Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 09:29 AFP — Iranian state television confirmed the death of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and launched a fresh wave of attacks on Sunday as Israel hit back at the capital Tehran.
Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 08:39 AFP — Iran began 40 days of mourning on Sunday for its slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and declared a new wave of strikes on US bases in the Gulf, despite US President Donald Trump threatening an unprecedented escalation in force.
Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 08:16 AFP — Iranian state television confirmed the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he had been killed.
Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 07:52 AFP — Iran's army said it targeted on Sunday US bases in Iraq's Kurdistan region and in the Gulf in response to Israeli and US strikes that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 07:46 AFP — Hundreds of Iraqis, many dressed in black, attempted Sunday to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where the US embassy is located, after the killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 06:24 AFP — Hundreds of Iraqis attempted Sunday to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where the US embassy is located, after the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, an AFP journalist reported.
Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 04:08 AFP — Loud explosions were heard early Sunday near Erbil airport, which hosts US-led coalition troops in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist said.
Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 03:04 AFP — Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, whose death was confirmed by state media on Sunday, was a pillar of the country's theocratic system since the Islamic revolution and saw off multiple crises over the decades, remaining defiant to the very end.
Saturday, 28 February, 2026 , 22:11 AFP — Two people were killed on Saturday in air strikes on an Iraqi military base housing the powerful pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah, which has threatened the US with a response.
Saturday, 28 February, 2026 , 21:57 AFP — Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, a pillar of its theocratic system since the Islamic revolution whose death was announced by US President Donald Trump on Saturday, saw off multiple crises over the decades, remaining defiant to the very end.
