Iran prepared for ‘all scenarios’ including Khamenei’s death: parliament speaker

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf is the highest-ranking official to appear on camera since the attacks began Saturday. Above, Qalibaf, right, greets lawmakers during the inauguration session for the new Parliament in Tehran on May 27, 2024. (AFP)
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Updated 01 March 2026
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Iran prepared for ‘all scenarios’ including Khamenei’s death: parliament speaker

  • Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf is the highest-ranking official to appear on camera since the attacks began Saturday

TEHRAN: Iran has prepared for “all scenarios,” including the way forward, after the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following US and Israeli strikes, its parliament’s speaker said Sunday.

“We have prepared ourselves for these moments and have considered all scenarios,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a video carried on state TV, adding US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have “crossed our red lines” and “will suffer the consequences.”

Qalibaf is the highest-ranking official to appear on camera since the attacks began Saturday.

The parliament speaker called the US and Israel leaders “filthy criminals” who will face “devastating blows” for their ongoing attacks on the Islamic Republic.

“We will deliver such devastating blows that you yourselves will be driven to beg.”


Israel army says struck site it claims Iran used for developing nuclear arms

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Israel army says struck site it claims Iran used for developing nuclear arms

JERUSALEM: srael's military said Thursday that it had struck a site in Iran it claimed was being used by the Islamic republic to develop nuclear weapons.
"The Israeli Air Force, acting on precise IDF intelligence, struck an additional Iranian nuclear programme site," the military said, claiming the "Taleghan compound was utilised by the regime to advance critical capabilities for developing nuclear weapons".
The Taleghan compound likely refers to a facility in Parchin, southeast of Tehran, where US-based think tank the Institute for Science and International Security, which has been monitoring Iran's nuclear programme, recently claimed the Islamic republic conducts covert military activities.