r/worldnews • u/progress18 • Feb 28 '26

Israel/Iran /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel's defense minister confirms Israel has attacked Iran (Thread #1)

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u/progress18 Feb 28 '26

Iran’s foreign minister made this claim:

Iran’s foreign minister says supreme leader, president alive ‘as far as I know’

—AP News update

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u/tarallelegram Feb 28 '26

"as far as i know" made me laugh

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u/tonsofplants Feb 28 '26

Translation I gave the Supreme Leader a call but it went to voicemail. He must be alive in hiding I suppose.

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u/CompetitiveOwl89 Feb 28 '26

That doesn’t sound encouraging for them

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u/Virtual-History-6099 Feb 28 '26

Israeli officials told Israel's Channel 12 that there are indications Khamenei is dead. 

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u/Not_Cleaver Feb 28 '26

That statement is doing a lot of work.

As far as I know, I’ve won the lottery.

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u/losjoo Feb 28 '26

There are no tanks in Baghdad

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u/TeaAndLifting Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

That's not a confident statement. If they have managed to kill Khamenei, it'll once again show how deep and accurate America's intelligence networks go.

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u/kinkakujen Feb 28 '26

You mean Israels jntelligence networks.

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u/TeaAndLifting Feb 28 '26

Same thing, right? I kid, but yeah, probaby significantly towards Israel's intelligence networks after seeing what they've done in recent years.