US President Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, calling it the “single greatest chance” for Iranians to reclaim control of their country and warning that military action would continue.
“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in history, is dead,” Trump wrote, describing the development as “Justice for the people of Iran” and for Americans and others he said were harmed under Khamenei’s leadership.
Trump said the Iranian leader “was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems” and claimed the operation was carried out “working closely with Israel.” He added that other senior leaders were killed alongside him and said, “there was not a thing he could do.”
Calling the moment historic, Trump said it represents “the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.” He claimed elements of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and security forces are seeking immunity. “Now they can have Immunity, later they only get Death!” he wrote.
The president also signaled continued military pressure, saying “heavy and pinpoint bombing” would continue “as long as necessary” to achieve what he described as “PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD.”
Iran has not independently confirmed Khamenei’s death. The situation remains fluid as tensions across the region intensify. However, satellite images showed significant damage to the leader’s Tehran compound, one of the first targets of the bombing campaign.
Khamenei’s death would represent a massive blow to the Islamic Republic that he had led since 1989, a decade after rising to prominence in the theocratic revolution that toppled Iran’s monarchy and rocked the Middle East.
