Ayatollah Arafi was appointed Iran’s temporary leader after Ayatollah Khamenei was killed on Saturday. – Iranian news

On Saturday, after weeks of failed negotiations, the US and Israel unleashed ‘Operation Epic Fury’ on the wicked Iranian regime. The successful military strike took out the top officials of the Iranian regime, including:

• Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader).
• Ali Shamkhani (Defense Council Secretary / senior advisor).
• Mohammad Pakpour (IRGC commander).
• Aziz Nasirzadeh (Defense Minister).
• Abdolrahim Mousavi (Chief of General Staff / Armed Forces Chief of Staff).

There are reports that the coordinated hit took out 40 top level officials from the radical Islamic regime.

Three Americans were killed in retalitory strikes by Iran, five more are in serious condition.

Iran quickly installed Ayatollah Arafi as their new Islamic ruler. And Arafi is already shooting off his mouth.

Arafi was appointed today to Iran’s 3-member interim leadership council alongside the president and chief justice.

The rumblings that Arafi was killed in a strike have not been confirmed.

In 2019 Arafi led the crowd chanting, “Death to America, Death to England!”

The acting Supreme Leader of Iran is now Ayatollah Alireza Arafi.

Here's him in 2019 leading the crowd chanting “Death to America, Death to England, Death to the hypocrites and the infidels, Death to Israel.”

I don't think he's going to last very long. pic.twitter.com/QNbPFzsRjr

— Yehuda Teitelbaum (@chalavyishmael) March 1, 2026

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President Donald J. Trump Monitors U.S. Military Operations in Iran: Operation Epic Fury, February 28, 2026 via White House on X

President Trump reportedly said on Sunday that 48 Iranian leaders were “wiped out in one shot” during Operation Epic Fury in Iran on Saturday.  

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the joint US-Israel operation in Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 40 other top Iranian leaders. Trump announced the operation on Saturday morning.

Trump later released a statement on Truth Social, confirming the death of the Ayatollah and urging the people of Iran to rise up and take over their government.

“The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” Trump said.

Trump further told reporters that he could “go long and take over the whole thing or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians: ‘See you again in a few years if you start rebuilding [your nuclear and missile programs].”

Meanwhile, US and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets are continuing as Iran fires retaliatory strikes.

Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich on Sunday said that she had just spoken to Trump, who said that the operation is still moving along “rapidly” after killing dozens of Iranian officials and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Heinrich: Moments ago, I spoke with President Trump, who tells me he knows how many targets are left to hit as part of the joint US-Israeli strikes. The president told me 48 Iranian leaders were wiped out in one shot, adding that Operation Epic Fury is moving along rapidly.

US Central Command on Sunday confirmed that three American troops were killed during the operation, and five were seriously injured.

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US Central Command Confirms 3 Americans Killed, 5 “Seriously Injured” in Operation Epic Fury

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A lifelong Democrat and Iranian-American activist absolutely DEMOLISHED her own party live on air for their endless, obsessive hatred of President Donald Trump.

This comes amid Trump’s bold and decisive strikes against the Iranian regime’s terror networks.

Moj Mahdara, co-founder of the Iranian Diaspora Collective and a self-proclaimed “huge Democrat,” didn’t hold back during her appearance on CNN.

She blasted the Democrats for putting their Trump Derangement Syndrome ahead of America’s national security and the liberation of the Iranian people from decades of oppressive rule.

According to Mahdara, Democrats have enthusiastically backed efforts to end the war in Ukraine, yet balk at taking decisive steps against the Iranian regime, which the United States itself has long designated as a state sponsor of terrorism due to its support for militant groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

She argued that confronting Tehran’s leadership would not merely be a regional geopolitical shift, but a once-in-a-generation global turning point.

“This will be like ending the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall,” Mahdara said, adding, “This is a transformational moment for humankind — for security. And as an American, this is in our interest to complete it.”

Moj Mahdara:
“I think that it is imperative the Democratic Party wake up and get past their dislike of Donald Trump—President Trump—and their feelings about the international conflicts going on. This is about national security.

This is about what is possible in the Middle East. This is about being a good partner to the Gulf States and what their aspirations are. This is about supporting the people of Venezuela. This is about dismembering our relationship with—or not dismembering—but resetting our relationship with China.

Right now, 55% of the oil production that Iran produces goes to China, despite sanctions. You want to support the people of Ukraine. You want to end that war.

There is no getting around dismembering this Islamic Republic. It is non-negotiable. It is not a want-to-have; it is a have-to-have. It’s not just for the Iranian people. I think you have to trust the Iranian people. We know this government better than anyone else.

When you dismember and decapitate this regime, you are going to see a change in the Middle East, in Venezuela, in China, and in Ukraine. And I think, quite frankly, their ideology has really caused a lot of problems for us worldwide.

We need to take it seriously. And I think, at this point, we have a tremendous opportunity. This will be like ending the Soviet Union—the Berlin Wall. This is a transformational moment for humankind, for security. And as an American, this is in our interest to complete it.

So, I am a Democrat. I have been a huge Democrat. I am incredibly disappointed with my party. I do not see myself in them in this moment.”

And judging by the stunned silence that followed on-air, it’s safe to say the network wasn’t expecting one of their own guests to deliver such a devastating critique

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