Updated On: 01 March, 2026 01:35 PM IST | Baghdad (Iraq) | mid-day online correspondent
Iraq has announced a three-day mourning period following reports of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei being killed in a joint US-Israel airstrike. While Iranian state media confirmed the death, there is no independent international verification so far
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Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Pic/AFP
After Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei was killed in an attack during the early hours of Sunday, Iraq announced a three-day mourning period after the death of Iran's supreme leader.
As reported by news agency AFP, government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi, while issuing a statement, said that "With deep sorrow, we extend our condolences to the noble people of Iran and the entire Muslim world" after Khamenei was killed in "a blatant act of aggression".