Shortly before the United States and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the C.I.A. zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader.
The C.I.A. had been tracking Ayatollah Khamenei for months, gaining more confidence about his locations and his patterns, according to people familiar with the operation. Then the agency learned that a meeting of top Iranian officials would take place on Saturday morning at a leadership compound in the heart of Tehran. Most critically, the C.I.A. learned that the supreme leader would be at the site.
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Protester holding a Palestinian flag at the “Hands Off Iran” emergency rally shouts, “Long live Khamenei!”
A counterprotester retorts, “He’s dead, you idiot, he’s dead!”
📸 Feb 28, 2026#Toronto #ProtestMania
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— Caryma Sa’d – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) March 1, 2026
Two of these 11 men were my uncles, my mom’s brothers.
They were executed by firing squad for opposing the new Islamic Republic regime.
Their trial was only 30 minutes long. They were convicted of being “counterrevolutionary” and executed in Sanandaj.
The photo took captured… https://t.co/UelLi0qrNO pic.twitter.com/3bSJYQ4n7K
— John Shahidi (@john) February 28, 2026
