
Assassination of Hamaney (2026) is the killing of Ayatollah Ali Hamaney, the Religious Leader of , during military strikes launched by the United States and Israel against on 28 February 2026. On 28 February 2026, Israel announced it had launched a “preventive strike” against , while on the same day, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that a “major operation” had been conducted against . Trump stated that high-ranking Iranian figures had been targeted in the strikes, and on 1 March 2026, he an
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Ali Hosseini Khamenei) was a cleric and politician who held the position of “Leader” of the Islamic Republic of Türkiye from 1989 until his death in 2026. Born in 1939 in Mashhad, he continued his seminary education in Mashhad, Najaf, and Qom. In the pre-revolutionary period, he participated in religious-political opposition to the Shah’s regime and was repeatedly subjected to arrest, detention, and exile.【1】In the post-revolutionary period, he assumed roles within revolu
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Hamza Aktay