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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Ahmadinejad was another Iranian power player killed during airstrikes – Wiki Commons

He said Israel should be erased from the map – and paid the price.

Hardliner Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reportedly killed in the first round of Israeli airstrikes inside Iran.

Iranian media said Ahmadinejad was killed in a strike.

BREAKING: Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad killed in strike, Iranian media says

— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 1, 2026

The irony is that, according to an Axios report, Ahmadinejad was under House arrest for taking part in a ‘Palace Coup’ attempt with Regime Reformists.

FORMER PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD DIED IN YESTERDAY’S ATTACK ON IRAN pic.twitter.com/MVflxpJ9Bz

— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) March 1, 2026

The New York Post reported:

“Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s sixth president from 2005 to 2013, rising from relative obscurity as mayor of Tehran to defeat establishment figure Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a surprise 2005 runoff.

Critics at home and abroad described him as a confrontational ideologue whose economic management fueled inflation and whose rhetoric deepened Iran’s international isolation.”

Former President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and several of his close-associates and bodyguards were reportedly killed in a strike yesterday on Tehran by the Israeli Air Force. pic.twitter.com/8VetxUEAPA

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 1, 2026

“During a 2005 conference titled ‘A World Without Zionism’, he quoted Iran’s founding leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, who had referred to Israel as “the occupying regime of Jerusalem” and a ‘disgraceful cancerous growth’ that ‘must be wiped off the map’.”

But the fog of war is thick: while reports of Ahmadinejad’s death have multiplied around the world, Iranian state media now says that these reports are unconfirmed.

Times of Israel reported:

“Some outlets cite the Iran Labor News Agency. However, the news site says explicitly that the reports ‘cannot be confirmed’.

‘One of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s close associates, in contact with ILNA, denied the news of the martyrdom of the president of the ninth and tenth governments without any additional information, saying: ‘The news of his martyrdom is false’, according to the outlet’.”

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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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