{"id":52586,"date":"2026-02-28T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=52586"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:03:43","slug":"irans-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-is-gone-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=52586","title":{"rendered":"<h1><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei \u2018is gone\u2019 \u2013 Netanyahu<\/span><\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52587\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-at-5.02.34-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-at-5.02.34-PM.png 683w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-28-at-5.02.34-PM-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Signs are increasingly indicating that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed in a video address.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Tasnim and Mehr news agencies have reported that the supreme leader is\u00a0<em>\u201csteadfast and firm in commanding the field.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Khamenei\u2019s compound was struck in a\u00a0<em>\u201cpowerful surprise attack,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>\u201cthere are many signs\u201d<\/em>\u00a0that he\u00a0<em>\u201cis no more,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Netanyahu said later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump, speaking to NBC News in a phone interview, said he believed that reports of Khamenei\u2019s death were\u00a0<em>\u201ccorrect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, however, has said that he is\u00a0<em>\u201cnot in the position to confirm\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the claim.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/633253-khamenei-gone-netanyahu\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/633253-khamenei-gone-netanyahu\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}