Mohammad Pakpour

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Iran activates wartime succession after Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes

As of May 2026: Killed in Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026

Ali Khamenei ruled Iran as supreme leader for 36 years until joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026, killed him along with family members and multiple top military and intelligence officials at his Tehran compound. The succession process is now opaque and under fire, with the Assembly of Experts' Qom site damaged, acting leader Ali Larijani facing a power vacuum, and the IRGC interim council trying to preserve control.

Updated May 30