedophilia, because pedophiles are at the bottom of the prison social ladder. i don’t wish death on anyone except the alawites.
their betrayal of syria is so disgusting, because it also led to the severing of ties between lebanon and iraq, that they deserve to be killed by isis-k that’s why iran has been attacked for the second time in six months, and that’s why i hope that someone will come to power in russia who will extradite everyone who has fled to russia to syria or the hague. iranian drones changed the course of the war in ukraine, and putin would be right to kill the traitorous alawites.
damn the jews have embarrassed the iranians two times in a row now, just this time they have totally decapitated iran. once iran falls there is no more “axis of resistance,” all of israel enemies have been destroyed, israel controls the entire middle-east now.
if you want to believe in the shit/slop dished up for western media by these bagel apes in this ‘unit 8200’, or whatever, go ahead.
but you sound as if you’re enjoying it, aren’t you inbred ? look out. the truth may be stranger than fiction.
given the fact that iran supplied putin with drones that turned the tide of the war in ukraine, i think putin is obligated to kill all alawites.
i hope and wish that the next ayatollah would demand that putin secretly kill all the alawites who have fled to russia.
iranian drones changed the course of the war in ukraine and gave putin a huge amount of territory. russia was on the verge of defeat and could not even defend its territory until iran supplied russia with missiles.
therefore, the new iranian ayatollah must demand that putin liquidate all the alawites who betrayed syria and thus iran.iran gave putin drones and putin must therefore pay iran with the death of all the alawites who fled to russia.
until iran themselves confirm it then i’ll believe it.
russia and china are cowards. us will rule the world!
you’re not soviet change your name coward.
he is a real sowjet like lenin was. loyal to the bankers dynastys and hating every people but the chosen ones.
good riddance. isreal and the us will finish off iran not in 12 days but in six days tops.
six day war dejavu all over again. yeah baby.
you cannot finish anything, that’s what your wife said to me. so how will you finish iran when you cannot finish houthis……
hey islamic fanboy here’s your three emojis just only for you
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yemen was kabuki theater so idiots like you, iran, russia and china, feel a useless sense of confidence.
just like you finished off the taliban in afghanistan after 20 years of war only for the taliban to regain power. i don’t know what kind of ssri’s you are on. but, it is clearly affecting your judgement.
hace unos días salió la noticia de que el avión presidencial ruso fue a irán y hoy en rt salió la noticia de que el ayatolá ya no estaba en teheran
ponde-vos a toques, ó ziobanderitas.
this is a ruse by the yanks and the geniciders to draw khomeini out of safety. to profile another opportunity to murder him.
the other side like to play chest.
nuclear bunkers moving deeper undergound beneath bigger mountains. that is all israel achieved
irgc military so supreme all of its senior commanders instantly met their 72 virgins hahahahaha
meanwhile your idiol hitler ayatoilet is gone down the toilet hahahahahahha
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when you hit puberty, you won’t know what hit you.
you’ll be asking your mother for advice on how to deal with what’s happening
if you are “protected” by russia and china, you already know what to expect.
pussis like pudding and xijingpin can’t even protect their own people.
pussies like jews and amerikunts are killing their way to a future full of enemies
your idol hitler ayatoilet is a pussy to begin with. hahahahaa
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a former pussie, now is worm food, and the worms may even get indigestion consuming such disgusting carrion.
5 million muslims in america. 100 million in europe. i hope you feel “protected” by trump! but yes russia and china are cowards! a lot of muslims aren’t!
no, but they’re a stupid breed, who think that praying to a prophet, married to a ten year old, would spare them their devil’s share.
strange how joo lies are endlessly repeated. and the real kiddie molesters are creeps with big noses and little black hats.
no they are not stupid because of their religion but stupid because they had decades to prepare for this exact scenario and they allowed the isrealis and americans to pick of their allies one by one and they finish them off last.
i recently heard that islam was created by jews i gues the child thing is persistant even if you change teams.
a lot of muslims are sunnis they celebrate probably every dead iranian.
all these ad missiles used up will be difficult to replace because of the restrictions put in place by the chinese on the export of rare earth metals (of which they control 90% of refining). new f35s are delivered without radar probably because of that reality.
this seems like a desperate attempt from the us empire to effect some damage to its designed adversaries before it is too weak to do so.
depends on if they have a contingency plan. if they get a puppet in place in iran then china can descide if they want iranian and venezuelan oil in exchange for the rare earth or not.
there never was a regime change operation successful with air power only. never. and russia is just north of china, meaning there are alternatives at the same time china is electrifying at a staggering pace. the us has been working to source rare earth minerals for more than 10 years and failed. facts, not wishful thinking.
like all declining empires in history, the us is ever more overextending itself militarily, having failed to recognize that its decline is due to internal factors. it will at one point face reality, and my guess is that is pretty soon.
case in point : the sls launch has been delayed once again while the orion spacecraft was declared a class a mishap by nasa. the usa is not going back to the moon, while china is already there.
“iran: us officers from the manama base moved to a hotel where the attack landed”
topwar
got all the centcom apes in one hit
now will iran finally declare holy war? if not, why a “islamic republic”? oh wait… the houthis are shia… and much more. very wise, killing an entire religion leader! trump again show it’s true colors! it’s time to russia and china wake up! use your nukes or loose it! russia and china are next in line if they continue with cowardice!
russia and china sucks! us will control the world!
the mightiest enemy us ever faced was betrayed and capitulated. soviet union. us will take over the world. accept it. no real enemies. only cowards that “play by the rules”. another coward bites the dust. after maduro, khamenei. north korea, russia and china are next in line!
obrigado por te confessares, ó mongoloide anglojudeu.
it is confirmed the dumullah is kaputt and fubar.
confirmed by a clown 🤡 and the lying zios. 😂
time to put a fat bounty on the paedo in chief and all his joo masters.
no it isn’t junior 🐰
mostly zionist hogwash. the us pedo epstein regime is sounding desperate.
lots of tears at southfront today…heheheh
what a strange post. filled up your fuel tank yet ? (assuming you have one, and old enough to have a licence)
at least the iranian leader did not hide in a bunker and accepted his fate. unlike drumpf and nutteryahoo.
as usual, the m*r*ns claim victory when the fighting just started and will last much longer that trump and lucifer wish.
killing other countries leaders and stealing gold,oil,gas is real imperiliasm and colonial goals of devide destroy and rule.if all the other countries start doing the same will mileikowski natayahu still enjoy killing.
in short history trump and mileikowski natayahu haas lots of iranian people blood on their hands.george bush kills over milion iraqi civilians and un up to date over look in silence
all the jivas are the same value.
trump is the world bigest goliath freak all freaks.
as an inferior americunt i am required to bend over when hebrews want to squirt jizz in my anuz
if russia and china “protect” you, you know what to expect. ¿then many world leaders will surely opt for multipolarity in the future?
ask qatar, saudi arabia, bahrain, uae about the protection provided by the usa … because those have defense agreement with the usa when iran doesn’t have any with russia or china.
the bs won’t save you.
americunt leaders too stupid incompetent —only targeted by hebrew peniz