Khamenei Wife Dies From Injuries Sustained In US - Israeli Attack

wsyr.iheart.com · Mar 2, 2026 · Collected from GDELT

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Photo: Handout / Getty Images News / Getty ImagesThe wife of Iran's slain Supreme Leader has died from wounds she suffered during a U.S.-Israeli military strike, adding another major development to an already seismic week in the Middle East. Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, 79, died Monday (March 2) after succumbing to injuries she sustained when strikes on Saturday (February 28) killed her husband, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to Iran's Tasnim news agency, as reported by The Daily Star, she had been in a coma since those strikes. Iranian media confirmed her death on Monday (March 2), days after the attack that killed Khamenei on Saturday (February 28). The 86-year-old supreme leader had ruled Iran for decades, basing his leadership on fierce opposition to both the United States and Israel. Khojasteh Bagherzadeh's death comes as Iran and the broader region continue to reel from the loss of Khamenei, whose killing in the joint U.S.-Israeli operation already sent shockwaves across the Middle East. No official statement from the Iranian government detailing the specific circumstances of her death had been released at the time of this report. It remains unclear who will succeed Khamenei as Iran's supreme leader, and the country's political future is uncertain in the wake of these dramatic events. The international community is closely watching how Iran's leadership responds to the losses.