Urgent: Trump says he feels report of Iran's supreme leader killed in strikes "correct"-Xinhua

Urgent: Trump says he feels report of Iran's supreme leader killed in strikes "correct"

Source: Xinhua| 2026-03-01 04:53:30|Editor:

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday in an interview with NBC News that he feels reports that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in airstrikes on Saturday are "correct."

"We feel that that is a correct story," said Trump.

He added that "most" of Iran's senior leadership is "gone," saying: "The people that make all the decisions, most of them are gone."

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