US EditionBay Area Iranian Americans React to Death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Strikes on Iran
The strikes targeted Iran’s Supreme Leader and top commanders to halt nuclear ambitions, prompting missile retaliation and widespread panic, with six U.S. service members confirmed dead.
- On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel and the United States had killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and destroyed his compound, eliminating senior Revolutionary Guards and nuclear officials.
- President Donald Trump said strikes aimed to end a security threat and prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited Iran's nuclear programme on Monday but noted no imminent threat.
- Explosions across Iranian cities caused widespread panic as residents rushed to collect children and flee likely targets, while six U.S. service members were confirmed dead as of Monday night amid related attacks including on the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia.
- The United States government and Government of Israel attacked Iran on Saturday targeting top leaders, and Iran responded by firing missiles at Israel and neighbouring Gulf countries.
- Legal scholars note Khamenei's death marks the first U.S. assassination of a head of state since the 1975 Church Committee, and critics warn bypassing the 1976 international treaty risks prolonging Middle East violence.
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Phil's Stock WorldAll the Ways Trump’s War on Iran Is Disastrous
Iran’s theocratic dictatorship is murderous and illegitimate and should not last for one more second. Donald Trump’s war on Iran’s theocratic dictatorship is murderous and illegitimate and should not last for one more second. A parallel is not moral equivalence, which is why it’s tricky to articulate all the ways Trump’s war is disastrous. That thousands of Iranians have been killed by their government under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kham…
Bay Area Iranian Americans react to death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, strikes on Iran
Many Iranian Americans are hopeful about developments in Iran and the changes that will come following the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei. Some of them have demonstrated here in the Bay Area to show their support.
Radical US mosques honor Iran’s Supreme Leader’s ‘martyrdom’ with memorial services, eulogy: ‘Our leader’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two United States-based mosques that have faced scrutiny for their ties to Iran held formal events to “honor” Ayatollah Khamenei after U.S. military forces took out the Islamic leader of Iran this weekend, including one mosque in Northern Virginia that referred to Khamenei as “our leader.” Located in Manassas, Virginia, and Dearborn Heights, Michigan, the mosques both publicly advertised events eulogi…
Radical US mosques honor Iran's Supreme Leader's 'martyrdom' with memorial services, eulogy: 'Our leader'
Two U.S. mosques scrutinized for alleged Iran ties, including one that referred to the Ayatollah as 'our leader,' held events honoring Khamenei after a U.S. strike killed him.
D.C. Area Mosque Pledges Loyalty to Iran’s Dead Supreme Leader.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The Manassas Mosque in northern Virginia—about 30 miles outside of Washington, D.C.—has pledged its loyalty to Iran’s deceased Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint-U.S.-Israeli airstrikes over the weekend.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Manassas Mosque, Ali Khamenei, Twelver Muslims, and U.S. President Donald J. Trump.WHEN & WHERE: The post was made on Sunday, March 1, 2026.KEY QUOTE: “Please joi…
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