NEWS HEADLINES: Trump confirms Iranian Supreme Leader, ‘one of the most evil people in history,’ is dead, though bombing will continue

OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
Saturday, February 28, 2026

2:15 PM – President Donald Trump has confirmed that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “one of the most evil people in History,” has been killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran.

In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump celebrated the news as “justice for the people of Iran,” as well as 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.”

“He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophisticated Tracking Systems,” Trump explained, adding that “there was not a thing he, or the other leaders that have been killed along with him, could do.”

 

“This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country,” He said. “We are hearing that many of their IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), Military, and other Security and Police Forces, no longer want to fight, and are looking for Immunity from us.”

In an earlier video message posted on social media, the president invited Iranian civilians to take their opportunity once the bombing ends to “take over” their government, saying, “It will be yours to take.”

He also told the IRGC, the armed forces and all police that should they lay down their weapons, the United States would grant them immunity, and warned that they faced “certain death” otherwise.

“Hopefully, the IRGC and Police will peacefully merge with the Iranian Patriots, and work together as a unit to bring back the Country to the Greatness it deserves,” Trump remarked, suggesting that the process of regime change should start soon after the death of Khamenei and considering that the country has been “very much destroyed.”

The president clarified that the toppling of the Iranian leader, as well as several members of his government — 40, according to Fox News — does not necessarily indicate an end to the strikes in the region, which began after 1 a.m. Eastern time.

“The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” Trump declared.