{"id":6993,"date":"2026-03-01T02:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6993"},"modified":"2026-03-01T02:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:02:18","slug":"irans-top-leaders-who-have-been-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/irans-top-leaders-who-have-been-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s top leaders who have been killed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Ali Khamenei<\/strong> | Supreme leader<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Amir Nasirzadeh<\/strong> | Defence Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Mohammed Pakpour<\/strong> | Commander of the Revolutionary Guards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Ali Shamkhani<\/strong> | Supreme Leader Khamenei\u2019s top advisor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <strong><em>Khamenei\u2019s military advisor<\/em><\/strong><em> \\ no name as yet<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A U.S. senior official confirms that five-to-ten top leaders are dead in <em>Operation Epic Fury.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump has confirmed the U.S. is carrying out \u201cmajor combat operations in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has urged the Iranian regime to \u201clay down\u201d its weapons or \u201cface certain death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling it their \u201conly chance for generations\u201d, the President has urged Iran&#8217;s people to \u201ctake over your government\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The joint US-Israeli military operation is expected to last for days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel is targeting Iranian leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. is going after military targets and ballistic missile sites that are an \u201cimminent threat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs \u2022 Ali Khamenei | Supreme leader \u2022 Amir Nasirzadeh | Defence Minister \u2022 Mohammed Pakpour | Commander of the Revolutionary Guards \u2022 Ali Shamkhani | Supreme Leader Khamenei\u2019s top advisor \u2022 Khamenei\u2019s military advisor \\ no name as yet A U.S. senior official confirms that five-to-ten top leaders are dead in Operation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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