New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani changed his mind on whether his administration would sweep homeless encampments — but only after 20 homeless people died amid winter weather.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who served as president of Iran from 2005 to 2013, was killed in an Israeli airstrike that directly targeted his residence in Tehran’s Narmak neighborhood on Sunday, March 1.
Iranian state-affiliated media confirmed the assassination, which reported that the ex-president died alongside his security detail and several companions.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is estimating that at least 40 senior Iranian military commanders were killed in Saturday’s joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting Iranian military and leadership targets on Saturday morning.
The operation, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” in the United States, commenced in the early morning hours local time in Iran.
President Donald Trump has issued a statement responding to confirmed reports that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes targeting his compound in central Tehran on Saturday morning.
Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS,” the president announced in a Truth Social post.
Celebrations reportedly erupted in parts of Iran on Saturday after news spread that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have been killed in a joint U.S.–Israeli military operation.
Videos circulating on social media show fireworks lighting up the night sky and crowds cheering in what appear to be residential neighborhoods across the country.
Iran has launched another massive barrage of missile and drone attacks against U.S. military installations in the Middle East and Israeli territory on Saturday afternoon. The latest barrage started just minutes after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, was confirmed dead after a series of strikes on his central Tehran compound.
