37 Years of Iron Rule Ends, No Successor: 5 Shockwaves Khamenei's Death Sends to Iran, the Middle East, and Korea's Economy
On February 28, 2026, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (86) was killed in a joint US-Israel airstrike. Amid the vacuum left by 37 years of rule, Iran has launched retaliatory strikes and is urgently selecting a new supreme leader, while the Korean government has also entered emergency response mode.