Multiple outlets report that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died on February 28 following a US-Israel airstrike, after serving in the role since 1989. His coffin was transported from Iraq to Mashhad for scheduled burial at the Imam Reza shrine after funeral rites in Najaf and Karbala and a week of mourning events. US-Iran missile and drone exchanges occurred afterward, while several details including succession remain unverified.