The assassination of Iran’s ayatollah – and fears for a wider conflict
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, the assassination of the Ayatollah. |
| 0:13.0 | The Assassination of the Ayatollah. |
| 0:17.0 | Mobile yet. He said |
| 0:23.6 | We must be as far as the of protests and exerted a brutal iron grip on Iran's 90 million people. |
| 0:42.3 | Now Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini is dead, killed by US and Israeli air strikes, |
| 0:48.3 | that leveled his compound where he and some of the most senior regime leaders were sheltering. As news of the Ayatollah's death emerged, there was public mourning on the streets of Iran. |
| 1:08.7 | As news of the Ayatollah's death emerged, there was public mourning on the streets of Iran. |
| 1:13.6 | But also ecstatic celebrations, inside Iran and around the world. |
| 1:22.6 | This is a big day. This is like the belly wall is being full. |
| 1:30.3 | So this is a significant victory for Iranian. |
| 1:33.3 | It's a significant victory for the peace in the entire world. |
| 1:38.3 | This is the overcoming of the light to the darkness. |
| 1:42.3 | Meanwhile, Iran has launched retaliatory strikes and vows vengeance. |
| 1:47.0 | It is still unclear whether his assassination will bring about the regime change that Donald Trump so clearly desires, |
| 1:57.0 | or what will happen next for Iran, where the airstrikes continue and the death toll is |
| 2:02.6 | spiraling. |
| 2:03.9 | When we are finished, take over your government. |
| 2:06.5 | It will be yours to take. |
| 2:08.9 | This will be probably your only chance for generations. |
| 2:15.1 | It's absolutely transformational. |
| 2:17.1 | If Donald Trump succeeds in what he's attempted to do, which is to change the regime in Iran, |
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