Khamenei's wife dies after being wounded in strikes: Iranian media
Iranian women living in Malaysia pray next to a portrait of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a memorial ceremony at the Cultural Consulate Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kuala Lumpur on March 2, 2026. PHOTO: AFP
The wife of Iran's slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died on Monday after succumbing to wounds sustained during the US-Israeli attack, Iranian media reported.
Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, 79, had been in a coma since the strikes on Saturday assassinated Khamenei, the Tasnim news agency said.
Khamenei, whose assassination was confirmed by state media on Sunday, was a pillar of the country's theocratic system since the Islamic revolution and saw off multiple crises over the decades, remaining defiant to the very end.
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Israel’s military hit hundreds of targets across Iran, including strategic defence systems previously damaged in strikes last year.
It said three sites where leaders had been meeting were struck simultaneously, and several senior figures were also assassinated.