Ayatollah Killed by US...Iran Quickly Retaliates!
2/28/202614 mincomplete
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0:30We can now confirm that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, has been killed
0:35in the joint United States -Israeli airstrikes.
0:39It is official. Ayatollah Khamenei is dead.
0:43Photos of his corpse have been shown to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well
0:48as to Donald Trump, and his death has now been confirmed by multiple credible sources,
0:53enough that we can report it here on the Midas Touch Network with a great
0:57degree of confidence. But folks, there has always been a succession plan in place for
1:02the Iran regime. They're going to be picking a new leader soon through their parliament.
1:08And if anything, they've only accelerated their attacks right now, their retaliatory strikes, that is,
1:15on Israel and in the neighboring countries, from Bahrain to the United Arab Emirates and
1:22Abu Dhabi and Dubai and other surrounding areas.
1:25And so, for anyone who believes the death of the Ayatollah, of Ayatollah Khamenei, is
1:31going to mean a victory in this war, you don't understand the region.
1:36When the CIA was briefing Donald Trump and other intelligence services were briefing him about
1:41the risks of this war, they talked about the conflagration in the region, as well
1:47as the fact that killing Ayatollah Khamenei doesn't just stop the regime.
1:52The regime had a succession plan, and there is already, if anything, an acceleration of
1:59the attacks by Iran in the region.
2:01And as we look, for example, at the Strait of Hermuse, there's more information and
2:07data being gathered to suggest that ships are being blocked in that Strait of Hermuse.
2:12If it's not being shut down, it's certainly being impeded right now, which could also
2:18have a profound economic impact on our country and the world economy as well.
2:25So I want to go through just the data points with you right now.
2:29So yes, it has been confirmed that in a strike where Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah
2:37Khamenei's compound was targeted. You can see it right there.
2:40He was one of several senior officials who were killed in this strike.
2:44You can see the satellite imagery from the Airbus Defense in Space obtained by the
2:50New York Times showing the Ayatollah's home in Tehran that was entirely destroyed.
2:56It's believed it was that strike that killed him.
3:00The strike occurred during Shabbat and during Ramadan at a time apparently when the Ayatollah
3:06didn't expect it was going to take place.
3:08That's when the strike took place.
3:10He was caught off guard.
3:11He was killed right away in the beginning of this war.
3:15But major Iranian attacks on Gulf states is ongoing.
3:20That has not stopped. Iranians bombing Bahrain and Dubai and Abu Dhabi and the United
3:26Arab Emirates and nearby countries as well and reports of a direct breaking news folks
3:32reports of a direct impact from an Iranian ballistic missile just hit Tel Aviv in
3:38central Israel moments ago. We have that footage as well.
3:43Let me show you again moments ago as an Iranian ballistic missile has a direct
3:48hit in Tel Aviv and folks this is happening right now of course following the
3:53news that Ayatollah Khomeini has been killed in the joint U .S.-Israel strikes that they're
3:59calling Operation Epic Fury but here on the Midas Touch Network we are referring to
4:04it as Operation Epstein Fury or the Jeffrey Epstein War.
4:09Here play this clip of that Iranian missile that just struck Tel Aviv in Israel
4:13moments ago. Let's play this clip.
4:14And then the Israelis, I think that's what the calculation now is regime, regime preservation.
4:21Could you get a more pragmatic figure presiding over this regime?
4:27Sure. Aaron, I just want to break in for a moment because we're looking at
4:31live pictures in the air over Tel Aviv.
4:34And obviously, as many people know or maybe don't know, there is an iron dome
4:38that Israel uses as its missile defense system.
4:42And we're seeing it working now.
4:44But in some places and instances, it does not work.
4:46And I believe this is one missile feasibly that has broken through the iron dome.
4:50So Donald Trump moments ago also gave an interview to Axios to Barack Ravid.
4:56And he also gave an interview to NBC.
4:59Here's what he told Barack Ravid.
5:02I can go long and take over the whole thing with regard to Iran or
5:08end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians.
5:11see you again in a few years if you start rebuilding your nuclear and missile
5:16program, Trump told me. He says he now has several off -ramps from Operation Epstein
5:23Fury, I mean, Epic Fury in Iran.
5:26Our Editor -in -Chief Ron Filipkowski writes, so we're just going to spend billions in
5:31bombs, kill the Ayatollah, temporarily degrade their military, then walk away and hope they learn
5:38their lesson. That's the plan.
5:40Do you understand how the Iranian Revolutionary Guard works and how their succession plan works?
5:46The Ayatollah gets killed. They just find another Ayatollah who's probably more extreme than that.
5:53Then also asked who would replace Iran's supreme leader.
5:57Donald Trump told NBC, I don't know, but at some point they'll be calling me
6:02to ask who I'd like.
6:05I'm only being a little bit sarcastic when I say that.
6:09So Donald Trump doing jokes thinks this is all funny as America is currently at
6:15war. Share this with you as well.
6:17A high -rise building hit by Iranian drone is now full on fire in Bahrain.
6:23Here, play this clip. Now, here's another video of the Iranian Shahid drone striking a
6:39high -rise apartment building earlier tonight in Bahrain.
6:42This was close to the headquarters of the U .S.
6:45Navy's Fifth Fleet in Joufair that was also struck.
6:49Here, play this clip. And now it also appears that Iran successfully was able to
7:09strike the Dubai International Airport.
7:12We have footage after the Dubai International Airport was hit by Iran.
7:18Here, take a look at this.
7:28And you can see people running away here as they're being evacuated from Dubai International
7:33Airport. Let's play it. And folks, there are videos of the people in Iran celebrating
7:47the Ayatollah being killed. And again, our heart goes out to all of the people
7:53in Iran. I mean, the Ayatollah and the regime is repressive, authoritarian, despicable regime.
8:00And the people in Iran have been treated brutally by this repressive regime for decades
8:06and decades and decades. And they do deserve freedom.
8:09The same time as the, as an American, the question ultimately is, do we support
8:15wars of regime change? Do we want our taxpayer dollars going to things like this?
8:21Where, for example, as part of regime change, our government in Israel blew up a
8:28elementary school, a girls elementary school in Iran and killed perhaps a hundred little girls
8:36today were killed in the area known as Manab.
8:42Absolutely devastating strikes right there.
8:45And so do we support regime change?
8:48And this is an unlawful war.
8:50It is an unconstitutional war.
8:52Trump did not get constitutional authorization from Congress.
8:55And so I think that we can hold complex thoughts and say the people of
9:00Iran deserve freedom. The people of Iran deserve our thoughts and prayers and attention, but
9:06also it's an unlawful war.
9:08It's a war that Donald Trump should not have done without seeking, explaining to us
9:13what the hell is happening.
9:14And I don't support regime change wars, period, full stop, end of story.
9:18We see what happens. So you got rid of the Ayatollah.
9:22There's going to be another one that comes in and we already see things escalating
9:26even since the killing of the Ayatollah.
9:29But let's listen to some people clapping because they're hopeful.
9:32But Donald Trump's message is, he may abandon them in a little bit, that I
9:36may just leave. And then imagine how that's going to imagine what's going to happen
9:40if America just does this and leave here, just play the clips of the people
9:43clapping. Let's play it. oh my God.
9:57oh my God. Who the hell?
10:09Oh my God. Oh my God.
10:10Oh my God. ...used for that purpose, as it relates to Virginia Jufres.
10:39stating those facts. And Donald Trump is seen there, the place he hung out with
10:45Epstein, monitoring today's strike campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Epstein Fury, Epic Fury, alongside the
10:52Secretary of State Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Raisin
10:57Cain, and other senior officials at his Mar -a -Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
11:01You see over here, J .D.
11:04Vance and Tulsi Gabbard and others right there.
11:09It looks like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are there.
11:11They're watching it over there.
11:13Take a look at what DropSite's telling us about the Strait of Hermes.
11:16Tracking data shows dozens of oil and gas tankers are currently halting, idling, or diverting
11:21away from the Strait of Hermes to seek refuge in ports in Qatar and the
11:25UAE. Bloomberg reports Iran has not yet formally confirmed a complete official closure of the
11:31Strait of Hermes, although the IRGC, the Iranian IRGC, has issued warnings to maritime traffic.
11:39Some vessels, such as the Desh Abiman, have been observed making U -terms just before
11:45reaching the strait's apex. Major shipping firms have officially suspended all transit through the strait
11:51until further notice. The Strait of Hermes is the world's most vital of oil choke
11:55points, handling approximately 20 to 30 percent of global seaborne oil and nearly a quarter
12:00of the global liquefied natural gas LNG.
12:05You can see that right there.
12:07As the open source intelligence defender account explains, remember, Khomeini is replaceable and his death
12:15does not mean the death of the Islamic Republic.
12:18Now going over here, you can see what took place in Manab.
12:22That death count is probably closer to 100 right now that the joint attack with
12:28Israel on Iran struck a girls' elementary school, killing all these little girls.
12:33I mean, you can see right here these tragic images of the backpacks.
12:36There were 170 girls inside when the elementary school was hit by the United States
12:41military and Israel. And I'm just showing you some of the tragic images that are
12:47surfacing as well. Show those images right there.
12:50And we can just play you some of the B -roll so you can see
12:52what's going on right there in Manab.
12:56But for Donald Trump, he's joking about this.
12:58He thinks this is funny.
12:59He hasn't addressed the nation as of this recording.
13:04And Iran seems undeterred, even with the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, from continuing the attacks
13:10that we're talking about and the strikes, the retaliatory strikes in response to the preemptive
13:15strikes by the United States and Israel against its country.
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