As posted earlier: Paraphrasing Reuters: The CIA assessment in advance was that if Khamenei were killed, an even more hardline ruler would be put in place; . (Reuters link) But of course nobody listened. Saturday Feb 28 (USA time): The initial reports (with a photo) were that Khamenei's compound was bombed, but no confirmation that he was actually there. Later Trump and Netanyahu announced that Khamenei was dead, and some news agencies reported this as fact. When this was first announced, Reuters neutrally said that Trump and Netanyahu have announced that Khamenei is dead, but Iran state media says Khamenei is still in charge. (Hard to know what the facts are, when the officials from all the countries involved are all known to lie!) Hours later: Sunday morning Iran time (late Saturday USA time), Iran officially announced Khamenei's death. Update: US officials skeptical of regime change in Tehran after Khamenei killing, say sources https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-officials-skeptical-regime-change-tehran-after-khamenei-killing-say-sources-2026-03-02/ Quoting Reuters: But three U.S. officials familiar with U.S. intelligence said there is serious skepticism that Iran's battered opposition can topple the theocratic, authoritarian governing system that has been in place since 1979. No officials consulted by Reuters completely ruled out the possibility of the fall of Iran's government, which currently is buffeted by key personnel losses from ongoing U.S. and Israeli air strikes and is deeply unpopular following a January round of extraordinarily violent repression. But it is far from likely or even probable in the near term, they said.
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