{"id":67641,"date":"2026-02-28T16:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/us-israel-war-on-iran-donald-trump-says-irans-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-is-dead-latest-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:55:36","slug":"us-israel-war-on-iran-donald-trump-says-irans-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-is-dead-latest-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/us-israel-war-on-iran-donald-trump-says-irans-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-is-dead-latest-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Israel war on Iran: Donald Trump says Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead \u2013 latest reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US president proclaims Khamenei\u2019s death as \u2018justice for the people of Iran\u2019 after Israeli sources said Iran\u2019s leader had been killed <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/28\/trump-unprovoked-attack-on-iran-has-no-mandate-and-no-clear-objective\">Analysis: Trump\u2019s attack has no mandate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/28\/us-israel-strikes-iran-tehran-response-visual-guide\">A visual guide to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran \u2013 and Tehran\u2019s response<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blasts have been heard in several cities, including the capital, Tehran, and Isfahan in central Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reports there are long queues at petrol stations in the capital, as many people try to leave. An unnamed Iranian official who spoke to the news agency said several ministries in southern Tehran had been targeted.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/feb\/28\/israel-attacks-iran-as-blasts-heard-in-tehran-live-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president proclaims Khamenei\u2019s death as \u2018justice for the people of Iran\u2019 after Israeli sources said Iran\u2019s leader had been killed Analysis: Trump\u2019s attack has no mandate A visual guide to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran \u2013 and Tehran\u2019s response Blasts have been heard in several cities, including the capital, Tehran, and Isfahan in central &#8230; <a title=\"US-Israel war on Iran: Donald Trump says Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead \u2013 latest reports\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/us-israel-war-on-iran-donald-trump-says-irans-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-is-dead-latest-reports\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about US-Israel war on Iran: Donald Trump says Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead \u2013 latest reports\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}