United States missiles killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
NOT BSTOTAL BS
TOTAL BS — Verdict: False
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The Short Version
The evidence does not support this claim on two independent grounds. First, major authoritative sources — including the Associated Press, BBC, and the U.S. State Department's own current Iran relations page — do not confirm Khamenei's death and describe him as alive as of April 2026. Second, even the sources that allege a killing attribute the fatal strike to an Israeli missile, not United States missiles, directly contradicting the claim's specific assertion.
Caveats
Major international news agencies (AP, BBC) report no confirmation of Khamenei's death as of April 2026, and the U.S. State Department's current Iran page contains no reference to such an event.
Even sources alleging Khamenei was killed attribute the fatal strike to an Israeli missile, not U.S. missiles — undermining the specific causal claim.
The single State Department document cited as confirmation (dated February 2026) is contradicted by a later State Department page (April 2026) from the same institution, raising serious questions about its authenticity or context.