The Persian country declares 40 days of mourning and Iraq, three days of mourning
TEHRAN, March 1, 2026 (EFE).– Iranian public television confirmed the death of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khameneiin the bombings by the United States and Israel against the Islamic republic.
The Ayatollah Ali Jamenei He died at the age of 86 and was the supreme leader of Iran since 1989, 37 years ago.
For the death of the supreme leader, Iran declared 40 days of mourning and Iraq, three days of public mourning.
Yesterday afternoon, Saturday, February 28, the president of the United States, Donald Trumphad reported the death of the Iranian leader.
Iran confirms the death of Ali Khamenei
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard also confirmed the death of the ayatollah Ali Jamenei.
“We have lost our great leader and we mourn him (….) His martyrdom at the hands of the most terrible terrorists and exterminators of humanity is a symbol of his virtue,” said the Revolutionary Guard Iranian in a statement replicated by the Iranian Fars agency.
“We invite all sectors of society to demonstrate their national unity and cohesion with enthusiastic participation in national defense, showing the world and the evil terrorists of this nation their solidarity,” the military body added.
40 days of mourning
In an emotional message, a state television presenter who announced the death of Jamenei He said that the country will enter 40 days of mourning.
Trump announced yesterday Saturday that Ali Jamenei He died in the missile attacks and called on the Iranian people to “take back” their country after decades of ayatollah rule.
“Jameneione of the most evil people in history, has died. This is not only justice for the Iranian people, but for all the great Americans and people in many countries around the world who have been killed or maimed by Jamenei and his band of bloodthirsty thugs,” he wrote Trump on your Truth Social network.
For its part, Fars news agencysimilar to Revolutionary Guardreported that the daughter, son-in-law and grandson of the supreme leader died on Saturday morning in the missile attacks that the United States and Israel carried out against the Islamic Republic.
Furthermore, the same media indicated that one of the daughters-in-law of Jamenei He died during one of the attacks on Saturday.
The offensive of EU e Israel started early on Saturday against targets in Tehran and other Iranian cities such as Tabriz (northwest) and Isfahan (center).
The attacks have already caused just over 200 deathsaccording to the calculations of the Red Crescent.
Killing Ali Khamenei, a “big mistake” by the US
On its website, the agency Al Jazeerabased in the Middle East, reported that Harlan Ullmannpresident of the strategic advisory group Killowen Group and advisor to the group of experts Atlantic in WashingtonDC, stated that he believes that The US made a “big mistake by killing Khamenei”.
“Now he is a martyr and if Or Lajarni He is still alive, he is a very competent person. Is president of the Supreme National Security Counciland this is a formidable enemy,” he indicated Ullman to Al Jazeera.
According to Ullman, EU should not expect Iran’s leaders to negotiate now, as happened with Venezuela after the US military captured and transferred – on January 3, 2026 – the then president, Nicolás Maduro, to New York (to be tried for drug trafficking).
“I’m not sure that, having eliminated all the leaders of Iranthat makes them more negotiable. I think we have strengthened Lazarni and that could turn against us,” he said. Ullman.
“Beheading only works when all the leaders are caught and I don’t think we have caught all the leaders,” he emphasized.
Khamenei’s death, pain for some and celebration for others in Iran
Al Jazeera also reported that the channel Iranian television Press TV published images of supporters of Jamenei who mourn his death in the sanctuary of the magnet Mohammad Reza Aref in the city of Mashhad.
In a video, several people are heard crying and lamenting, while others appear to collapse on the floor due to the pain they feel at the death of Jamenei.
While in Tehran celebrations and fireworks are reported to celebrate the death of the supreme leader of iranwhom many Iranians blame for ordering the deaths of thousands of people protesting in the country in recent weeks.
Who will govern Iran, after the death of Jemenei
About the future of Iran, Al Jazeera announced that the official IRNA news agency reported that a council formed by the president of the country (Masoud Pezeshkian), the head of the Judiciary (Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi) y a jurist from the Guardian Council will assume temporarily the entire leadership in Iran.
In Iraq, Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr He expressed, on the social network X, his sadness and pain over Khamenei’s death and declared three days of public mourning in that country.
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