🚨 BREAKING — A dangerous rumor is tearing across the internet tonight: that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been assassinated.
Here’s what’s real right now (Feb 28, 2026):
Reports confirm major strikes on Iran after Israel said it launched a “pre-emptive” attack, with blasts reported in Tehran — including an explosion near the Supreme Leader’s office area, acknowledged on Iranian state TV without details.
On the assassination claim itself: there is still no official confirmation. Reuters reported an Israeli official said Khamenei was targeted, but the result was unclear, and separate reporting says he was moved to a secure location.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC that Khamenei is alive “as far as I know,” and Iranian state-linked reporting has pushed back on the death rumors.
Meanwhile, the region is already sliding into open war: Iran has launched retaliatory missile strikes across the Gulf and toward areas hosting U.S. forces, with at least one reported death in Abu Dhabi.
Diplomats are scrambling too — France has called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting, and an emergency session has been announced.
Bottom line: treat the “assassinated” claim as a rumor until Iran’s own officials/state media or multiple independent outlets confirm it. The bigger truth is already here: a direct U.S.–Israel–Iran clash is unfolding, and the next hours could change everything.
