President Donald Trump confirmed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during military strikes carried out Saturday by the United States and Israel.
President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military launched strikes, identified as Operation Epic Fury, in a video posted to Truth Social early Saturday morning. Khamenei’s body was subsequently recovered, Reuters National Security Correspondent Idrees Ali reported, citing Israeli sources.
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Officials currently serving in the Trump administration — which struck Iran on Saturday — previously criticized people who supported military action in the Middle East in op-eds and social media posts.
President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military launched Operation Epic Fury Saturday in an eight-minute video statement posted on Truth Social. The strike quickly drew criticism from current and former Trump supporters who highlighted the president’s past promises that the U.S. would avoid war under his presidency.
Avowed advocates of the right-wing America First movement had harsh words for President Donald Trump after he announced the U.S. military struck Iran on Saturday morning, with one alleging the president betrayed his MAGA base.
We said “No More Foreign Wars, No More Regime Change!” We said it on rally stage after rally stage, speech after speech. Trump, Vance, basically the entire admin campaigned on it and promised to put America FIRST and Make America Great Again.
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) February 28, 2026
My generation has been let down,… pic.twitter.com/P0l90kaZFZ
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said in an interview with “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan released Friday that a deal between the United States and Iran was “within our reach.”
WATCH: After meeting with Vice President JD Vance, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi – a key mediator in the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks – tells @margbrennan "the peace deal is within our reach.” He also said, “I don't think any alternative to diplomacy is going to solve this… pic.twitter.com/zOuSPxLy5j
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) February 27, 2026
Following the U.S. military’s Saturday morning strikes against Iran, key American allies offered a mix bag of responses.
While leaders of some longstanding U.S. allies, such as French President Emmanuel Macron, offered stern words of caution that the U.S.’s “escalation” against Iran “must stop,” leaders of Anglosphere nations including Canada, the U.K., and Australia offered messages of support.
Fox News anchor Bret Baier opined President Donald Trump’s Saturday strikes against Iran were especially meaningful because they were carried out while the sun was already up.
Baier, a former Pentagon correspondent, told “Fox and Friends Weekend” the Pentagon’s Operation Epic Fury against the Islamic theocracy was “not under the cover of darkness,” a decision he said evoked “confidence” in the U.S. military.
The Iranian regime launched missiles and drones against American and Israeli targets Saturday, with the Islamic republic’s Foreign Ministry vowing the United States and Israel would “regret their criminal act.”
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
— Foreign Ministry, Islamic Republic of Iran (@IRIMFA_EN) February 28, 2026
Regarding the military aggression by the Zionist regime and the United States against #Iran
Heroic and noble people of Iran,
Iranian compatriots,
Our sacred and beloved homeland, proud and… https://t.co/kRrzq2SjPk
A major geopolitical flashpoint erupted across the Middle East on Saturday after Iran launched missile and drone attacks targeting multiple Gulf nations, prompting Saudi Arabia to issue a blistering condemnation of what it described as “brutal Iranian aggression.”
UPDATE: The Middle East erupted into chaos Saturday after Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike targeting a major U.S. military installation in Bahrain.
According to multiple breaking reports, ballistic missiles struck near facilities associated with the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, headquartered in the island kingdom of Bahrain — a critical hub for American naval operations in the Persian Gulf.
The United States military launched targeted strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran on Saturday, following the escalation of tensions between the two powers and an apparent breakdown in diplomatic negotiations.
