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Iranian state TV confirms supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead
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Iranian state TV confirms supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead

Financial Times · Mar 1, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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US and Israeli forces pounded Islamic Republic with ‘massive’ strikes, drawing retaliatory attacks on Israel, UAE and Saudi Arabia

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