A mourner holds a picture of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei at a memorial vigil, a day after his assassination in joint US and Israeli strikes, in Tehran on March 1, 2026. [AFP]
“He is gone,” a senior Israeli Embassy official in Nairobi told The Standard on Sunday night, confirming the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei.