"This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country," Trump said in a statement. The Israeli army said that Ali Shamkhani, a top advisor to Khamenei, and the head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Pakpour, were both also killed. Along with Khamenei, Iranian media said that his daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter were killed. One prominent survivor, Ali Larijani, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, vowed defiance. Residents and AFP correspondents in the Emirati, Qatari and Bahraini capitals heard multiple rounds of explosions from Iran's retaliatory strikes.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 01, 2026 03:28 UTC